"Russini doesn't need to win over every critic, nor does she need to answer every question thrown her way. But she does need to give people a reason to keep tuning in beyond their curiosity about her personal life."
"This was a natural place for me to go: to write for myself in my own name, directly to my audience, and have that kind of intimate connection and really pursue the stories that I wanted to pursue."
“I don't think we're in a position in the industry anymore where you just take one person and think, okay, this is, the gold standard. Everybody has to live up to that.”
"Beginning next season, it’ll be (Tom Brady's) job to explain football thinking to casual viewers in a way that helps them enjoy a broadcast and want to stick around."
“The only English language broadcast that we had access to was the Armed Forces Network, which is NPR. That connection was important for my parents..."
"This was a natural place for me to go: to write for myself in my own name, directly to my audience, and have that kind of intimate connection and really pursue the stories that I wanted to pursue."
"News/talk stations are largely syndicated, and the local shows, which used to feature a host, producer, and board operator/phone screener, are largely a thing of the past. What does this mean? If you are a local host on a radio station, having a large ego is an invitation to unemployment."