Kelly Cobiella | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 51–52) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Wisconsin-Madison (BA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Employer | NBC News |
| Awards | Emmy and Peabody Award Recipient |
Kelly Cobiella is an American journalist who works for NBC News and is based in London. Before that, she worked at other news networks CBS News, ABC News, among others. [1]
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Cobiella spent most of her childhood in Denver, Colorado. After graduating high school, she attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations & Affairs. [2]
She began her career at local affiliates, KJCT, KCOY, and WPLG before moving up to the big-league networks starting at CBS News as a correspondent in 2005. [3]
She left the network in 2011 and joined ABC News and was based in London. [4] She then left the network in 2014 and joined NBC News in the same position she holds to this day. [5] She covered high-profile people and events namely the British royal family, Julian Assange founder of WikiLeaks, and the Trial of Oscar Pistorius. [6] [7] [8]
In 2010, she won an Emmy award for "Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast. In addition, she won a Peabody award for covering the U.S. economic crisis. [9]