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Finding the Story and Crafting your Own: A Day in the Life of a CNN Reporter
- Kathy Chou
- May 19, 2021
- 1 min read
In May 2021 and in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, Stanford Cap and Gown hosted a virtual discussion with CNN national correspondent and Stanford Cap and Gown alumna, Natasha Chen.
Natasha is a national correspondent for CNN based in Atlanta, GA. Her reporting experience has put her at the heart of major national stories from the impact of COVID-19 to Black Lives Matter protests to anti-Asian hate crimes. While an undergraduate at Stanford, Natasha majored in Psychology and was an active member of Mixed Co Acapella, the Stanford Film Society, and the Fall '03 Study Abroad cohort at Oxford. There were over 80 students and alumni at the virtual event where Natasha highlighted the following topics.
A Day in the Life of a Traveling Field Correspondent
Her Path to her Career at CNN
The Role of Storytelling in the Modern World
Race Relations Reporting
Being an Asian American Woman in Journalism
The importance of Mentorship
A particularly poignant part of Natasha's remarks centered around why we are so concerned with thinking things in a normal, linear conventional way? Your weird thing connects you with your tribe and it helps you stand out and be memorable. Make sure your choices are uniquely and weirdly yours. This resonated with the audience who were enthralled with Natasha's remarks, lessons learned and sage advice to all women. Stanford Cap and Gown was honored to host one of our most successful virtual events with many thanks to our very own - Natasha Chen.
What a fantastic event for Stanford Cap and Gown. Natasha Chen sounds like exactly the kind of alumna every student organization hopes to host—someone who's not just accomplished but also willing to be honest about the nonlinear path that got her there. Her comment about why "we are so concerned with thinking things in a normal, linear conventional way" is spot on. Journalism, like so many creative and professional fields, rewards people who bring their full, weird, authentic selves to the work. That "weird thing" she mentions? It really does help you find your tribe and stand out in a sea of similar resumes.
The fact that she covered COVID-19, Black Lives Matter protests, and anti-Asian hate crimes—all within a…
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