Wolf Blitzer — American Journalist born on March 22, 1948,

Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist and television news anchor, who has been a CNN reporter since 1990. He is the host of The Situation Room and the daytime show Wolf. Blitzer also serves as the network's lead political anchor... (wikipedia)

If you are a reliable, honest journalist, sources will open up and trust you and share good information.
I love politics.
I tend to overwrite; I need a good editor.
My inclination, as an old-school, classically trained journalist, is not to go with a story unless I have it hard. It's not good enough to say something based on rumors that were flying around.
When I finished grad school, I sort of fell into journalism. Someone mentioned that there was an entry-level job at the Reuters News Agency. I applied, and, to my amazement, I got the job.