# 20 Years In Automotive Journalism: Jason Cammisa’s Most Insane Assignment 20 Years In Automotive Journalism: Jason Cammisa’s Most Insane Assignment — Carmudgeon Ep. 244 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-carmudgeon-show-5368942/20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-carmudgeon-ep-244 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-carmudgeon-show-5368942/20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-carmudgeon-ep-244.md Podcast: [The Carmudgeon Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-carmudgeon-show-5368942) Published: 2026-07-13T15:31:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/HGM5942250823.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/HGM5942250823.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-carmudgeon-show-5368942/episodes/20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-carmudgeon-ep-244 Duration seconds: 4822 ## Resource Just three days ago, Jason celebrated 20 years in an automotive journalism! The industry has changed in a number of ways - most noticeably, with video taking over as the primary consumed content medium over print. Jason’s career started at the beginning of the end of the print heydays - a time vastly different than the one we’re currently living in. Jason’s story starts in Ann Arbor, MI in 2007 - where actually, it almost stopped completely. Very quickly, he’s thrown into the middle of a pyramidal power struggle between the domain name-owning agency Automotive.com, and his in-person editorial team. From getting a speeding ticket on his first day with a press car, to getting fired by one internal team and immediately re-hired by another, to living in a place he struggled to call home, Jason nearly threw in the towel.  But automotive legend Jean Jennings - his (real) boss at the time - is one of the reasons you see him with us today. And a trip from New York to New Orleans in a $250 Cadillac Fleetwood Limo cemented - but almost shattered - their relationship.  This episode, amongst other parts of Jason’s career - is primarily about that perilous journey. Jason recounts his time in a broken-frame Cadillac limo with Jean and another automotive legend - Sam Smith - with nearly 100 breakdowns, bruises, burns, pink tutus and tuxedos, rubber ducks, and unbearable heat.  But somehow, they made it - and you can read more about it here from the original airing of the article in Automobile Magazine in 2007: http://bit.ly/4vqFvhw  (Also, a link to the 1983 Car And Driver Mexico Torture Test - you’ll understand why later in the show: https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g17857487/escape-from-baja-mexican-sports-sedan-torture-test-archived-comparison-test-gallery/… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-carmudgeon-show-5368942/episodes/20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-carmudgeon-ep-244/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-carmudgeon-show-5368942/20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-20-years-in-automotive-journalism-jason-cammisa-s-most-insane-assignment-carmudgeon-ep-244.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.