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JY: No.
GS: Do you take chances?
JY: I take risks. The difference is that with risks you've calculated what you can and cannot do, how far you can and cannot fall.
GS: Have you achieved your dream?
JY: I think I've done some fabulous things. I've been humbled by the experiences I've had. I've intereviewed celebrities and stars. I've bungee-jumped, I skydived, I've held snakes around my neck, I've talked to the most fascinating people, people I've learned from, people I've admired growing up.
GS: When you first got into the TV business, what kind of hours did you keep?
JY: When we started out with Evening Magazine it wasn't unusual to do 80-hour weeks.
GS: With no extra pay?
JY: I had a contract. You're not on an hourly wage.
GS: What was your starting salary?
JY: In 1976 they offered $32,000 and we finally settled on $34,000.
GS: What kind of people should get into TV journalism?
JY: You come into this medium and absolutely love it or absolutely hate it. People who absolutely love it will stay and have the best time possible.
GS: What's the best thing about it?
JY: There is something about being in this crazy business--and it can be crazy--that to me is exciting, that interests me all the time, that educates me all the time. It is never predictable, there is no day quite like the next day or the day after that. It is high energy. It is always with a lot of people. All of those things. I thrive on it.
GS: Some people might get into it because they love to see themselves on TV. How much of the juice comes from that for you?
JY: I know what I look like in person. I don't have to see myself on television. That is 1000 percent the wrong reason to be on television.
GS: Was there as much acceptance of Asian women back then as today?
JY: There's more acceptance today than when I got in it. Definitely.
GS: What's the cross section of Asian women entrering the field?
JY: I see a lot of young men and women entering the field and I'm excited. I'm encouraged by the fact that we can attract really really effective, energetic, smart and intelligent people into this business. I'm encouraged by that. I've helped a lot of young people come into this business. I think there's room for all of us.
EUNA KWON began as a trainee reporter at KRON. She moved to Sacramento's KOVR-TV for a chance to work as general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor. She is back at KRON as a general assignment reporter.
GS: Do you see a difference between the people entering the field ten years ago versus those entering today?
JY: People who will be effective and will stay in this business will know it's more than a nine-to-five job or know they've got to do their homework above and beyond. They are not clockwatchers. Those are the people who will be most successful.
GS: What are you hours like today compared to more junior years?
JY: I still put in a lot of long hours. There are days when I'm here until midnight, and I have three kids. PAGE 8
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