972: Rising the Ranks in Broadcast News with Nneka Faison

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Nneka Faison has an impressive history of career achievements: Ivy league graduate, Anchor and Reporter, named "40 Under 40" Leader by Boston Business Journal, and most recently, becoming the Managing Editor of WCVB-TV's Award Winning News Magazine show, "Chronicle." From 2017 to 2018, Faison was a fellow at Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism where she completed course work and research on youth media consumption and journalism business models. She is a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and received her BA degree from Princeton University. Connect with Nneka on Twitter @newsneka and at www.wcvb.com/chronicle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Money episode 972, Nakea Phazon, executive producer of W. CVB Boston's Chronicle Local
0:06.7	News magazine.
0:09.7	You're listening to So Money Grew Farnu Farnoosh Terabi.
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0:29.0	Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life.
0:32.0	Welcome to So Money. found ways to live a richer, happier life.
0:32.8	Welcome to So Money.
0:36.1	I am a black dark-skinned girl, right?
0:39.9	I was on air for most of my career.
0:42.0	I was talking to an agent. he's like the he's actually the second agent to make
0:46.9	this kind of a comment but this is why it sticks out he said you're good on camera
0:52.1	I like your stuff but your skin is so dark.
0:56.0	And he didn't say it like, I think he even said you're attractive, but your skin.
1:00.0	You know what I mean? There was a qualifier.
1:02.0	And it was the second time
1:04.7	someone had said something like that to me, an agent or a hiring manager and I was
1:10.4	just like they're not saying it's bad but they may as well be saying it's bad.
1:14.3	Welcome to So Money Everybody. Our guest today is Naka Phazon, who has an impressive history
1:19.9	of career achievements in the world of journalism.
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