“I banged it out. Here was my masterpiece.” Yesterday, former FNC and CNN anchor Kiran Chetry reminisced about losing her virginity-sorry, guys and gals–her news virginity. Teasing her article on her friend Nicole Lapin‘s site, Kiran saucily Tweeted, “I’ll never forget my 1st time! [C]heck out my post on recessionista.com brainchild of my great buddy….”
In her piece, Kiran recalled her first news “hit” as an intern at “News 21,” her local cable news channel in Rockville, Maryland. In an era “before the Internet, BBS, iPhone, [and] GPS,” Kiran recounted the challenge of covering the local school board budget fight: doing her interviews, cutting her “stand-up,” and then “racing back to the station” to write her story with a twenty-minute deadline.
In so doing, Kiran remembered thinking to herself, “Do or die time Chetry!” Kiran proudly proclaimed, “I didn’t die. I banged it out. Here was my masterpiece.” Then, self-deprecatingly, she added that the “local news cliches,” the “generic introduction to a soundbite,” and “nervous standup with awkward gesturing and holding the mic like an ice cream cone” were all there.
Kiran’s “1st time”: she won’t forget it. Nor will her fans. Stay tuned for the video!
Tags: American Morning, CNN, FNC, Fox & Friends, Fox and Friends, Kiran Chetry, News 21, Nicole Lapin, Recessionista.com, Rockville Maryland
June 15, 2012 at 7:04 pm
Yikes; neither will he.
June 18, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Kiran left CNN about 11 months ago for what she labeled something like “A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY,or something to that effect. Since then she has had 2-3 brief one day appearances. What happened to that special opportunity?