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GS: What was the biggest nightmare of your career? The worst mistake you made?
AT: I haven't made any huge mistakes that caused a problem. You always have little problems to deal with. I was doing a sportscast once and we were on a new computer system and the teleprompter all of a sudden started scrolling backward. That was kind of interesting.
GS: What's the best career move you made?
AT: I was offered a job in Minneapolis, the 13th largest market in the country for a lot more money than I'm making here. But it was a news job at the point where my station here was offering to transition me into sports, which is my lifelong dream. It was a tough decision because anyone in this business in my size market will tell you that you don't know if you're ever going to be offered a top 15 job, ever again. As it turned out, I haven't regretted it, and I'm really loving doing sports here.
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GS: How much money were they offering at Minneapolis?
AT: Close to double what I'm making now.
GS: Were you something of a tomboy growing up?
AT: If you watch sports at all on TV every one of the networks and ESPN and CNN all have lots of women [sports reporters]. I consider myself part of the trend that's going on all over the country as far as women in sports.
GS: Do you do any networking?
AT: I think you always do networking when you meet someone.
GS: Do you join clubs or organizations for the sake of networking?
AT: Not really. I keep in touch with people I think are interesting.
GS: What advice would you give other young women who want to get into TV journalism?
AT: To know what you're getting into as far as the commitment timewise, moneywise, being thousands of miles away from your family, working holidays.
GS: What's the most difficult thing about your job right now emotionally?
AT: Being away from my family. Also being in a busienss that's transient like this where you move a lot, your friends are all over the country. It's wonderful to have that kind of geographical diversity, but you can't just go home and see all your friends.
GS: Do you live alone?
AT: Yes.
GS: How often do you visit home?
AT: I've been home once a year probably. They come out here though.
GS: How much vacation time do you have?
AT: Two weeks a year.
TERILYN JOE has been co-anchoring the 6 and 11 p.m. news weekdays for San Francisco's KGO-TV since 1992. She began in 1981 as a news writer, newscaster and entertainment reporter for a Vancouver radio station. Joe moved up the ranks from general assignment reporter to news anchor at age 25 for CITY-TV in Toronto. At 28 she became the solo anchor for the morning news on Canada AM, a daily two-and-a-half hour current affairs program.
GS: Do you want to get married and have a family?
AT: Yes. I'm not one of those people who puts career before family. But I also don't think you can just sit around and wait to get married. I'm very proud of my career, I enjoy it a lot.
GS: When do you see yourself getting married and having kids?
AT: I don't want to be a 45-year-old getting married, but neither am I saying I have to get married when I'm 28. I don't want to be a super-old mother. I've had the advantage of having young parents who've done everything with us and it's been great.
GS: Would you encourage a daughter to go into this field?
AT: I would encourage my children, male and female, to go into any field they want to. I would be able to give them the same kind of support my parents have given me and my brother in our chosen fields. PAGE 6
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