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Assembling facts and putting together stories

September 20, 2011

Posted by Chris Roush

Leslie Stone of Opportunist magazine interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Stuart Varney about his career in the latest issue.

Here is an excerpt:

Opportunist: Who or what inspired you to become a broadcast journalist?

Stuart Varney: I wouldn’t say there was any one individual. I liked what I was doing from day one as a radio reporter and then on TV, and I instinctively felt I could do it. Assembling facts, putting together stories that would be of interest—that was my inspiration to stay in the business and enjoy what I do for a living.

Opportunist: Where did you start your career?

Stuart Varney: In Hong Kong of all places. During my travels I was introduced to a man who ran Radio Hong Kong and he hired me to be a street reporter.

Opportunist: When did you come to America?

Stuart Varney: My American wife and I arrived in San Francisco in the early 1970s. I wanted to continue working in the radio market but was told that my English accent gave me no credibility. [Laughs] I saw an ad in the San Francisco Chronicle for an entry-level newscaster at KEMO-TV, a small station in the Bay Area. For 3½ years I hosted “Stock Market Today,” which was broadcast across North America.

Read more here.

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