Mark Scheerer - Global Reporter

Episode Summary

Mark Scheerer was a Global Correspondent on radio and television for ABC and CNN, covering an amazing number and scope of stories around the world. A fascinating career!

Episode Notes

Mark Scheerer has had a remarkable career as an entertainment and hard news reporter on radio and television for ABC and CNN. He’s covered rock stars, wars, famine and breaking events all over the world. 

Robert’s featured song in this episode is “Slap Shot” from the album The Queen’s Carnival by Robert’s band, Project Grand Slam. Robert’s guest, at one time, was the College Hockey reporter for the New York Times, and everyone knows that most hockey goals are scored off of slap shots!

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Mark Scheerer has had a remarkable and varied career as a journalist, covering entertainment and hard news, from rock stars like The Rolling Stones, to personalities like Muhammad Ali, to wars in Beirut and the Falklands, to African famines, to Hollywood stars who got arrested. His career in radio and television lasted a long time and covered many transitions in broadcasting.

In this episode, Robert and Mark discuss:

  • His journalism education and background

  • Becoming a College Hockey reporter

  • Getting hired by ABC radio to cover young people’s events

  • His career highlights in radio and television

 

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Connect with Mark at reporter-on-the-road.blog


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Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/project-grand-slam/274548453

Email: pgs@projectgrandslam.com


Robert’s featured song in this episode is “Slap Shot” from The Queen’s Carnival, by Robert’s band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link- https://open.spotify.com/track/3LIKTLDdahFfnp5kgEEpu8?si=hFi2Haj9TZ6euwvgXhbU3A

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