Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tīmata a Shaw i tana mahi whakaata hei kaikawe me te kairipoata mo WNUS i Chicago. I mahi ia hei kairipoata mo te Westinghouse Broadcasting Company i Chicago, ka neke ki Washington hei kairipoata o te Whare Ma. I mahi ia hei kairipoata i te Tari o Washington o CBS News mai i te 1971 ki te 1977. I te 1977, i neke ia ki ABC News hei kairipoata Latin Amerika me te tumuaki tari i mua i tana noho hei Kairipoata Matua o Capitol Hill. I mahue ia i te ABC i te 1980 ki te neke ki CNN hei kaihauturu o tana whakaaturanga PrimeNews, e whakakao ana mai i Washington, DC. Ko te pūrongo a Shaw mō te
1981 whakamātau whakamomori i U.S. peresideni Ronald Reagan (ki Shaw piri e mua CBS News karere Daniel Schorr, tetahi o te tuatahi i runga i-te rangi whaiaro utua e te hongere taura fledgling) Kei te whakawhiwhia rite te āwhina ki te whakapumautia CNN rite te pūtake rongo irirangi pono, me te pono i te wāhi wawe i roto i te hītori o te whatunga.