Meg Oliver
Megan Elisabeth Oliver (b. December 7 1970, Birmingham, Michigan) is a reporter for CBS News. In March 2006, she became anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, Up to the Minute.
In 1993 she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Montana. From 1993 to 1995, Oliver worked in Kalispell, Montana as a reporter and anchor at television station, KCFW-TV. From 1995 to 1997, she worked for North West Cable News at offices in Seattle, Washington and Boise, Idaho.
From 1997 to 1998, Oliver worked as a reporter in Hartford, Connecticut at WTIC-TV. From 1998 to 2001, she served as reporter and anchor for WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV in Detroit, Michigan. From 2001 to 2004, Oliver served as weekday anchor at KGPE-TV in Fresno, California.
Starting in May 2005, she worked in Washington, DC, as a freelance reporter for CBS Newspath. In March 2006, Oliver was named anchor of CBS News' Up to the Minute. Oliver resides in New York with her husband and two children: daughter Maria (born in August 2006) and son Thomas (born on May 9, 2008). Thomas weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz. when he was born.[1]
During the March 18, 2009 broadcast of Up to the Minute, Oliver announced it would be her last night as the anchor.[2]