Kelly Cobiella

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Kelly Cobiella
Born
Education University of Wisconsin-Madison (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Years active1994–present
Employer NBC News
AwardsEmmy 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]

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Early life and education

Cobiella graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993. [2]

Career

She began her career at local affiliates KJCT, KCOY, and WPLG before moving to CBS News as a correspondent in 2005. [3]

In 2011 she moved 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 the British royal family, Julian Assange founder of WikiLeaks, and the Trial of Oscar Pistorius. [6] [7] [8]

Awards and nominations

In 2010, she jointly won an Emmy award for "Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast. [9]

References

  1. "Kelly Cobiella". Grabien.
  2. "Alumni Achievements". Wisconsin Alumni Association.
  3. "Kelly Cobiella and Trish Regan are named CBS News correspondents, based in New York". Paramount Press Express. January 24, 2005.
  4. Fisher, Caragh (November 7, 2011). "ABC News welcomes Kelly Cobiella, Ginger Zee, and Bazi Kanani". ABC News.
  5. Ariens, Chris (August 4, 2014). "Kelly Cobiella named NBC News London Correspondent". Adweek.
  6. Cobiella, Kelly (November 29, 2021). "Prince Charles' spokesman rejects claim he asked about Harry, Meghan's children's skin tone". NBC News.
  7. "Wikileaks founder Julian Assange reaches plea deal with U.S." NBC News Now. June 24, 2024.
  8. "Officials: Oscar Pistorius will likely leave prison on Friday". TODAY. August 16, 2015.
  9. "CBS News Top Winner at News & Documentary Emmys". TVWeek. September 27, 2010.