#102 | Paul Vercammen | CNN to ShelterBox

Emmy and Peabody winner Paul Vercammen on years as a CNN reporter and producer, and leading communications for ShelterBox USA. Paul Vercammen is currently the Communications Director for one of the world's most decorated and effective relief organizations, ShelterBox USA. Before that Paul was a hybrid reporter/producer for CNN on both Broadcast Television and Digital Platforms. Paul has taken home Emmy awards and multiple Peabody awards for contributions to the CNN coverage of the Gulf Oil Spill and contributions to CNN election coverage. To learn more about Paul: linkedin.com/in/paul-vercammen-35558821 Chapters 0:00 Welcome Paul Vercammen 2:35 Journalism school at USC and Vin Scully 5:03 A family from Belgium 7:34 Real estate and a lot of houses 10:04 Family and the restaurant at the centre 12:32 Wasp stings and supportive relatives 15:00 Hot Wheels and sensory overload 17:31 The teacher who made him love to write 20:00 Mentoring Iranian journalists 22:33 News is supposed to be objective 25:00 First push back as a sports writer 27:31 Marv Goux and the ticket story 30:06 NIL and players staying in college 32:30 Women's basketball at USC 35:04 A layoff that became a first on-air job 37:33 Carrying a rival's tripod 40:00 Covering Reagan in Santa Barbara 42:30 Reporting in your home town 45:07 How TV news was edited in the 80s 47:36 Volunteering for sports at CNN 50:00 Trust and credible sources 52:35 Interesting people in LA 55:02 Called into the boss's office 57:35 Hang up the work coat 1:00:01 The variety of general reporting 1:02:30 Assigned to the Michael Jackson investigation 1:05:03 The most popular anchor in Santa Barbara 1:07:38 A government minder and a translator 1:10:01 Ryan on being followed in China 1:12:32 Election year coverage 1:15:04 Alaska results and the Sanders and Clinton race 1:17:33 The camera crew can be your best friend 1:20:07 Covering music stories 1:22:34 OJ Simpson in prison 1:25:01 A protest that turned out to be a hoax 1:27:35 Back in Santa Barbara with ShelterBox 1:30:01 Stranger than fiction on the road 1:32:33 A breach at Los Alamos 1:35:07 Four months stuck in Istanbul 1:37:33 Being targeted for the CNN logo 1:40:07 Korean farmers take over a trade summit 1:42:33 Tunnels under a restaurant 1:45:05 Final Four and travel in Europe 1:47:32 From journalism to helping people rebuild 1:50:02 A refugee who fled the Alberta fires twice 1:52:30 Canadian army engineers 1:55:04 Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw 1:57:33 Mosquito nets and what people really need 2:00:05 Wrapping up in the same room The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com