Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: O sonyeere NBC News na 1978 na-arụ ọrụ n'ụlọ ọrụ ha dị na Chicago. N'afọ 1989, Cummins meghere ụlọ ọrụ NBC Southwest na Dallas, wee bụrụ onye nnọchi anya ya. N'ime ọtụtụ afọ, ọ kọọrọ akụkọ dị iche iche gụnyere mkpuchi ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị US, mkpọka ụgbọelu, nsogbu ndị Iran jidere, Agha Obodo Salvadoran, bọmbụ Oklahoma City, ọtụtụ ajọ ifufe, idei mmiri, na égbè eluigwe, na mkpuchi ndụ nke Waco Siege. Ọrụ Cummins gosipụtara onwe ya mgbe o meriri ihe nrite maka mkpuchi ya nke
Idei mmiri nke Midwest n'afọ 1993. O nwetakwara nhọpụta abụọ nke National Emmy maka mkpuchi ya nke Hurricane Hugo na Agha Obodo Salvadoran.