For many journalists, 9/11 remains more than an important story from their careers. Instead, their memories reflect a moment when television provided Americans with their primary window into an unfolding national tragedy.
I lost three grandparents to cancer, and I lost my mother to cancer when I was a teenager. I said, “OK, well, I'm getting all over this [because] I know how it affects people.”
“I try to always have a how do we capitalize on this mindset. Running everything through that filter. Whatever's going on in the world, whatever's going on with the artists, with pop culture in the community."
For many journalists, 9/11 remains more than an important story from their careers. Instead, their memories reflect a moment when television provided Americans with their primary window into an unfolding national tragedy.