Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Shaw akatanga basa rake rokuparidzira semutauri wenhau uye mutori wenhau weWNUS muChicago. Akazoshanda semutori wenhau weWestinghouse Broadcasting Company muChicago, achienda kuWashington semunyori weWhite House. Akashanda semunyori muWashington Bureau yeCBS News kubva muna 1971 kusvika muna 1977. Muna 1977, akatamira kuABC News semunyori weLatin America uye mukuru webhodhi asati ava Capitol Hill Senior Correspondent. Akasiya ABC muna 1980 kuti aende kuCNN semubatsiri-mutepfenyuri wePrimeNews nhepfenyuro yayo, achisimbisa kubva kuWashington, D.C.. Kushuma kwaShaw kwokuedza kuuraya purezidhendi weU.S. Ronald Reagan muna 1981
(naShaw akabatanidzwa neyaimbova CBS News munyori Daniel Schorr, mumwe wekutanga pamhepo hunhu hwakashandirwa neyekutanga tambo chiteshi) anozivikanwa nekubatsira kumisikidza CNN seyakavimbika uye yakavimbika nhepfenyuro yenhau sosi panguva yekutanga munhoroondo yenetiweki.