19 Quotes by Kasie Hunt

When you cover the White House, which I've done on and off, it's relatively straightforward - everything the president does is news.

Covering Capitol Hill was my first assignment in political journalism, and I still think it is the best beat in Washington.

For me, the biggest thing I've learned is how to be myself and the fact that viewers actually want to feel like they're getting to know you as a person. They value you because you're a reporter and you're bringing them new information, but they also want to feel like they get a sense of your sense of humor and what things you're interested in.

It takes more time and energy for women to get ready to go on camera than it does men, and that means there are fewer available minutes to focus on actually getting the job done. That's a disadvantage.

I've been a news junkie as long as I can remember - and once you've covered a presidential campaign, it's nearly impossible to tear yourself away. There's so much at stake.

I wear more eyeliner on TV, but otherwise, I pretty much look like my real life self.

You may not be the best person in the room or the smartest or most experienced, but you can still control how hard you work on a project, and that's a quality that can really come through.

There are a lot of opportunities in journalism that are like that, where if you have good ideas and really care about something, and you persist, you can get them. Show up in person. Write that extra email. It goes much farther than people realize.

TV is really fun because there are so many different things you can play with; you can tell a story in a really, really rich way.