Craig Wilson

WATCH FOR THE MOMENTS WITH CRAIG WILSON


             A journalist uses the power of both words and art, and their ability to elicit emotions from an audience. A journalist has the ability to convey compassion, anger, animosity, regret, or sorrow. But how does one do so?  "It’s all about moments," says reporter Craig Wilson.  "I’m a man of routine.  First thing I do when I wake up is put my glasses on and the last thing I do before bed is take my glasses off, but it’s small moments in life between that routine that a story can take place.”

            Craig Wilson attended Augustana College in Camrose, Alberta where he studied Political Science and Canadian History. He began his career in 1988 as a reporter for CHAT television and radio in Medicine Hat, Alberta.  Being a good journalist is not just how well you can write and tell a story, it’s about when you are presented with an opportunity to act on it.   "Opportunity is about taking it and making it your own, that has served me very well in my career.”  On the path to becoming a journalist you will not only experience opportunity, but you will also need a little luck and willing to expect failure. Becoming a journalist isn’t easy and at times it’s difficult to find stories to write about, but that’s when you need to pay attention and beware of the moments.

            “If it wasn’t for those small moments, I wouldn’t be where I am today and I probably wouldn't have met my wife and enrolled in Columbia University.” Craig and his wife have been together for 22 years and he knows if it wasn't for the moment when he met a couple at a destination wedding asking for directions, things could have been very different for him.  After speaking and learning about the couple, they invited Craig to their wedding and it was during that moment Craig met his wife, found himself in New York, enrolled in school, and started a family. That one moment changed his life.

            Since then, Craig has been fortunate to get back to his passion: television news. Since he graduated, he worked for CBS News as a producer, editor and writer. He covered almost every large-scale dreadful event that has taken place over the past two decades.  He gave up his desk job, which allowed him to free up time for his family. He still produces the weekly Eye Opener for CBS, writes the news for Charles Osgood on CBS Sunday Morning and also is a backup writer for CBS Evening News.


           Moments and opportunities can happen at any time, anywhere, yet people miss out because they were just unaware or never acted.  In order to make it, you not only have to be aware but also need to act on opportunities.  When someone opens a door for you, you need to go through it. That doesn’t necessarily mean you're getting a job that second, but you're making that connection to get yourself out there and noticed.

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