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Fox 8 news: Stacey acknowledges that she has been very successful in the Cleveland market. She’s been here over eight years, and had originally only planned on two. Of course she misses her family, but she knew going in that her profession would keep her moving. She considers Cleveland home now and is even buying a house on Cleveland’s East Side. (She was a west-sider until just recently).Stacey would recommend television journalism to young people but only if “they are really passionate and willing to make sacrifices.” She points out that very few people get to stay in their own area or market. This is especially difficult for people with spouses and children.
Then, of course, there are the hours and the assignments. “When you start out,” says Stacey “you’ll be standing out in the snow and reporting in the worst circumstances. Don’t expect to start out at the top.” Stacey now works 3:00 to 11:00 but says her hours have fluctuated many times in her career.
The internet is having an impact on television news. She’s not even sure there will be television news anchors in the next twenty years and she is savvy enough to know that requires a Plan B. “I try to make wise financial choices and save money when I can.”
One of Stacey’s few regrets is a personal one; she wishes that she understood at 22 or 25 that she was special. “I really didn’t get that until later. I always felt I wasn’t good enough.” She says she learned that it was okay to say “No.”
Stacey believes Katie Couric was a good choice to replace Dan Rather. She looks at her as popular and versatile and a very hard worker. Stacey admires the first in most anything.
“People like her are trailblazers. You look at them and think how great that their dream job came along when they were 49 or 50. Meredith Vieira got her dream job at 52. It is very inspiring. Age can’t stop you unless you let it.”
Stacey is a serious news anchor, but of course, the job does involve the occasional frivolous story. She says she wouldn’t mind skipping the stories on Lindsay Lohan or Britney Spears, but for some people that’s news.