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12 || FITNESS MAGAZINE || AUGUST 2015FMM: With your Communications and Journalisms degree in hand, tell us about landing your first on air job. What was that experience like?EC: I was right out of college working the overnight shift as a production assistant at KABC. I did it for about a year. The hours were brutal and you don%u2019t make much, but it taught me a lot about the industry. My agent told me ESPN%u2019s World Series of Poker was looking for a reporter. I auditioned for producers and got a call about a month later that I got the gig. I was the youngest they ever hired to work the WSOP. It was my first real paying job. I lived in Vegas for the summer and learned a lot. From that job, an ESPN producer hired me to work the X Games and it just kind of snowballed from there. FMM: In addition to %u201cNFL Preseason HQ,%u201d you%u2019ve been a cohost of %u201cNFL AM%u201d since July 2014. Walk us through a show day, from the time you arrive on set at NFL Network.EC: Well because NFL Network is based on the west coast, we shoot the show from 3am to 7am PT, which means I head into work at midnight (yes, I work overnights again!) to immediately start hair and makeup. We have a production meeting at 1am to go over the rundown and different segments of the show, and then it%u2019s show time!