From Breaking News to Finding Herself: Carol Lin’s Untold Story | Episode 158

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What happens when the career you love demands almost everything from you? In this powerful conversation, former CNN anchor Carol Lin takes us behind the headlines and into the deeply personal story behind When News Breaks. Lin made history as the first network journalist to break the news of the September 11 attacks. But just one month later, she found herself facing a Taliban sniper along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border—a terrifying moment that underscored the risks and sacrifices of a career she loved. With honesty, humor, and remarkable candor, Carol reflects on building a career in a white-centric, male-dominated world of journalism, the adrenaline of breaking news, and her complicated relationship with a traditional Chinese mother who warned her that journalism would never love her back. But the biggest stories aren't always the ones that happen on camera. Carol opens up about devastating personal news, a marriage marked by infidelity and cancer, motherhood, and the difficult choices she faced while trying to become the mother her daughter needed. Ultimately, When News Breaks becomes more than the story of an accomplished journalist—it is the story of a woman learning to separate the person she became in the spotlight from the woman she truly is. In this episode, we talk about:

• Breaking the news of 9/11 and the responsibility of being first
• The dangers and adrenaline of international journalism
• Being a woman of color in a male-dominated news industry
• The expectations of family, culture, and career
• Marriage, infidelity, cancer, and devastating personal loss
• Motherhood and the sacrifices women make
• What happens when your professional identity becomes bigger than your personal one finding yourself after years of living behind the headlines.

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