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Megan Elisabeth Oliver (born December 7, 1970, Birmingham, Michigan) returned to CBS News in 2015 as a freelance correspondent. She currently reports for the CBS Evening News weekend and anchors their all new 24-hour digital network by CBSN. In March 2006, she became anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, Up to the Minute[1] and remained in that position for three years. She was also a correspondent for The Early Show, and fill in anchor. She left CBS in 2009 and worked at ABC News as a correspondent. She reported for Good Morning America Weekend Edition and ABC World News with David Muir. She also filled in anchoring on World News Now.

Early career

In 1993 she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Montana.[2] From 1993 to 1995, Oliver worked in Kalispell, Montana as a reporter and anchor for KCFW-TV. From 1995 to 1997, she worked for Northwest Cable News at offices in Seattle, Washington and Boise, Idaho.[1]

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.[1]

Later career

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 three children.[3]

During the March 18, 2009 broadcast of Up to the Minute, Oliver announced it would be her last night as the anchor.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Meg Oliver Is Named Anchor Of Up To The Minute". CBS Corporation. CBS Corporation. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  2. ^ Stephens, Patia. "In A New York Minute". The Montanan. University of Montana. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  3. ^ The CBS News's Up to the Minute Broadcast, May 12, 2008.
  4. ^ The CBS News's Up to the Minute Broadcast, March 18, 2009.
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