Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Shaw wuxuu bilaabay xirfadiisa baahinta isagoo ah wariye iyo wariye WNUS ee Chicago. Kadib wuxuu u shaqeeyay wariye ahaan shirkadda Westinghouse Broadcasting Company ee Chicago, isagoo markii dambe u guuray Washington isagoo ahaa weriyaha Aqalka Cad. Wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyey xafiiska Washington ee CBS News 1971 ilaa 1977. Sanadkii 1977, wuxuu u wareegay ABC News isagoo ah weriyaha Latin America iyo madaxa xafiiska ka hor inta uusan noqon Weriyaha Sare ee Capitol Hill. Wuxuu ka tagay ABC sanadkii 1980 si uu ugu guuro CNN isagoo ah cod-ku-xigeenka baahinta PrimeNews, oo ka soo baxa Washington, D.C.. Warbixinta Shaw ee ku saabsan
1981 isku day dil ah oo loo geystay madaxweynihii Mareykanka Ronald Reagan (Shaw waxaa ku soo biiray wariyihii hore ee CBS News Daniel Schorr, oo ka mid ahaa shaqsiyaadkii ugu horreeyay ee hawada ka shaqeeya ee ay shaqaaleysiisay kanaalka fiilada ee cusub) ayaa lagu tiriyaa inuu gacan ka geystay aasaasida CNN oo ah ilo warar ah oo la isku halleyn karo oo la isku halleyn karo oo laga helo meel hore taariikhda shabakadda.