News Has to Sleep, too
Feeling Things with Amy & Kat
Nashville Podcast Network
4.9 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In order to be able to cover news 24-7, it means people have to work at all strange hours |
| 0:09.7 | of the night and even if you think about a program like Good Morning America. |
| 0:14.2 | I mean, everyone who works on that show is waking up at 2, 3, 4, maybe 5 in the morning |
| 0:21.5 | if they're lucky. |
| 0:25.0 | Diane Maseito is a journalist, author and news anchor who co-hosts ABC News Live. |
| 0:30.8 | From the anchor chair of early morning news shows to field reporting for overnight news coverage, |
| 0:35.8 | Diane has done it all. |
| 0:37.9 | We rely on journalists like her to be there to deliver the stories and information that |
| 0:42.7 | we need to know. |
| 0:44.3 | And Diane is one of the most trusted voices in the industry. |
| 0:48.0 | On an average day, she's reporting the news to roughly 8.1 million viewers. |
| 0:55.5 | The ultimate reward is relaying this information that I think is really important and I do consider |
| 1:01.1 | news of public service and I'm a very sort of principled, idealistic person even still |
| 1:06.1 | in my career. |
| 1:08.3 | Things don't stop happening just because the sun goes down. |
| 1:11.6 | Reporting the news is a 24-7 job. |
| 1:15.0 | I've had shifts where I went in at noon, I went in at 3.30 in the morning, I went in |
| 1:21.9 | at 1.30 in the morning, camera ready, I've gone in at 10 or 11 pm and come out of work |
| 1:30.8 | at 9 am and then you try to sleep. |
| 1:34.4 | If the news never sleeps, what does that mean for the journalists who report it? |
| 1:38.6 | And how do they disconnect from the intensity and severity of current events to unwind for |
| 1:43.4 | a healthy sleep? |
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