ON BALANCE
ABC TV’s charming Ali Monsen talks about how to juggle priorities without dropping what matters WRITTEN BY MICHAEL RICHARDSON PHOTOGRAPHY BY RYAN CHASE
It’s two minutes until the live shot, and Ali Monsen is standing under an umbrella in the pouring rain with her photographer, ready for the signal. All of a sudden, a gust of wind blows her umbrella completely inside out and snaps it. 20 HEALTHY MAGAZINE
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onsen is a new reporter, and the station rules say reporters won’t do live shots in the rain without an umbrella—something about “looking professional” and seeming like you didn’t ignore your own weatherman. She sees an old lady walking into a nearby building with an umbrella. “Don’t you dare,” her photographer says, looking at his watch. But Ali takes off after the lady, scares her half to death and borrows her cartoon character-laden umbrella, saying “it will be on TV.” The newscast goes on as planned, with some chuckles from the studio.
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