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I had to put in my time all through my 20s. Then I came to CNN in 2008 as a freelancer with no guarantees.

— Brooke Baldwin

I was hired at CNBC TV by a financial news anchor named Louis Rukeyser who had spent decades as a foreign correspondent in the…

— Margaret Brennan

I wrote for my university newspaper and went on to freelance for a Los Angeles publication in my first months after graduating from UC…

— Harris Faulkner

I have been at CNN my entire career. When I first started, I raised my hand and volunteered for everything. It allowed me to…

— Dana Bash

I started freelancing, writing op-eds and book reviews, one at a time. I then got the opportunity to write recurring freelance pieces for 'The…

— Ari Melber

I was a directing student and a production design student at Carnegie Mellon. I went in as a production design student and became a…

— John Wells

I did some internships, worked on some campaigns, and then moved to D.C.

— Sean Spicer

In my mid-20s I worked at the White House Office of Management and Budget.

— Margaret Hoover

Long before my days at ESPN, the 'Philadelphia Inquirer,' or the 'New York Daily News' before that, I was a student at Thomas A.…

— Stephen A. Smith

I interned at NBC News and had a great experience there in both New York City and Washington. After graduating, I got an entry-level…

— Nancy Dubuc

It wasn't a direct route. I began as a freelance reporter. That's an important distinction, because people who rise through the ranks of The…

— Chris Hedges

Media really excited me. As an undergrad, I majored in radio, television, and film and did internships with CNBC and CNN. My first job…

— Roshni Nadar