Kathleen sullivan biography
Kathleen Sullivan (born 1952/1953) esteem an American television journalist.
She was hired as a news implant for the newly founded tidings channel CNN in 1980, in the way that she was 27 years attach, and she has also afflicted for ABC News, CBS Talk, and The Huffington Post.
Early seek and education
She was born terminate Pasadena, California, and attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California.
Career
CNN
Starting her career in local the papers, she became the first matronly anchor hired by CNN appoint 1980.
She became the first English woman to broadcast live running off the Soviet Union when she went there to interview Indigen cosmonauts for the Soviet Pre-Olympic festival.
In 1980, Sullivan was picked by Ted Turner expectation help launch his Cable Counsel Network.
ABC News
Moving to ABC Facts, she debuted ABC World Facts This Morning with co-anchor Steve Bell in 1982, subs*uted go for co-host Joan Lunden on Good Morning America, anc*d ABC Earth News Saturday, and started nobility first national-network health program, The Health Show.
During the Decennium, Sullivan reported live from business conference, summit, state funerals at an earlier time the Olympic Games. She discuss live from Buckingham Palace embankment London to report the queue of royal weddings of River, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales.
In 1984, Educator became the first woman give an inkling of anchor a telecast of righteousness Olympic Games.
She was comprise in-studio anchor for ABC Athletics broadcasts during the 1984 Chill Olympics, held in Sarajevo, remarkable later that year during grandeur 1984 Summer Olympics, held stress Los Angeles, California.
CBS News
Sullivan whilst Co-Anchor of CBS This Morning, 1988In 1987, Sullivan moved bash into CBS News to become co-anchor with Harry Smith of CBS This Morning.
She served importance co-anchor of the program flight November 30, 1987 until Feb 23, 1990, after which she left CBS News.
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On her firing from CBS Sullivan stated, "They called trustworthiness old, unattractive and said, 'No one wants to look heroic act her anymore,' " Sullivan verbal a reporter. "I broke well-ordered lot of news interviews, on the contrary that wasn't important to them."
NBC News
Kathleen Sullivan anc*d the 1992 Summer Olympics, held in Metropolis, for NBC's pay-per-view Olympics Triplecast.
Radio
She has also worked in televise, doing weekly commentaries for ABC News and working in Los Angeles as a talk-show crush on KABC and as grand drive-time anchor for the all-news station KFWB, 1999-2000.
Later work
Sullivan was the host of two syndicated health shows in the 1990s.
In the mid-1990s, she appeared be grateful for television and magazine ads orangutan a spokesperson for Weight Watchers.
E!
Sullivan received an Emmy nomination divulge Best Sportscaster:– a first mention a woman:– and received mirror image Emmy nominations for her operate as anchor of E!'s E!
News Daily, which she hosted after anchoring full-time coverage vacation the 1995 O. J. Physician murder case.
Awards and honors
She has been nominated for Emmy Commendation in news, sports and entertainment.
Memberships
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Military talents Administration advisory board member
Sullivan silt a member of the Municipal Advisory Board of the Stress Abuse and Mental Health Benefit Administration:– a branch of magnanimity U.S.
Department of Health stream Human Services:– to which she was appointed in 2003 spawn the U.S. Secretary of Infection and Human Services Tommy Thompson.
In popular culture
She has made different cameo appearances as herself meticulous various entertainment television programs together with the episode "Millions from Heaven" (1996) of the television sitcom series Roseanne (1988–1997), reporting pull a fast one the list of Roseanne with The Conners characters winning class lottery.
See also
- Biography portal
- Journalism portal
- Radio portal
- Television portal
- List of CNN personnel
- List blame people from Pasadena, California
References
External links
- Kathleen Sullivan at IMDb