Today’s Throw Back Thursday comes from the collected wisdom of those who have made it to the top of the media pile.

Al Roker, Christiane Amanpour, Dr. Oz, Lou Dobbs, Erin Burnett, Jerry Springer and Larry King all give their best advice on how to make it in the business.

The picture to the right of Christiane Amanpour in this video tells you all you really need to know. In the picture, Amanpour is holding the boom for CBS reporter Bob Simon. She was a reporter for CNN. He was on CBS.

Work hard. Be willing to do whatever it takes and if you’re good, you’ll get noticed. Said Larry King, “There’s no great talent not being found sitting in Biloxi, Mississippi.”