From Covering the Story to Becoming the Story, Megyn Kelly Puts All Her Cards on The Media Roundtable

There are plenty of talking heads on radio, cable news, and podcasts. But how many became part of the news cycle themselves, over and over again, on the largest stories of the last century? Enter former corporate-attorney-turned-journalist, Megyn Kelly.

Kelly is an enigma. As an early contributor to Fox News, she was handpicked and groomed for success by none other than Fox founder, Roger Ailes. She made waves in 2016 for challenging Donald Trump on sexist comments at a live debate, only to be dragged through the mud for nine months as many far-right conservatives found her challenges unacceptable. Months later, she would come forward as a victim of harassment during Ailes’ downfall, in what Charlize Theron (who plays Kelly in the movie, Bombshell), as the origin story for the “MeToo” movement. 

After a brief stint with Megyn Kelly Today on NBC, she is back in action with her own media production company, Devil May Care, where her show runs on YouTube, Podcasts, and live Mon-Fri on SiriusXM. 

Throughout her journey, she has adhered to a strict code of personal ethics and journalistic integrity. If you follow her coverage or how she speaks about people who have tormented her personally and professionally, you’ll hear that she is intellectually honest to her core, as well as a wildly intelligent and talented journalist. She does make enemies from time to time, but it is the opinion of this newsletter that she is worth the risk and that our world would be more balanced, better informed, and less polarized if there were more Megyn Kelly’s in the world. 

In this episode, we’ll cover the major milestones, good, bad, and ugly of her career. Kelly also shares her perspective on which advertisers are and are not a good fit to sponsor her content, and how she goes the extra mile to make live reads her own… music to the ears of any advertiser. 

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