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Some parents have been business professionals for years and can give their teens the inside track on how to get ahead. But for the rest of us, younger professionals like 19-year-old reporter Emily Gimmel lead the way. "My dad has been in TV awhile, and he encouraged me to get my foot in the door," says the sophomore broadcast journalism major at the University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY). At 15, Emily called her local FOX affiliate to ask for a community service opportunity; she wouldn't take no for an answer. And, once she got in the door, she was never asked to leave. So while the rest of us spent our summers playing Nintendo and running a paper route, Emily was getting up at 4 a.m. to run a teleprompter, carry equipment, make phone calls, and greet guests for a morning show. "For two summers, I was up for anything," she remembers. (Her high school required her to complete 25 hours of community service by graduation; she did 450 community service hours.) Now, as a morning show reporter for WKYT Channel 27 (she's already got a year and a half under her belt), Emily can test products at health food stores, sample airbrush tattoos, maybe even go skydiving! "I try to do entertaining and enlightening programs," she shares. Her go-getter attitude has also enabled her to visit the set of Good Morning America and meet her idol, Diane Sawyer. If you want to catch the career wave early, Emily prescribes persistence. "Not every idea I've pitched has been successful, but it's about not giving up."
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