Being Brave

 

I love the reaction I get when people ask me what I do for a living. When I say, “I’m the investigative correspondent for Inside Edition”, people’s eyes go wide and they usually say something like, “Wow! That sounds like a dangerous job!”

And it can be.
I like to say that armed with a microphone and lipgloss I chase badguys for a living. And in fact, what my investigative team and I do is expose corruption, scams and crime to an audience of 5 million people a night on America’s top rated syndicated news magazine. It’s an amazingly fulfilling career and one that has led to over two dozen national journalism awards including several CLARION awards, for which I am incredibly grateful.
It’s also a job that requires courage to confront predators, thieves, crooked politicians and people accused of everything from ripping off seniors to committing sexual assault and even murder.
So where does that bravery come from? Believe it or not, I believe that bravery is something that can be practiced & developed every day in your career, at school and in your personal life.
I travel around the country doing a keynote speech called #BeingBrave: Four Steps To Unleashing Your Inner Badass! Through journalism (first as a sportscaster, then as a breaking news reporter and now as an investigative journalist) I’ve developed a technique that helps me face down even the most intimidating subject and lets me conquer them on camera with courage.
I also teach my audiences a simple technique that can help you be more brave in every day situations… I challenge everyone from kids to CEOs to “Commit a Random Act of Bravery” every day. Do something you normally wouldn’t do. Something that takes you out of your comfort zone, but that forces you to stand up for yourself or someone else. Whether that means sitting next to a kid that nobody else will talk to at school to defending a co-worker who’s being marginalized in the workplace, we all encounter situations each day that require courage. If we force ourselves to meet that challenge head-on and conquer it, it will be easier to conquer the next challenge the following day, and so on.
Before you know it you will be living a life of heroism: You and those you care about will be safer, more productive and happier as a result.
We ALL have a superhero inside of us…It’s time to unleash her!

About the Author

Award-winning journalist, Lisa Guerrero, is one of the most popular and hard-working personalities on television. As the chief investigative correspondent for Inside Edition, America’s top rated syndicated news-magazine show, she travels the country covering crimes, scams, cold cases and consumer reports. Her brand of tough, confrontational reporting has made her a fan favorite and she has won eight National Headliner Awards, twice for “Best Consumer Reporting,” five times for “Best Investigative Report” and once for Best In Show beating CNN’s Anderson Cooper among notable others. She’s been honored twice by The National Press Club for consumer reporting and animal abuse investigations.

Lisa is also a popular keynote speaker whose platform, “Being Brave” motivates a wide range of audiences from corporate seminars to women’s organizations to youth groups, with the tools to unleash their inner courage by learning her 4 Steps To Being Brave.

Lisa is no stranger to the Clarion Awards. In 2014, Guerrero received a Clarion Award for her report on “Justice for Baby Alissa” in the “Best National News” category and in 2015, Guerrero received a Clarion Award for her report “Turning Tables on Cat Callers.” In 2016, her “Wolf of Boca” investigation, which looked at the life of Daniel Porush who once scammed investors for millions of dollars, and her series of reports on “Justice for Juliette,” which helped lead to the capture and conviction (80 years – life) of Dustin Chauncey, who was charged with intentional abuse resulting in death were both awarded a 2016 Clarion Award. Most recently, Lisa is the winner of two 2018 Clarion Awards: for her television feature “How Accurate Is It?” and for her television investigative feature “Who’s Giving You A Massage?”. The Clarion Awards are presented by the Association for Women in Communications and will be formally awarded at the Clarion Awards ceremony at their National Conference this fall in St. Charles, Missouri.

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