A few months back a journalist friend in Washington, D.C. suggested that I get to know one of his friends who works in Communications at CBS. It was more a networking opportunity than anything else. We tried and missed each other a couple of times and then, a few weeks ago, from the seat of my $19 bus ticket from DC to NYC, I powered up my Mac, connected to wifi and tried again. This time it worked – and the next day I was off to CBS News for an impromptu conversation that turned into something much more.
Four weeks after that bus ride, here I am looking around my apartment at an unsightly stack of boxes. A pile of stamped thank you notes waiting to be mailed to friends. And of course, my trusty Mac – powered up, connected, and ready to make another move. This time to let you all know that on Monday, I’ll be reporting for my new gig with CBS News.com and @katiecouric – the long form web show Katie kicked off a year ago.
And as I look ahead to Monday, I can’t help but think this opportunity with CBS News and @katiecouric is my chance to meld my past experiences – moonlighting as a citizen journalist for MTV News and CNN iReport and working in digital communications. The exciting thing is with @katiecouric, I have the chance to apply myself full time in a field I am incredibly passionate about: journalism.
So with that, I think it’s time I get back to those boxes. Once I am settled I look forward to getting back to you all. If luck has it, maybe it will be to share with you the chances CBSNews.com and @katiecouric are set to take. Who knows – it seemed to have worked for me.
15 Responses to “On Assignment for @katiecouric”
July 9th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Erica,
This is too perf. SO FANTASTIC!! Hope you’ll be receiving visitors in NYC. Can’t wait to see you again soon. Oh, and have fun on Monday.
July 9th, 2010 at 11:54 am
Pure awesome. Huge win for them, you and, perhaps most importantly, the audience.
July 9th, 2010 at 12:35 pm
I’m so excited for you and for CBSNews.com and @katiecouric. Best of luck! I certainly will miss seeing you on K Street or in Dupont, but I look forward to seeing you again soon!
July 9th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
I am grinning ear to ear!
July 9th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
woohoo! maybe we’ll get some real news soon!
congratulations.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:04 am
Two of my favorite women in the media world joining forces! This is going to be good.
July 10th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Great news! Congratulations!
July 11th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
About 3 years ago, we had a brief conversation about dreams… and I’m so happy and impressed that you’ve achieved yours! Good luck in NYC and please keep in touch through your blog and FB postings. You’ll be, as always, great!
July 11th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
This is fabulous, congratulations! They’re really lucky to have you doing this.
July 16th, 2010 at 11:29 am
Erica, Congratualtion on the new job. You are such a bright star.
July 18th, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Fabulous. All the affirmations in the world to you!
July 20th, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Welcome to NYC! Chris (Steele) told me about you and the blog. I look forward to reading about your acclamation to your new home.
August 13th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Stumbled.
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January 19th, 2011 at 2:54 pm
Your blog is fine. I just want to comment on the design. Its too loud. Its doing way too much and it takes away from what youve got to say –which I think is really important. I dont know if you didnt think that your words could hold everyones attention, but you were wrong.
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