I Think About Syria When I Go

I Was Interning In The Cbs Sports Affiliate In Atlanta With Robin Roberts.... I Was Taking Notes On A Braves-padres Game, And On The Live Feed Came Footage Of These Kids Protesting And Getting Crushed During The Tiananmen Square Uprising In China In 1989. In That Moment I Became Like A Lot Of Young People In This Country Today, Horrified And Inspired But Confused As To What I Might Do.

We, As Americans, Have An Interest In Ensuring That The Only People Who Get To Vote For Our Elected Leaders Are Our Citizens, And Not Some Foreign People Who Think That They Have An Interest In Skewing Our Election In One Direction Or Another.

As A Journalist, I've Felt As If It's A Privilege That People Share Their Stories And Want You To Be The Messenger.... Even In My Current Job, When I Go Abroad, I'm Racing To Get Back To The President And The Secretary To Share What I've Seen.

'acting As If...' I Decided, Ridiculously In Retrospect, That My Experience Covering Women's Volleyball For My College Newspaper Was Sufficient For Me To At Least Try To Become A War Correspondent.

Since 9/11, There Has Been A Huge Leap In People Wanting To Get Personally Involved In Public Service And International Affairs.