How do I know?

I was a daily newspaper reporter for several years, working first as an intern in the nation's capital and then at a mid-sized paper in New Jersey called The Bergen Record. Now I'm a multimedia editor and producer.

As a news reporter you are on the front lines of history, writing the first draft. Sometimes that means covering snooze-fest, town hall meetings. Other times it means racing to shootings, listening to kids trapped in the Middle East, standing on the field at Yankee stadium, chatting with Queen Latifah over a cheese plate, swishing through flood waters and reviewing a U2 concert.

Some days are glamorous. Others, anything but.

When I went to graduate school for journalism, professors doubted that I do both broadcast and print. I did it but struggled.

Fast forward to today where the Web allows journalists to put it altogether.

Does that sometimes mean more work?

Yes. You need to know how to report and write, shoot video and edit it, and interact with your reader through creative graphics.

But is it fun? Absolutely. You have the chance to pull together a story that will capture a reader's mind, eyes, ears and heart.

For more on my journey to online journalism, here's a summary of my resume:

My proper name is Margaret, but everyone calls me "Peggy."

I'm a multimedia editor and producer for MSN.com, working for the Money – business – channel in New York. I produce my own series -- such as one on taxes and another coming up on "green" investing.

When not shooting and editing video for those stories, I edit and help produce the packages of all other multimedia projects for the site.. We recently had a series on China, for example.

I also often write headlines for the MSN.com homepage, select stories and add them through our content management system.