American - Journalist | September 21, 1940 -
With news, especially investigative pieces, you've got to be really smart and really lucky to be timely and to not get beaten by the big guys. You can't go head-to-head with the networks.
Bill Kurtis
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In L.A., everyone is competing for the next job, and in New York, it's pretty much the same thing: competing for a better job.
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That's the reason I left the networks. I wanted to write and report and coanchor.
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People from small towns have to have their edges roughed up to get along in the world. But as a street reporter, you learn quickly.
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I'd like 'Morning News' to become a great first edition electronic newspaper, so that the 'New York Times' will want to watch us.
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I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.
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