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White House Correspondent: Ed Henry

Ed Henry took time out of his busy schedule to speak to our journalism class at the

National Press Club this week.

Mr. Ed Henry started his journalism career as a Washington Semester Program student interning for the infamous Jack Anderson.(He even had Gil Klein as a professor...which shows you how long Gil has been around.)

After his internship, Mr. Anderson offered Ed a job, even though he was only a junior in college. Against the advice of his professors, Ed accepted the job and moved to Washington. It took Ed a while longer to graduate from college due to complications with transferring credits, but he finally graduated.

Ed worked for Mr. Anderson for five-years before switching to Roll Call. He worked at Roll Call for eight-years and eventually made his way to CNN.

Ed is an extremely likable and comical guy. If he wasn't a successful journalist, I would suggest stand up comedy. Ed gave us a lot of useful advice.

"Nothing is going to be handed to you. You have to bust your butt."

He mentioned that a lot of students think that just because you have had an internship that you will be hired. That's not always the case, especially in a competitive field. It's important to work hard. There isn't one single way to succeed in journalism.

This had me thinking of other ways to impress employers...

It was inspiring.

Stay tuned.