"I joined three years after the start, so I've been there 43 years. CNN is in my DNA, but who knew? You know, a lot of us - people of my generation who joined as desk assistants or video assistants or whatever, the like - we literally used to say to ourselves, well, we're all just undergrads. None of us have gone to graduate school, but this is our graduate school on the job... And we're going to get all the experience we need to go off to the big leagues."
Christiane Amanpour, a CNN veteran, reflects on Ted Turner's impact on CNN's 24/7 news network. Turner's vision enabled immediate news coverage, making history real-time for viewers. Amanpour, starting as a desk assistant in 1983, describes Turner as a revered leader who inspired a generation of young journalists to work tirelessly.
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