“From the get-go, even when I was running scripts and getting coffee, I loved being part of the machine, where the big job was to go do the stories. “Even as I was at the starting levels, I could see the jobs that were interesting and intriguing to me and what I wanted to do,” O’Brien says. An internship at WBZ-TV in Boston helped O’Brien find her path forward into news and working to tell the stories of interesting people who have something in their lives about which they’re passionate. The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of PossibilitiesWhen Soledad O’Brien was in college taking organic chemistry with her sister, she realized becoming a doctor wasn’t her passion. WHAT I LOVE MOST… Having the opportunity to interview a world-renowned journalist, with over 30-years of experience, who champions telling the true stories of real people who wouldn’t have the opportunity to have their stories told. Are you confident in being able to tell your story, or your company’s story, well? Listen to my chat with Soledad O’Brien and find out! As an award-winning journalist, she also shares the importance of being curious and asking the right questions, how we can become better storytellers, and how we can prepare and listen better. TODAY’S MAIN MESSAGE… Soledad shares her journey and how she made the leap from preparing for med-school to a career in journalism. THIS EPISODE IS PERFECT FOR… anyone looking to be a better storyteller, feed their curiosity and attract people to your mission. I am absolutely thrilled to be speaking with Soledad O’Brien on the What’s Next! Podcast. She has won numerous awards, including three Emmys, the George Peabody award, an Alfred I DuPont prize and the Gracie, and Newsweek Magazine named her one of the “15 People Who Make America Great.” With her husband, she is the founder of the PowHERful Foundation that helps young women get to and through college. She has appeared on networks, Fox and Oxygen, and anchored and reported for NBC, MSNBC and CNN. Soledad is an award-winning journalist, speaker, author and philanthropist who anchors and produces the Hearst Television political magazine program “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.” Soledad is also the founder and CEO of Starfish Media Group, and reports for HBO Real Sports, the PBS NewsHour, WebMD and has authored two books. This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Soledad O’Brien. Welcome to the What's Next! podcast with Tiffani Bova.

The Next Big Story by Soledad O'Brien