This is especially true when it comes to reporting on thingsno oneeven likes to talk about.
Leigh Scheps explained the lesser known truths of being a TV news reporter toCosmopolitan.
Scheps has covered stories from fatal car accidents to murder and it’s all in a day’s work.
She explained, “My job is to cover what happened and push my personal emotions aside.”
However, there are some days when this task becomes impossible.
Here are some examples of reporters who just couldn’t reign in their emotions on the job.
If you’reCNNreporter Zain Asher, you break down in tears.
Asher started crying and followed up with some laughter.
Asher told of her parents immigrating from Nigeria when the country was in the midst of a war.
The family had no money when they arrived.
No doubt Asher’s parents are proud of all of their children’s accomplishments.
Crying with dignity
In 2011, the documentaryHow to Die in Oregonpremiered at Sundance Film Festival.
She endured excruciating pain that even morphine was unable to dull.
“Death is part of life,“he saidthrough tear-filled eyes.
Hugging Vaughan, Savidge thanked him for saving his life.
“It’s scary,” Savidge said on live television, obviously shaken by the close-call.
I just want to tell my wife I’m okay.”
One ofKTVU’s anchors assured him, “We’re gonna call her here ourselves.”
Can you even imagine how you would react if that happened to you while on live TV?
Although he was visibly shaken, it’s amazing he even stayed relatively calm.
ABBCreporter had the opportunity to hear the adhan for the first time during her visit to Jeddah.
Although this tragedy was unquestionably horrible,BBC Newsreporter Graham Satchell remained optimistic.
Reporting on what he saw in Paris was clearly incredibly challenging and deeply upsetting.
On May 20, 2013, a devastating tornado hit Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Oklahoma.
The natural disaster spanned 17 miles and lasted 40 long minutes.
It left piles of rubble and seven deceased children in its wake.
“I’ve never seen anything like this in my eighteen years covering tornados here in Oklahoma City.
Search crews will resume investigating an area of 9,653 miles a location determined by experts.
