>> CATHY: EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE TWIN CITIES LOST A PIONEERING JOURNALIST AND BROADCASTER.

KAREN BOROS DIED ON SUNDAY AT THE AGE OF 82.

BOROS WAS A FIXTURE AT WCCO TELEVISION BACK IN THE 1970s AND '80s, COVERING THE LEGISLATURE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AND LEADING THE WAY FOR FEMALE JOURNALISTS IN PLACES THAT HAD BEEN MOSTLY COVERED BY MALE REPORTERS.

BOROS MOVED ON TO THE CBS NEWS BUREAU IN CHICAGO AND LATER WOULD WORK AT MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, HERE AT TWIN CITIES PBS, AND AS A JOURNALISM PROFESSOR AT ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY FOR 20 YEARS.

AS KAREN WAS GETTING READY TO HEAD OFF TO CBS IN CHICAGO IN 1985, SHE STOPPED BY THE OLD "ALMANAC" STUDIO AND TALKED ABOUT THE MOVE.

HERE'S A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.

>> WITH YOUR LEAVING NOW, WOULD YOU HAVE SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS OR IF YOU HAD YOUR WAY, HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THE WAY TELEVISION COVERS THE LEGISLATURE?

>> OH, I WOULD PUT FIVE OR SIX REPORTERS AND FIVE OR SIX CAMERAS AND JUST GIVE THEM A HALF AN HOUR EVERY NIGHT.

>> WOULD YOU REALLY?

>> NO, I WOULD GIVE THEM, I THINK, MORE TIME IN -- PLUS, WE'VE GOT TO, AS TELEVISION REPORTERS BECOME BETTER AT RELATING THOSE LEGISLATIVE STORIES.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS ALSO GOES FOR PRINT REPORTERS.

RELATING THOSE LEGISLATIVE STORIES TO THE WAY EOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES.

WE GET VERY WRAPPED UP IN THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES AND BETWEEN THE TWO BODIES.

AND DOES THAT REALLY MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL TO THE PEOPLE OUT IN THE COFFEE SHOP IN CRYSTAL?

>> WOULD YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW THE LEGISLATURE OUGHT TO CHANGE THE WAY IT DOES THINGS?

>> NO, I THINK THEY'VE GOT PLENTY OF OPTIONS THEY'VE THOUGHT UP ON THEIR OWN.

>> KAREN BOROS, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SEE YOU