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AT: I have neither been harrassed nor ever felt at any kind of disadvantage.
GS: Are you at an advantage?
AT: I don't think so. It's probably naive to think everything is equal, period. But as far as my management is concerned, if you can do the job, then you can do the job. I think that's proven most clearly and visibly by the fact that as an Asian woman in a market like that I was given a sports job. That probably shows that at least here, being a woman hasn't hindered me.
GS: Maybe they gave you the job because as an Asian woman you would attract more attention and viewers.
AT: I would like to think they gave me the job because I proved myself. I filled in whenever they asked me to fill in in sports and did a respectable job. I can't tell you whether they gave me the job because they thought it would be a PR ploy also. Just for my own sake, I hope not.
GS: What is your current job?
AT: Since January 2nd I've been the sports anchor for a brand new 10 o'clock news broadcast.
GS: What are your hours?
AT: I work from 4 though 11 every night.
GS: What time do you go to sleep?
AT: Two, three.
GS: When do you wake up
AT: Maybe 8:30 or 9.
GS: What do you do on your off hours?
AT: Play tennis, see my friends, talk on the phone.
GS: Any romantic involvements?
AT: No.
GS: Do you date anyone at work? Or do you have a rule against it?
AT: I don't have a rule against it but I don't go out with anyone at work.
SHERRY HU is an Emmy-award-winning reporter who also co-anchors for 6 a.m. news at KPIX in San Francisco. Born in Honolulu and raised in Oakland, Hu graduated with a political science degree from UC Berkeley. She began her media career in 1978 as a receptionist at a San Francisco radio station, then worked up the ranks at KPIX, from an assistant to the news director to apprentice reporter before becoming a full time reporter.
GS: What's the essential element for getting ahead in your business?
AT: It's very dangerous to think that it's glamorous. Maybe it is later on in the bigger markets. I don't know because I haven't been there, but I think it's dangerous to think it's glamorous starting out. You work a ton of hours, you don't get paid all that well. You have to do it because you love it, not because you want to be on TV. It's a lot of fun in that I'm someone who could never have a desk job and sit behind a desk every day and do the same thing every single day. I love my job because I do something different every single day and I meet different people every day. You don't become an expert on anything but you're exposed to a ton of things, so you have a broad base of knowledge. I love that when you have a bad day or a bad story or a bad show, as soon as it's done, it's over. There aren't many peope who record the show and watch it again. You're pretty much done and you can move on to the next day. PAGE 5
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