Colette Cassidy

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Colette Cassidy is a television news reporter, journalist, writer, and speaker. [1]

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Career

Cassidy served as primetime newsbreak anchor for MSNBC [2] as well as an occasional host of MSNBC Live. Previously, she was a reporter and weekend anchor at CBS station KYW-TV in Philadelphia, where she joined the station as a writer and producer in 1994. [3] By December 1995, she had moved on to general assignment and in December 2002, she was promoted to the anchor seat. [1] [4]

Personal

She is a New Jersey native, who was raised outside of Dublin, Ireland. She is a graduate of Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. [5] Cassidy is an Alzheimer's awareness raising advocate and fundraises for the Alzheimer's Association. [1]

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