Sharyl Attkisson
| Sharyl Attkisson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Florida |
| Education | University of Florida |
| Occupation | Investigative Correspondent for CBS News |
Sharyl Attkisson (born in Florida) is an investigative correspondent in the Washington bureau for CBS News. She has also substituted as anchor for the CBS Evening News.
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[edit] Career
From 1990 to 1993, Attkisson was an anchor for CNN. She left CNN in 1993,[1] moving to CBS, where she anchored the television news broadcast CBS News Up to the Minute and became an investigative correspondent based in Washington D.C. [2] She simultaneously hosted the PBS Health news magazine HealthWeek from 1997 to 2003. [3] She was also a key anchor for CBS space exploration coverage in 1993.[4] She served as Capitol Hill correspondent for CBS in 2006. [5]
In July 2011, Attkisson was nominated for an Emmy Award for her "Follow the Money" investigations into Congressional travel to the Copenhagen climate summit, and aid to Haiti earthquake victims. [6] Attkisson received an Investigative Emmy Award in 2009 for "Outstanding Investigative Reporting of a Business News Story" for her exclusive investigations into TARP and the bank bailout. In 2002, Attkisson also won an Emmy Award for her Investigative Journalism about the American Red Cross.[2] In the same year, she co-authored a college textbook titled Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News .[7] In 2003, Attkisson was nominated for an Outstanding Investigative Journalism Emmy Award for "Drugs, Money, and Safety"; reports on prescription drugs and vaccines. [8] In 2010, she received an Emmy Award nomination for her investigations into members of Congress, and she also received a 2010 Emmy Award nomination for her investigation into waste of tax dollars. [9] In 2001, she received an Investigative Emmy Award nomination for "Firestone Tire Fiasco." [10] In 2006, she was one of a small number of female anchors covering the 2006 midterms.[11] In 2012, CBS News accepted an Investigative Reporting Award given to Attkisson's reporting on ATF's "Fast and Furious" gunwalker controversy. The award was from the conservative media watchdog group "Accuracy in Media" and was presented at the Conservative Political Action Conference.[12]
[edit] Education
Attkisson graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in broadcast journalism in 1982.[13] In addition the University of Florida gave her an Outstanding Achievement Award in 1997. Attkisson served on the University's Journalism College Advisory Board (1993-97) and was chairman in 1996. [2] She returned to the University as a key-note speaker at the College of Journalism and Communications in 2010.[13]
[edit] Personal life
Attkisson was born in Florida and is a third degree black belt in taekwondo.[14] Her father is an orthopaedic surgeon and her brother is an emergency room physician. [15]
[edit] References
- ^ "TV Notes". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. May 28, 1993. p. 42. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qLFRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VW4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3729,7327494&dq=sharyl-attkisson&hl=en. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ a b c "Sharyl Attkisson – CBS News". CBS. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/08/broadcasts/main524782.shtml. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ "Sharyl Attkisson – About This Person". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/592247/Sharyl-Attkisson?scp=1&sq=attkisson&st=cse. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ Hogan, Alfred. "Televising the Space Age: A descriptive chronology of CBS News special coverage of space exploration from 1957 to 2003" (PDF). University of Maryland. p. 260. http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/1903/2579/1/umi-umd-2468.pdf. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ CBS Corporation | Sharyl Attkisson Is Named Cbs News Capitol Hill Correspondent
- ^ http://www.emmyonline.tv/mediacenter/_pdf/news_32nd_nominees.pdf
- ^ "Writing Right for Broadcast and Internet News". Pearson Higher Education. http://www.pearsonhighered.com/educator/product/Writing-Right-for-Broadcast-and-Internet-News/9780205343515.page. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ http://www.cbspressexpress.com/div.php/cbs_network/release?id=4369[dead link]
- ^ Full List of Nominations for the 2010 News and Documentary Emmy Awards : In Depth : TVWeek - Television Industry news, TV ratings, analysis, celebrity event photos
- ^ http://www.emmyonline.org/news/archive/nominations/news_22nd_nominees.pdf
- ^ Stanley, Alessandra (November 8, 2006). "Election Coverage Still a Men’s Club". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/arts/television/09watchcnd.html?scp=8&sq=attkisson&st=cse. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/02/loesch-attkisson-to-receive-aim-awards-113738.html | accessdate=Feb. 10, 2012
- ^ a b "21st Century Newsroom". University of Florida. http://www.jou.ufl.edu/pubs/communigator/index.php?id=172. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ "Sharyl Attkisson, Investigative Correspondent". CBS. http://www.cbsnews.com/sharylattkisson. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
- ^ http://about.me/sharylattkisson | accessdate=Feb.15, 2012
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