Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I tīmata a Shaw i tana mahi pāpāho hei kaihautū me te kairipoata mō 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 purongo a Shaw mo te whakaeke i te 1981 ki te perehitini o Amerika a Ronald Reagan
(i honoa a Shaw e te kairipoata o mua o CBS News a Daniel Schorr, tetahi o nga taangata tuatahi i utua e te hongere taura hou) i whakawhiwhia ki te awhina ki te whakatuu i a CNN hei puna korero pono me te pono i te timatanga o te hitori o te whatunga.