I think the media is the greatest thing and you can change it any time. I'm glad I have an MBA because if I have to I can get involved, says Audie Cornish. You don't have power unless you understand the economics of it there's my estimation other people can disagree with that like in producing filmmaking I have wraps but I like to know the terms of my own deals Because I know what's important to me. If we could go back to 20s what would they say about Audie CornISH than God besides than comic than God? "She wandered right into a disaster at CNN plus I did many people she's navigated beautifully"
As she pens her memoir, Kara’s been thinking about legacy, but on this episode we reflect on the legacy of another powerhouse reporter: Audie Cornish. After hosting NPR’s flagship “All Things Considered” for a decade, Audie Cornish took a risk and left for the greener pastures of CNN+ — only to see that venture get unceremoniously squashed by CNN’s new CEO less than a month after it launched. Yet Cornish has made it work: launching a new podcast, “The Assignment” and providing on-air analysis (slash occasionally taking the anchor chair) at CNN. In a conversation taped live at the On Air Fest, where Cornish was honored with the the 2023 Audio Vanguard Award, she talks about how she learned to ask for help as a young reporter covering Hurricane Katrina, what the media industry has to pay attention to in order to outgrow its early naivete and why the “chaos” at CNN is healthy.
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