Education

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

B.S., Economics & Finance

Podcasts

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31: Lights, Camera, News With CNN’s Digital Correspondent Kelly Wallace [Main T4C Episode]

Kelly Wallace is an Editor-at-Large and Digital Correspondent* at CNN where she spearheaded CNN’s multiplatform women’s digital content initiatives and created “Women’s Watch” e-newsletter. She’s also worked as a White House correspondent, Mideast correspondent and National Correspondent for CNN covering some of the biggest news stories of the day. During..

Career Path

Interview Highlights

“We need all kinds of thinkers. We need people who have different life experiences. I don’t want to lose someone who might look at an issue a different way because he or she takes a little bit longer to get to that point just because our business is so fast and we can’t have that kind of person.”

Best Career Advice

“College is hard. But take the time to experience things and new classes and take risks. You’re going to figure it out and you’re going to find your path and it will work out.”

Career Challenge

“You have these experiences where you just feel like someone doesn’t like you, is potentially out to get you, but I felt it. I felt a little bullied. I didn’t feel supported and I was doing a pretty high profile, important job at that time. And so to not have support was very, very hard. I’m a big believer in therapy. I’ve been in therapy a number of times in my life. And at that time I was really spending time because I was trying to understand why is this happening and what did I do? And I really got to understand that that person for whatever reason has her own issues, her own stuff. I didn’t cause it, I can’t fix it, but what I can do is just really try to take good care of myself.”

Skills

Digital Media, Content Strategy, Video, Digital Strategy, Media Relations, Publicity, Integrated Marketing, Social Media, Start-ups, Radio, Web Content, Journalism, Magazines, News Writing, Business Strategy, Interviews, Public Speaking, New Media