@JoelECarlson – Hello to @RebeccaCBS and to everyone following today’s Twitterview at #jectv. Lets get rolling!
@RebeccaCBS – let’s do this!
Q – #1 So @RebeccaCBS, please share where you grew up? What High School did you attend, and what did you start doing out of HS?
A: I grew up in NE Minneapolis…Nordeast! Great neighborhood…wonderful neighbors…they taught me the meaning of community.
I lived in NE MPLS in the same house all through childhood and went to St. Paul Academy for high school…after that, I moved to Chicago
to attend the University of Chicago…which is where I studied economics and constitutional law…and loved it
Q – #2 How long from when you were in college until you you appeared on the @ApprenticeNBC, and how was that experience?
A: After college, I went to work as an investment banking analyst…and from there, began writing about biz/econ news for crain’s
and biz mag, Business 2.0…I made the transition from banking to reporting by pitching every editor (who would take my calls/mtgs)
stories about trends I was seeing in the biz world…for example – a story I pitched in 2005 about banks and cos taking on huge debts
and then about 2.5 yrs out of college, I went on The Apprentice
Q – #3 With @TheEarlyShow, what kinds of stories do you cover? Who is one business leader you’d love to interview?
A: With @TheEarlyShow I cover all kinds of biz, econ, mkts stories…I try and focus on the things that impact
your wallet, your savings, your future… it’s really important to me that i break things down…and bring a well
researched perspective that’s understandable…and news you can use. I talk to biz owners, traders, economists, analysts, CEOs
every day. i read constantly. and nothing irks me more than unclear/wrong/misleading info about $.
my goal is to get away from the spin, and bring @theearlyshow viewers the truth…and answers that can help them…every day
Q – #4 On a recent show, you talked about not being on Facebook yet. What made you choose Twitter ahead of Facebook?
A: <laughing> good question… i don’t think there’s a scientific answer. i just never really got into Facebook and I saw
many of my colleagues and friends accessing Twitter and loving it…and it made me curious… but i was apprehensive
what would i say? would it be personal or for work? how much time would i spend on twitter every day? ultimately, i decided to try it
btw.. I’m not against joining Facebook but at this point, I have so much going on, & wud rather save that time for friends and fam
Q – #5 There are a lot of Social Media options out there. Good for you not to rush into one. Are you into the tablet/iPad craze?
A: ha… I recently joined the tablet craze and got an iPad… really do love it. It’s easy and portable and let’s me read
in transit… If it’s 5a, I’m probably reading the newspaper on my iPad…my morning ritual (mon -fri) is wake, coffee, shower, read
and i have to say reading on iPad is much easier than trying to do it on my bberry. also use it to watch movies in flight..and ebooks
Q – #6 Cool for you! :) Now for your FAVORITES: Restaurant, store (brick/mortar), comfort food and news/storyteller.
A: aah….FAVORITES are some of the hardest things for me to answer…but i’ll give it a go…
restaurant: my most frequent craving – Chipotle… store: Target (or tar-jay as my fam calls it), they have EVERYTHING…
comfort food: mac & cheese // nachos… news/story teller: there are so many people I respect in this field. i name 1 and another
immediately comes to mind… there are two who’ve played the most significant role in my life, and that’s my mom @gailmarksjarvis
she writes for the ChicagoTribune and wrote for the Pioneer Press and MN Public Radio when I was a child…and my grandfather – Jerry Marks
my grandpa watches @theearlyshow every day and critiques my work…to grow up with those two major influences really shaped my view
of the news, telling good stories, and making information accessible. I love them both dearly and I really respect their work
Q – #7 That’s awesome! To close, what advice would you give to students looking to do your line of work?
A: Thanks @JoelECarlson . I think for anything, to achieve, you have to work incredibly hard. You have to keep your head up and keep learning
Learn which people you can trust, and ask them a lot of questions. Practice your craft…don’t just use assignments to improve,
do behind the scenes work…for e.g. watch/read great work; watch/read stories, and write your own version. Ask ur boss for feedback
and work like mad to implement it. Personally, I think having a biz background has really helped me be a better journalist…so if
you’re a student now, and asking yourself whether to study journalism, or something else, i say – write for the newspaper,
do all the work of a journalist that you can… and study a topic you’d love to cover someday…it will differentiate your skills
at same time…don’t fear if that’s not the path you’ve taken. just work really hard and be sure to listen to good mentors
@JoelECarlson – Thank you @RebeccaCBS for your time, openness and comments today. Catch you tomorrow on @TheEarlyShow!
@RebeccaCBS – Thanks so much to @JoelECarlson and to all who listened to the Twitterview!
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