Kristen Welker Never Intended to Become the Story

glamour.com:

Today, Kristen Welker, is keen to point out, making a splash or spawning a thousand think pieces on isn’t the point.“The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is about celebrating journalism and free speech,” Welker tells Glamour. “But most importantly, it’s about paying it forward.” The event, which has been lovingly dubbed “” by some of its honored guests, takes place tonight, April 29, at the Washington Hilton Hotel.

This year, the Daily Show’s Trevor Noah will host.Welker has more than two decades of experience in broadcast journalism, and more than ten years’ experience covering the White House.

But a lot has changed since she was a doe-eyed Harvard grad just entering the workforce. In 2022, the news cycle is 24-hours per day.

For Welker, work sometimes starts at 4:00 a.m., whether sources like it or not. “I'm reaching out to sources at 6:00, 6:30 a.m., waking them up," she laughs. "I feel bad about it.”Another aspect of broadcast news that has evolved over the years: Viewers’ relationships with the people who deliver it.