How do you get into a job at places like the Travel Channel?

I don't understand how people get jobs at places like the travel channel (like Anthony Bourdain or Samantha brown) They have such cool jobs, they get to travel to awesome places and do whatever.



So my question, How do you get jobs like that?How do you get into a job at places like the Travel Channel?They are trained in other areas and work a long time in different industries and eventually work up to those jobs. Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Foods is a chef, food critic, and writer amoung other things. He actually knows flavors and knows everything he's talking about, it's not like he's just some random guy who eats foods. Same with Bourdain, he's a writer and other things.

But I agree, I wish I could get a super cool travel job like that :)How do you get into a job at places like the Travel Channel?Get yourself an agent. Like all show biz people, they will take a percentage of your earnings though.