Assembling facts and putting together stories

Leslie Stone of Opportunist magazine interviewed Fox Business Network anchor Stuart Varney about his career in the latest issue.

Here is an excerpt:

Opportunist: Who or what inspired you to become a broadcast journalist?

Stuart Varney: I wouldn’t say there was any one individual. I liked what I was doing from day one as a radio reporter and then on TV, and I instinctively felt I could do it. Assembling facts, putting together stories that would be of interest—that was my inspiration to stay in the business and enjoy what I do for a living.

Opportunist: Where did you start your career?

Stuart Varney: In Hong Kong of all places. During my travels I was introduced to a man who ran Radio Hong Kong and he hired me to be a street reporter.

Opportunist: When did you come to America?

Stuart Varney: My American wife and I arrived in San Francisco in the early 1970s. I wanted to continue working in the radio market but was told that my English accent gave me no credibility. [Laughs] I saw an ad in the San Francisco Chronicle for an entry-level newscaster at KEMO-TV, a small station in the Bay Area. For 3½ years I hosted “Stock Market Today,” which was broadcast across North America.

Read more here.