Kammala wannan jumla: Aspell ya fara aikinsa a matsayin marubucin rubutu da mai daukar hoto a 1970 tare da Visnews. Yana daga cikin 'yan jaridun kasashen waje da suka kasance a kudu maso gabashin Asiya lokacin da
Saigon ta faɗi ga sojojin kwaminisanci a ranar 30 ga Afrilu, 1975. Daga 1975 zuwa 1978, ya kasance mai daukar hoto mai zaman kansa a Gabas ta Tsakiya. A cikin 1978, ya shiga CBS News a matsayin mai ɗaukar hoto wanda ke ɗaukar Beirut, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai samar da ABC News daga 1981 zuwa 1983.