Welcome to the Habits and Hustle Podcast. A podcast that uncovers the rituals, unspoken

habits and mindsets of extraordinary people. A podcast powered by habit nest. Now here's

your host, Jennifer Cohen.

You've been in a journalist for many years and you are the chief white house correspondent

and now you are kind of created your own platform. That must be a very big difference in terms

of experience with what you're doing.

It's been a huge change both in terms of like the kind of news I do and just the way I do

it. I used to be on the white house lawn with a camera person and they did sound and like

all these lights and people and producers and now I'm at home talking to my phone.

So, I'm going to at least you change.

Yeah, exactly. Well, first of all, I wanted to ask you before I even get into all that,

like to get that job, that's a very coveted position. What was the evolution of you becoming

the chief correspondent at the White House? Because that's no joke. You must have had a

cut. I want to know your tricks and your secrets.

So I always wanted to be a White House correspondent. Like when I got out of college, my first job

was as an intern in the Clinton White House dating myself.

And I noticed when I was doing that, like how powerful the press was and I decided I want

to be one of those people because what they say can actually shape policy and what happens

inside this building. So that was my goal and I was like young and I was like, okay,

I'll do that. So I got a job. I went home. Everyone says go local, go home. I went home

and I started writing for LA magazine where I am from.

And then I got somebody told me print is going away. You've got to do TV, whatever.

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