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Janet Shamlian
Janet Shamlian in New York 2018
Born (1962-05-14) May 14, 1962 (age 62)
Oak Park, Illinois
EducationUniversity of Missouri
Occupation(s)Journalist; Correspondent
EmployerCBS News

Janet Shamlian (born May 14, 1962) is a national correspondent for CBS News reporting for CBS Mornings and the CBS Evening News. Previously, she was a correspondent for NBC News and reported for The Today Show, NBC Nightly News and MSNBC.

Professional career

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In her time at CBS News, she has reported on the biggest stories from across the country including the 2022 Uvalde school shooting, the 2023 Nashville school shooting, the overturning of Roe v. Wade, hurricanes, storms and fires. She covers a range of consumer and medical stories, and was featured on the CBS Evening News almost daily during the COVID-19 pandemic reporting on COVID-19 and its impact. Before joining NBC News, Shamlian was a stay at home mom to five children. The improbable journey from stay at home mom to network correspondent is documented in the 2017 book 'Extreme You.' She has worked as a reporter at WBBM-TVinChicago, KHOU-TV and KPRC-TV, both in Houston, and WOOD-TVinGrand Rapids, Michigan.

AtNBC News in 2016, Shamlian obtained the first interview with Arianne Zucker, the actress who Donald Trump made suggestive comments about in an Access Hollywood video. In her time at NBC, she also covered the Pulse nightclub shooting, Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She reported from France in the early hours after the 2016 Nice truck attack,[1] where she was vacationing with family. Shamlian conducted the first evening network broadcast interview with Michelle Obama, the wife of then presidential candidate Barack Obama, on the NBC Nightly News in 2007.

In July 2019, Shamlian was hired by CBS News as a correspondent.[1][2]

Awards and recognition

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Shamlian is the recipient of numerous national Emmy awards, as well as an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and Peabody Awards for a report on poverty in America "In Plain Sight."

Early life and education

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Born in Oak Park, Illinois, Janet Shamlian grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois. Shamlian graduated from Maine South High School[3]inPark Ridge, Illinois, and received a bachelor's degree in Journalism,[3] from the Missouri School of Journalism,[4] where she has served as commencement speaker.

Personal life

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Shamlian lives in Texas and is a mother of 5 children. She was a figure skater as a teen[5] and covered the sport for NBC News. She is of Armenian and Irish descent.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Award-winning journalist Janet Shamlian joins CBS News as a correspondent" (Press release). CBS News. 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  • ^ "NBC News Vet Reported Heading For CBS News". News Blues. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  • ^ a b Cole, Anna (October 19, 2020). "Janet Shamlian, Journalism, BJ '84". Alumni:Profiles in Success. Missouri School of Journalism. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  • ^ a b Gregorian, Alin (April 20, 2012). "NBC correspondent Shamlian to receive award at Mirror Spectator banquet". The Armenian Mirror Spectator. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  • ^ Nidetz, Steve (February 4, 1994). "Networks Make Sure We'll All Get Our Fill of Figure Skating". The Chicago Tribune.

    • https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/columnists/hoffman/article/Shhh-NBC-News-superstar-lives-in-Houston-10057615.php

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