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Guess if I had to pick one,it was being a reporter in a old-school newsroom at a local paper in the late 90's. Before the internet ruined media). I was a rookie and hungry for ALL the stories...Loved meeting people and having something new on my plate every day. Had a routine of morning headlines and banter with the older, grizzled reporter who was my mentor... editorial meeting, then off to get the stories and make calls etc., then the afternoon was for writing before deadline...and I was also the "weather girl" so I had to lay out the inside weather page before they sent it off to press @ 5:30.

Fun side note: I had started my journalism/PRinternships at the local community college. So when we had the "Environmental Summitt" with President Bill Clinton and VP Al Gore, I got tapped by the college as the one to help the Washington Press Corps as a runner for ABC News! I got the same credentials as everyone there and even met Bill Clinton! (It was just before the whole Monica thing broke, so he and AL were still besties and they were at the top of their game...the energy in the room was electric!!)
After meeting him, I called my Editor and told him I couldn't write about it from a 3rd person POV, it had to be a personal column - that column won me an award with the Nevada Press Association in 1998.

I guess I peaked in my 20s... that explains a lot lmao