Eleanor Mondale Quotes

Though I work in broadcasting and host a daily radio show, I got my start in print journalism.

Anyone who thinks that you become a journalist or broadcaster in order to be a wallflower needs to think again.

You can be a great reporter and not be such a great talk show host.

My mother had a radio show - a Barbara Walters type of gal and was very successful for about 20-some years on a radio station.

I'm a journalist; I love doing interviews, and I hope that will continue.

I'm still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It's the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much.

So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records.

I wanted to be a journalist, I thought it was glamorous and that I'd meet beautiful women in the rain.

One of the things I've done on my shows is tell stories and do interviews.

Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.

I don't think I ever wanted to be a journalist - I was more interested in what comes from being a journalist.

I felt the call to this industry because I enjoy broadcast journalism. I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers; I like reading the blogs. I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry.

I started doing a half-hour Sunday night talk show on college radio station KUNV. That excited me more than anything I'd ever done. I went through the Yellow Pages to find people who seemed interesting. I'd goof on these people, but they were so excited to be on the radio that they didn't even notice.

I'm a journalist and, before, a next TV star.

I wanted to be a journalist because I like to ask questions. And I like the idea that someone might feel responsible for answering them.

I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.

I love being an anchor, as it gives you a chance to be yourself.

I ended up switching over to journalism in college. A few weeks into freshman year, I realized that business school wasn't for me. And writing stories and reading and talking to people is something that I just enjoy doing, so I figured why not try to build up a post-basketball career with that.

The part that I loved about radio wasn't getting on the air - it was all this great stuff my listeners would tell me.

I love doing my morning show with Bill Hemmer.

I love doing interviews but yeah, I hope to have a long career like Wendy Williams, like Angie Martinez has or just a lot of people in radio that I look up to. Howard Stern has had a really long career.

You probably know me as a producer for 'This American Life', a top podcast in iTunes.

I work like every journalist works so I have recordings, I have notes.

I always wanted to have a career in print and as a broadcaster.

I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.