John Roberts interview…

Marie-Joelle Parent has an interview with American Morning’s John Roberts on Ent Blog…

Q-Do you miss covering conflicts ?
A-You can’t say that you miss covering conflicts because nobody ever wants to cover conflicts. On the other hand, it is an interesting beat to have, the adrenaline of a war correspondent is almost addictive. My job now is being in the studio probably more than I would like, but we’ll see where things go from here.

Q-Did you suffer some sort of post-traumatic stress coming back from war ?
A-Yes, there is an interesting re-entry process when you come back from war in Iraq. You don’t realize at first the effect it had on you, it takes time. I remember one particular time, I was back from Iraq for 3-4 days, I was working at the White House, I was getting in a parking garage and some driver behind me was really aggressive and I just thought to myself if that’s all you have to worry about getting into a garage, then you really need to get out there and see the problems of the world. It really puts life into perspective.

Q-Despite the scale what would you say is the main difference between working for American medias and Canadian medias ?
A-The nature of it and maybe the level of competition between each show is higher in the States. I don’t think there is much difference now but back then when I moved to the United States, there was a media gap in terms of technology. Canada had one Live Truck and the TV Station in Miami I worked for had four !

Q-Who would you love to interview ?
A-Barack Obama since he became President, Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and Ahmadinejad.