Episode 1: Thea Flaum

“Is your heart happy? Are you happy? When you wake up in the morning, is there a little zest for life? Do you love what you do? Yes, work is hard, but do you love your work? To me, success is setting a goal, accomplishing a goal and being happy doing it. ”

“…anytime something comes at you, you got to be ready to look it square in the eye and make a call about it.”

“Don’t ever lose sight of the audience. TV is a very one way medium and it’s easy to forget that you need to engage the audience in an interactive way.”

“If you’re happy doing what you do then you’re successful.”

“Whether it’s through a phone or iPad, that may change. But there will always be a need for storytelling. That will never change. People will still want to be informed.”

“One of the things that separates true journalists from anybody with a Twitter or Tik Tok account is the accountability and the sense of the responsibility. The dedication to accuracy and fairness. And that hasn’t changed; if anything, it’s gotten more important.”