From Buffalo to Baghdad, Stephanie Ramos has seen it all \u2014 and she\u2019s probably talked about it on your television. As an ABC News correspondent based in New York City, Ramos is at the heart of the TV news industry. In April she visited Colgate to discuss her path to success and offer advice to fellow storytellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ramos spoke at the ALANA Cultural Center about the lessons she\u2019s learned throughout her years on the job. As both a guest anchor for various shows \u2014 including Good Morning America<\/em> and Nightline<\/em> \u2014 and a researcher, Ramos shared how her work as a journalist has shaped her understanding of creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou don\u2019t need endless freedom to be creative,\u201d she said. \u201cYou need intention, purpose, focus, discipline, curiosity, and heart. Whether you\u2019re painting, writing, composing, or reporting: Deadlines are not your enemy. Deadlines are important.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n But, she argued, it\u2019s not all about deadlines \u2014 it\u2019s also about connection and authenticity, even under pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou\u2019re not just in front of a camera, you\u2019re building bridges of understanding. This is especially important when the stakes are really high,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The secret to storytelling she argued, is compassion, as well as a commitment to the truth. \u201cEvery story is somebody\u2019s life,\u201d said Ramos. \u201cIn order to get the right story, the good story, it\u2019s a matter of connecting with that person. When you learn to make those stories sing, that\u2019s when you tell the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ABC News correspondent Stephanie Ramos offers advice to fellow storytellers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":17982,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2966,461,1165,2102,2964,433,2968,2965,484,2967],"coauthors":[2668],"class_list":["post-17928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scene","tag-abc-news","tag-alana-cultural-center","tag-colgate-university","tag-creativity","tag-good-morning-america","tag-journalism","tag-reporting","tag-stephanie-ramos","tag-storytelling","tag-truth-in-media"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/palXSH-4Fa","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/08\/scene-featured-ramos-080625.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17928"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18133,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17928\/revisions\/18133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17928"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.colgate.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}