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Lisa Rozner: On-Air Reporter/Anchor with CBS New York

• Angela Tuell • Season 4 • Episode 16

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In today’s episode, Lisa Rozner shares about the challenges and rewards of being in broadcast journalism, handling situations in the field and the importance of social media and web presence in journalism.

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duPont Awards: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=133194315566958 

Forgotten Families series: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=193639358757398 

Detectives Ramos and Liu: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nypd-detectives-wenjian-liu-rafael-ramos-killed-in-2014/ 

Suffs Musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whNIMADGiUQ&ab_channel=CBSNewYork 

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Angela Tuell:

Welcome to Media in Minutes. This is your host Angela Tuell. This podcast features in-depth interviews with those reports on the world around us. They share everything from their favorite stories to what happened behind the lens and give us a glimpse into their world. From our studio here at Communications Redefined, this is Media in Minutes. Today we are talking with Lisa Rozner. Lisa is an on air reporter and anchor for WCBS in New York City. She joined the station in 2017 and covers a wide range of stories. Lisa is an Edward R. Murrow and DuPont Columbia award winning journalist and a proud New Jersey native. Hello, Lisa, how are things in New York?

Lisa Rozner:

Hi, Angela. Everything's going really well, start of summer. I feel like it's already flying by as I fill up my calendar. But everything's going great. How are you?

Angela Tuell:

Good. Doing well, doing well. I'm definitely excited to talk with you today. I'd love to start with, you know, talk a little bit about your career path. And how you made it to CBS in New York, which is quite an accomplishment. And I'm sure you're not done with your career. Did you start in a small market like many you know of us did right out of journalism school?

Lisa Rozner:

Kind of. I started behind the scenes at News 12 New Jersey writing. And then I worked at a small TV station in the Philly market that was, that had a smaller viewing area. And then from there, I went to a small station in North Jersey that reached all of New York City. But in terms of the operation, it was pretty small skeleton -

Angela Tuell:

Okay.

Lisa Rozner:

- operation. And then I went to PBS in New Jersey and then to NY1 and then to CBS. So I, you could say I traveled a lot within the tri state. Working my way up in terms of size.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah, that was still pretty great to start where you did, you know.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah.

Angela Tuell:

You didn't have to go to Alaska or Montana for work.

Lisa Rozner:

I tried. I tried. They wouldn't take my resume tape, so...

Angela Tuell:

Oh, man. I remember those days.

Lisa Rozner:

Yep.

Angela Tuell:

My second TV job they said they had gotten 300 tapes for the one, you know, position. Somehow I got it. I don't know.

Lisa Rozner:

Wow, that's amazing.

Angela Tuell:

Yes. Now we don't have to send those tapes anymore. Like actual physical VHS tapes for anyone listening that doesn't know that's how we had to do it.

Lisa Rozner:

Yep.

Angela Tuell:

So in New York, are you mostly a general assignment breaking news type reporter or do you tend to focus on certain beats or areas.

Lisa Rozner:

So everyone at CBS New York, is basically general assignment breaking news. Some people cover certain boroughs. But for me on paper, I am general assignment breaking news, I would say that's most of what I do. However, I love food, I love lifestyle, I love travel, and take great pride in my Jewish heritage. So I do pitch a lot of stories that cover that ground.

Angela Tuell:

Okay.

Lisa Rozner:

But probably 80% of the time they're giving me or maybe 90%, depends on the week, depends how slow the news cycle is, they're giving me general assignment or breaking news. But also we have other shows other than the five and six and 11 News.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

So sometimes those ideas that I have, I'll help produce them for other shows, or pass along those ideas if I can't do them myself.

Angela Tuell:

Okay, okay. Yep, that makes sense. Did you always want to be a broadcast journalist?

Lisa Rozner:

No, I in elementary school, I wanted to be an architect. And then I saw in high school that, wow, this requires a lot of attention to detail. This is not just an art. I mean, there's a lot that goes into it - science and maths was like, ehhhh. And then, because I wasn't really into - I like math, but not to that degree. And then I thought about theater, I had been in a production in high school, I was like, wow, I really liked this, I was going to do musical theater. And then I couldn't get into any programs for college, which makes sense, because they only have about, you know, 10, 12 spaces for the whole country.

Angela Tuell:

Right.

Lisa Rozner:

And then I just figured, um, let me let me keep exploring, like, let me explore what other majors there are in college. And then I said, Well, why don't I just do journalism, because then I can learn about, I can keep learning about everything, because that's what I really liked. I liked learning about all the jobs in the fields.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

And so that's how I found this path. And also I, as opposed to an artist, like a theatre actor. I have a little bit more stability. So that's how I wound up here.

Angela Tuell:

It's like the next step up on sta - stability still pretty low. Right?

Lisa Rozner:

Right. Right, exactly.

Angela Tuell:

Speaking of that, what does your typical work week look like?

Lisa Rozner:

Again, on paper, you know, everything's always subject to change. But on paper, I'm supposed to be a Sunday night reporter so on Sundays I report at night. So that could be 630 and 11pm. But then Monday through Thursday, which it has been for the last few weeks, I'm dayside. So I work for the noon, the 5pm and the 6pm. But I do fill in a lot at night. So I do have a week coming up, for example, where I will be all, working all at night. But regardless of the times of day, I'm working, it's typically Sunday, for me personally, Sunday to Thursday.

Angela Tuell:

What do you find your stories each day? You know, you typically assign them or do you bring ideas for the day? How does that typically work?

Lisa Rozner:

It's a marriage between my ideas, and the many, many ideas that the newsroom already has laid out in the morning meeting. Most of the stories come from that because those are mostly like the latest breaking what's happening, what's hot. But for me, what I from what I do bring to the table, most of it is through word of mouth. Like at this point, I've been at CBS six and a half years, so I have a lot of contacts.

Angela Tuell:

Wow.

Lisa Rozner:

So over that time, I mean, on a weekly basis, someone's messaging me something that is a story.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

So work from that. And then occasionally, because over the years, I've joined so many Facebook groups, sometimes I see stuff on Facebook and Instagram, that would be like the second place I get them from and then third place is probably emails. But it depends, like most of the emails that I am keeping an eye on are again from contacts and people that I know.

Angela Tuell:

Right, right.

Lisa Rozner:

Mmm hmmm.

Angela Tuell:

So I probably know the answer to this one, but how important is social media and the web stories that go along with your broadcast stories? I know you're probably the same as me, when we started TV, social media didn't even really exist. Or maybe, maybe you had been probably a little bit older. But that wasn't a thing when we first started in TV.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, it's very important. I mean, when we have those meetings in the morning, our web person is actually sharing with us now stats, like what articles are trending, that the articles come from our video stories, or what articles or videos that go with the articles are trending. And they're also looking at on Google, like, what is trending, what are people searching for. And they do take that into account with how they decide what we're going to cover that day. And then, for me, it's important that what I put on social media, and the web matches up with my story, because most people are just not watching TV. That's what it feels like anecdotely anymore. And that they do just look at it on the web link afterwards. Or they even watch the stream which is available through our website.

Angela Tuell:

Right, right, exactly. They're getting, they're still getting the broadcast news, but just in a different way you know.

Lisa Rozner:

Exactly.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah. What do you enjoy most about being a broadcast journalist? And then of course, I'll have to ask least as well.

Lisa Rozner:

I would say meeting new people every day, and having the honor of sharing special moments with strangers who do sometimes turn into friends, or at least in the moment, it's like, we're friends, because you do meet people at their highest moments and their lowest moments, which I don't necessarily enjoy that part.

Angela Tuell:

Sure.

Lisa Rozner:

But, I mean, it is it is sometimes sometimes we are a source of comfort and validation in someone's lowest moments, or a moment where they're frustrated just having being that listening ear. So I like being in a helpful role in people's lives.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah, yeah. And sometimes it's, you know, therapeutic for people to share about their loved one in a tragedy or, you know, that sort of thing, too. Yeah. What about what you enjoy least in the business?

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, I mean, I would say the unpredictability. It's exciting at times, and that's part of why I love it, but then it can also be a challenge when it comes to making plans in your personal life.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

You know, I think that's part of it. I mean, yesterday, I was about to get my nails done, and oh, no, we need you to go here. Okay, well, and the luckily the lady hadn't taken me yet. So Iwas like I got called into work. But had I been sitting there in the pedicure chair, I mean, it would have been a tough situation.

Angela Tuell:

Right? Showed up with partially painted toes.

Lisa Rozner:

Right. Exactly. Like one time I did actually have to tell them I have to come back. It was gel, it was gel manicure. So she'd already done everything, except paint them. So I said look, I'm gonna come back in two hours. And I did but yeah, that's just like a microcosm. But you know, in the bigger picture like you just gotta get creative. Like Father's Day I'll be working 2pm till 11PM. So I might see my dad before, I might just see him another day. And luckily, my parents are pretty understanding. They don't they don't hold strict boundaries when it comes to these holidays.

Angela Tuell:

Good. Yes. Because that is definitely something broadcast journalists have to do is work on holidays. A lot of time. Yes. Something else sort of more serious, I guess. But something that is really upsetting, you know, is the growing negativity toward journalists with our divided country and you know, especially the local news is it as much, you know, isn't seen as negatively as some of the national but you're out there with people, with the camera, you know, very visible. Have you experienced negativity towards you and doing your job or, you know, increased from years past?

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, definitely. I think, unfortunately, it's become normalized to call us fake news.

Angela Tuell:

Mmm hmmm.

Lisa Rozner:

And at this point, I think we're numb to it. It but it's, it's interesting, because people, they say that sometimes they say that, when we're out covering a story, like, you know, they're at a protest.

Angela Tuell:

Right.

Lisa Rozner:

And they're like, Oh, well, you're not going to air this sound bite anyway. And it's like, alright, well, then I guess this interview is over, and I'll go talk to someone else. So it kind of, it's like, we just take it in stride. But at least there are still people who do thank me for the work I do.

Angela Tuell:

Good.

Lisa Rozner:

Just try to remind myself that this is a small population that doesn't believe in the power of journalism, and it's just part of the world.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah. So what do you wish viewers understood, you know, or knew about television news that you think they don't?

Lisa Rozner:

Hmm. It would be nice if they understood how much work goes into one story.

Angela Tuell:

Yes.

Lisa Rozner:

I think along with your last question about fake news, people think we're just taking these stories lightly and slapping it together. And that's not the case. I mean, there's a lot of effort that goes into seeking out different viewpoints. And not only that, but there's layers of management that reviews -

Angela Tuell:

Yes.

Lisa Rozner:

- these stories before they make air. We have a standards team who puts out guidance on, you know, how we should refer to things or phrase things. So I think people don't realize there's a lot that goes into it, it's very last minute. It's not something that we plan for. And sometimes we need to be given grace, that being said that it is last minute, and we are gonna get things wrong. And-

Angela Tuell:

We're human.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, that's just the way it is. I mean, when you're working on a tight deadline, that that's happens. Like I was doing a story this week, where I was going to interview someone whose family member is being held hostage in Gaza. And they wanted to do a Zoom, but they're in New York. So I said, Look, meet me at this place because where I was the mayor was coming to do an event. It had to do with like breaking news. I was like, You should really come here. So he came, and he met me there. And then he was able to meet the mayor, and we still interviewed him. And it was late. So I had to get it in and everything. But anyway, it all worked out. And then he was like, Oh, my sister is not a yoga teacher. Like I had mentioned that she's a yoga teacher in a Instagram post. And I was like, okay, like, yeah, it's a sensitive situation, I get it. But at the end of the day, I was like, I hope this person understands I like went out of my way to get them to come and meet the mayor, to get them in the first place. And, and overall, the goal is to get attention to your cause. So whether the, yeah, I don't want to make a mistake on purpose, of course, but,um -

Angela Tuell:

Right.

Lisa Rozner:

I think people need to just people don't realize that I know, he didn't realize all those layers that went into not only connecting with him getting him there getting him in the story. And so, yeah, I just don't think people understand all the work that goes into it. And the probability for things like that to happen slipped through the cracks.

Angela Tuell:

Right, right, and looking at the big picture like if something is minor and not you know, or if it's a if it's a bigger issue. Yeah. Do you typically focus on one story a day are you out getting multiple?

Lisa Rozner:

So it's usually one from start to finish. Occasionally. Occasionally, it's too I mean, depending on how you look at it. For example, I might be on the day when congestion pricing pause broke my story at noon looked very different from my story of five. So those are technically two different stories but the same topic. Sometimes I actually have to do two stories and they want us to make them different - one for five, one for six, but the same topic. So you could say between one and two, depending on how you define that, I would say two. But most of the time one, and then with breaking news, and not considering, like just considering starting on a story. It could be three stories in a day or even four or even five. But when I say that, I mean it's like, oh, go to Ridgewood, Queens, we get there. We see police cars. Oh, we need you to go to Maplewood, New Jersey get there. And so that's what I mean. Like, we can be tossed around that story three to five stories a day, but actually start to finish one to two.

Angela Tuell:

Right. Okay, that makes sense definitely.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah.

Angela Tuell:

So you mentioned a little bit about getting stories. And you know, some of them being from contacts with contacts, which I'm sure a lot of times, they're PR professionals. How can they best get story ideas to you and help you do your job best?

Lisa Rozner:

Well, there's a lot of clutter to cut through. First of all, that's to be said. There's a lot of emails, and I think we're at the point, unfortunately, where the number of people in PR do out number by a lot.

Angela Tuell:

Yes, they do.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, the numbers,

Angela Tuell:

It's like double or triple I believe, last time I heard that.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, oh man. Yeah, I mean, I know, it's probably always been that way. But it just the volume. I know my colleagues feel it too. It's just seems a little bit overwhelming. So that being said, I mean, email is still the best way. But I think it's the making the messaging very compact, like, relevant. And so a couple layers to this question. So first of all, the best way is the email, but also the subject and the content of the email. So in other words, the subject should just be extremely straightforward as possible, like -

Angela Tuell:

The headline.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, just, you know, the person who lost a million dollars on a cruise available today, just like really to the meat and not just like, X company announces a new partnership. That's the lead right away.

Angela Tuell:

Right.

Lisa Rozner:

So. So that's one thing. And then. So that's just the actual building of the contact. But then the, the what's in the email? I think, yes, the headline. And then what what a PR person is offering me like, we appreciate more characters than experts.

Angela Tuell:

Yes, right.

Lisa Rozner:

So a lot of times, yeah, a lot of times I get oh, this foot doctor's in town. Okay, that's great. There's 10 million foot doctors in New York City. Why are we going to interview yours and not this, these other ones? Yeah. So but it's so much mean so much more when it's like, oh, I work for this person. And they have this client who just had this amazing surgery. It's groundbreaking. It's one of a kind. So I think -

Angela Tuell:

The client can talk to, the patient can talk to you.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, exactly. So I think, yeah, thinking about how, what does a reporter need. Because it's very rare that we interview experts and that's our that's the story in and of itself. I mean, it happens, but it's just very rare. And being that it's rare I that's actually most of what I get is like, Oh, can I offer you this expert and that expert and then yeah, so I know that's a little long winded, but

Angela Tuell:

No, that's good. Yeah, good advice. Definitely. I also have to mention, I said it upfront that you've had quite a successful career, but also winning an Edward R. Murrow and DuPont Columbia award. Would you tell us more about the stories that won those awards?

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, sure. I'd love to. So those were both four series that I worked on at CBS called Forgotten Families. That was an investigation that started in, I want to say 2018. And it didn't really end till technically 2023.

Angela Tuell:

Wow.

Lisa Rozner:

So yeah. Basically, the city of New York to deal with its overwhelming homeless population was offering working homeless families, a voucher of of a year, a year's worth of rent that the city would cover. But the person, the working homeless family, this is for them to move outside of New York City. So that could be Westchester, that could be New Jersey, that could even be another state like Nevada.

Angela Tuell:

Oh.

Lisa Rozner:

However, you know, once they're out they're out like once they leave New York, if they have issues with that landlord, it's no longer New York's problem. So that's sort of the catch that they weren't really advertising.

Angela Tuell:

Right.

Lisa Rozner:

So we, a family called our station, saying that the city encouraged them to move to New Jersey. But the home that they were living in didn't have heat or hot water, or some working electricity. They were calling our news station because they were saying the city encouraged them to move out there. They offered a one month one year's worth of rent. However, what they were getting in return was a home that wasn't habitable, and the landlord was nowhere to be found, they couldn't reach the landlord. So one of my colleagues started looking into it. And then slowly but surely it turned out the same landlord owns other properties that also were neglected. And then I happened to be there the day that the landlord was due in housing court in New Jersey, because now that they were in New Jersey, they were New Jersey's problem, no longer New York's problem. So yeah, so I was there the day the landlord showed up in court. And he tried to run away from me, and we ran after him. And then it ended up being this like dramatic news story. And then from there, we kept following and following because the word got out that we were covering this, so more families contacted us. And just at the end of the day, this is just too much for one for to happen to one family. It's one too many, but we probably found at least a dozen.

Angela Tuell:

Wow.

Lisa Rozner:

So yeah, so we covered the story. And ultimately, the city ended up changing the way the program was run, instead of offering one year's worth of rent upfront, they withheld, they pay month to month, the landlord has to prove that they're in good standing and that the tenant is happy. And they reformed the program. And then some of those, one of those families who we profiled ended up getting housing in the city through section eight, like a much nicer place. And she's back where she feels she belongs near her support network in New York City because they didn't want to move to New Jersey.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

They just wanted to give their kids a better life.

Angela Tuell:

Sure.

Lisa Rozner:

So, so yes, it was it was really important work for people who often don't have a voice.

Angela Tuell:

Yes. Those are the stories that keep you in journalism, aren't they?

Lisa Rozner:

Yep, exactly.

Angela Tuell:

You really made a huge difference in their lives. That's, that's amazing. And made sure it didn't happen to anyone else, you know?

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah.

Angela Tuell:

Just by exposing it. What have been some of your other, you know, most memorable stories or interviews?

Lisa Rozner:

Well, one of the ones that I really loved was, I think it was about two or three years after the death of two officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian. Liu. They were sitting in their car in Brooklyn and someone fatally shot them. This was a couple of years ago, so that we were coming up on one of the anniversaries and my station asked me to reach out to their wives to see if they'd want to talk. And I had spoken with the wife of detective Ramos, I think the year prior, but she wasn't available. But I hadn't spoken with the wife of detective Liu, and she was available. And the year prior, I think, the year prior or two years prior, she had, there was this big news story about how she used her husband's sperm to create a child through IVF. So now her daughter was about two years old, she was inviting me into her home, to meet her daughter, they had a dog, a service dog. She's starting a nonprofit at the time. So other people going through tragedy can get service dogs as well. And it was just incredible how kind and warm she was and positive, given everything she went through. And just seeing the love that she had for her daughter and the love that she instilled in her daughter teaching her about her dad and about the police force and her her dad's and mom's in blue that they go and visit regularly, like just such a tragic story and to see someone like that, take it and turn it into something positive and have a positive attitude. I mean, it really just stays with you. And that's what I mean in terms of strangers turned into friends. I left feeling like I really knew this woman because she opened up her heart and her home to telling me the story.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah, where, hopefully it will help others.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah.

Angela Tuell:

That have heard it.

Lisa Rozner:

Exactly, exactly. And hopefully it helps others and just even showing that law enforcement, you know, there's a positive place for them despite this tragedy, you know, just The fact that she was instilling in her daughter to still respect and love the men and women in blue, I thought was really beautiful too.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

As in recent memory, yeah, in recent memory, that was definitely one of the more memorable ones. And then, you know, there's always celebrities. Those are fun. Like, I covered the opening of Suffs musical and,

Angela Tuell:

Okay.

Lisa Rozner:

Hillary Clinton was there and Melissa McCartney. McCarthy sorry, met Melissa McCarthy. So I got to interview both of them, which was pretty cool.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

And then back. A couple. Maybe it was a year ago now Fanny Brice. What's it called...Funny Girl opens. So Jane from Glee was in that show. So I got to speak with her. It's those those experiences are always fun, because you just tell yourself, they're people just like me, don't treat them any differently than you would any other interview and -

Angela Tuell:

Right.

Lisa Rozner:

It's always just a fun, personal, psychological experiment to see yes. That's the way to do it. Just talk to them. Like they're anyone else. And they talk back like, you know, this is not a big deal that you're talking to whoever it is.

Angela Tuell:

Right. Great.

Lisa Rozner:

So much fame.

Angela Tuell:

And it is, it's funny to think that some people feel that way about you, as well. You know they see you on tv and they're like she's, she's famous.

Lisa Rozner:

Right, right.

Angela Tuell:

So what do you hope the future holds for you? Do you have any big goals you want to share?

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah, I mean, I really love what I'm doing right now. So I hope to continue doing more of that at CBS. There's been more and more of a synergy between local and national news. So I've had a chance to do anchoring for the streaming network for national news.

Angela Tuell:

Oh wow.

Lisa Rozner:

And some of my colleagues have had a chance to be on national news, like the evening news when they're on a big story. So I would love to continue to get those opportunities. I really enjoy just taking my reporting to the next level.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

We also really like anchoring. And I do fill in from time to time. I've done it more recently, about a month ago on the weekend, evening news, and I'll be doing a morning anchoring coming up on the 29th. So if anyone wants to be up between 6am and noon I'll be on.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

So I think just in terms of the future, I would love to just keep going keep expanding and taking on different roles. Like I love doing different things. I love these experiences in the studio. I still love being in the field. But yeah, that I just continue to get more of those opportunities.

Angela Tuell:

It's great that you get such a good mix of it. Yeah, you know. So before we go, I'd love to know something that most people don't know about you or would be surprised to learn.

Lisa Rozner:

Hmm. Well, I'm a first generation American, which people are usually pretty surprised about. My dad is from Hungary. Born in Hungary, and my mom is from Slovakia. And all four of my grandparents are Holocaust survivors, so -

Angela Tuell:

Oh, wow.

Lisa Rozner:

Yeah. So that's,

Angela Tuell:

Are they still alive?

Lisa Rozner:

No, my grandparents aren't alive anymore. And my grandma sister just died about a year ago. She was in her late 90s, which is incredible.

Angela Tuell:

Wow.

Lisa Rozner:

But she was really telling her story as much as she could. So I think just, it's a special thing that I have this connection to.

Angela Tuell:

Yeah.

Lisa Rozner:

I come from people who are not born in America, and from countries that you really don't meet people like, you don't meet people from Hungary and Slovakia that often at least not in the New York City area.

Angela Tuell:

Right.

Lisa Rozner:

So that's something and then another thing is that I once had a pet chicken. It lasted only a few months.

Angela Tuell:

In New York apartment?

Lisa Rozner:

No, in New Jersey, in New Jersey. I grew up in northern New Jersey. So we had, I'm pretty sure they've changed the way this class works now, but in third grade, we each were assigned an egg in an incubator, and then if our egg hatched, we got to keep the chicken. So I kept my chicken and my mom grew up on a farm in Slovakia, so I will say keep it there like okay, fine, and I never had a pet. I never had a dog. You never had a cat. This is my moment to shine.

Angela Tuell:

Yes.

Lisa Rozner:

So I had the pet but it as the chicken grew, it was crowing at sunrise, at sunset.

Angela Tuell:

Oh no.

Lisa Rozner:

Neighbors started to complain. And we had to give it away to a farm and that was that but it was a good experience.

Angela Tuell:

Maybe had the pet since?

Lisa Rozner:

No, I haven't I really love dogs. Maybe one day, but no, I mean, I learned from that experience, though, why people say having a pet is such a responsibility.

Angela Tuell:

Yes.

Lisa Rozner:

I mean, it was a chicken but you know, they, they need to walk around. You need to clean up a lot after them. You need to feed them. And it did. I will admit it did fall on my parents quite a bit. And that's that's one of the reasons why they didn't want me to get a dog.

Angela Tuell:

Right, right.

Lisa Rozner:

So a few months, we learned the lesson.

Angela Tuell:

Yes. That's great. Well, how can our listeners connect with you online?

Lisa Rozner:

Oh, well, I'm on social media on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. All@LisaRosnerTV. So they, I would love for people to follow me message me. That's the best way.

Angela Tuell:

Wonderful. Thank you so much, Lisa, and we'll be watching.

Lisa Rozner:

My pleasure. Thank you for having me.

Angela Tuell:

That's all for this episode of Media in Minutes, a podcast by Communications Redefined. Please take a moment to rate, review and subscribe to our show. We'd love to hear what you think. You can find more at CommunicationsRedefined.com/podcast. I'm your host, Angela Tuell. Talk to you next time.