The Next Best Thing

Complete Surrender with Mara S. Campo


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What if I told you you’re trying too hard? Worrying and white knuckling circumstances may be the thing standing in your way of a transformative opportunity.

Four time Emmy Award winning national television news journalist Mara S. Campo says the pandemic put her at a painful crossroads. Surrendering changed her life and more importantly gave her peace! In this episode we talk about her very succressful journey from being a network news correspondent to carving out her own path in the industry and adding her joy of beauty and glamour to the mix.

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Mara is the Global News Anchor and Managing Editor for Revolt Black News Weekly, the newsmagazine show for Revolt TV, and their news specials. She is also the host of TV One’s new investigative true crime show “Fatal Attraction: Last Words”. Mara also frequently appears on cable news, including CNN, MSNBC, and Peacock, sharing analysis and commentary on news stories and hot topics. Her areas of focus are race, culture, and social justice.

Mara is the Executive Producer and a co-host of the Run Tell This podcast (iTunes Top 100 Arts) covering news and social justice from the perspective of Black journalists. She was also the Executive Producer and Host of The Trend Reporter podcast (iHeartMedia - iTunes #1 Fashion and Beauty, iTunes Top 200 overall, 750k+ downloads), making her one of the top Black podcasters in the United States.

Mara recently worked as the Senior Investigative Correspondent for The Dr. Oz Show, a Correspondent for Good Morning America and The Today Show, and appeared on The View, The Chew, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more. ​

The daughter of an African-American mother and Italian father, Mara holds dual Italian-American citizenship, speaks fluent Italian, and can get by in Spanish and French. Mara is an avid traveler, and has lived in Somalia, Italy and the Philippines. ​ But by far the best part of Mara's life is as "Mrs. Porter", a wife, and mom to two rambunctious kids (and one adorable fur baby) in Harlem, New York.
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