From CBS6 to CNN and beyond

Jeanne Meserve was an anchor and reporter for CBS6 here in Richmond during the 80s (when I was reviewing at the station). She went on to have a successful career in news, including years at ABC News and CNN, winning 2 Emmy awards along the way. The first part of our chat starts with the early stages of her career, including:

– Starting at a radio station playing polkas

– The culture change from New England to Richmond

– How her husband, who’s directed “Meet the Press,” helped her career

– Creating the Homeland Security Beat for CNN

– Throwing up in a jet

– Trying her first BBQ

– Covering the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and death of Princess Diana

– Returning to Virginia to cover the Virginia Tech shootings

– Being the only CNN reporter in New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina

 

LINKS

Jeanne’s website

My video tour of Movieland’s new renovation

Five Days at Memorial (my review)