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What do you do in your current job?
I book guests for live remotes. "Good Morning America" is about 50 percent taped pieces and 50 percent live interviews. I come in at 5 a.m. and make sure all of our guests are taken care of both logistically and editorially. I answer any questions our anchors (Diane Sawyer, Charlie Gibson and Robin Roberts) may have about the segments in the morning. I also book all last minute and breaking news if it happens immediately before or during the show. For the rest of the day, I work on booking guests for the next day's show. Morning shows are very competitive, so this is sometimes a very difficult task.

What do you like best about your job?
I love sitting in the control room every morning and meeting an amazing variety of people. I also really like traveling to breaking news and long-term stories.

How did you get your job?
I worked as a desk assistant for ABC News. Then I took an overnight segment producer job at "Good Morning America." Almost two years later I took the next open slot as a dayside booker.

When did you know you wanted to be a journalist?
I knew when I was very young. I visited a TV station in high school for career day and fell in love with the job.

What has been your greatest achievement in your career so far?
I have successfully booked a lot of breaking news stories, from Sept. 11 to the Iraqi war, the Columbia Shuttle collapse, the Rhode Island Nightclub fire, and the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping and rescue. The deaths of George Harrison, John Ritter and Bob Hope have all happened on my watch. ABC was able to produce great live TV during all of these breaking stories.

What are your recommendations and advice for current students?
If you are young and aggressive, take the jobs at the bottom and work your way up. Don't be discouraged, but know that you may have to work a weekend or an overnight in order to be promoted.

What is the greatest lesson you learned at the Missouri School of Journalism?
I learned how to think ethically. In booking, you are constantly presented with ethical dilemmas; when to put someone's picture on the air or withhold it for good reason, when to withhold information you have learned, when it is necessary to double or triple source, when to back off and when to push. These are all decisions we make every day, and Mizzou taught me how to think these through.