Nancy Chen

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Nancy Chen
Born
Nancy Chen

1988 (age 35–36)
Texas [1]
Alma mater University of Southern California (BA) [1]
Occupation(s) News anchor and television journalist
Years active2010–present
Employer CBS News [1]

Nancy Chen (born 1988) [2] is an American television journalist and correspondent with CBS News in New York. [3]

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Early life

Nancy Chen was born in Texas and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. [1] She attended Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, studied Chinese at Peking University in Beijing, and graduated as a Trustee Scholar from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles with a degree in international relations. [1] [3]

Career

Early career

Chen began her career as a print reporter writing for the Tulsa World for three years. [1] During college, she worked as a web producer at KABC-TV in Los Angeles and was involved in production for NBC Sports in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics. [1]

She began her broadcast journalist career at KSBY in San Luis Obispo, California as a multimedia journalist. She subsequently worked for WHDH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts where she covered the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the 2015 Super Bowl, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the 2013 EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, and the Boston Marathon bombing. [1] [3] Chen then joined WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. in 2017 as a weekday evening anchor. [4] She hosted a reoccurring franchise titled "Hero 24/7" that highlighted volunteers in the Washington, D.C. community. [5] She won two Emmy Awards from the National Capital division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences during her time at WJLA-TV, one of which was for coverage of the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting. [6] [7]

Current

In 2021, Chen joined CBS News as a New York-based correspondent after working as a correspondent with the organization's Newspath division since February of 2020. [3] [8] She has covered national stories including the criminal trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Waukesha Christmas parade attack, the 2022 Bronx apartment fire, the Omicron wave in New York City, and the 2022 Buffalo shooting. [3] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] Her work has been featured on CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell, CBS Saturday Morning, CBS News Sunday Morning, and Face the Nation. She also fills in as anchor for CBS Mornings, CBS Saturday Morning, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS Weekend News, Face The Nation and CBS News, CBS' streaming news channel.

In 2022, CBS This Morning won an Emmy Award at the 43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Live News Program" where Chen was listed as a correspondent. [14] [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Nancy Chen Joins CBS News Newspath as a New York-based Correspondent". ViacomCBSPressExpress.com. February 19, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/style/nancy-chen-patrick-mcfawn-wedding.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Nancy Chen CBS Biography". CBSNews.com. January 26, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  4. ↑ "WJLA Hires Veteran Anchor Nancy Chen". TVNewsCheck.com. March 13, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  5. ↑ "WJLA Hero 24/7". WJLA.com. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
  6. ↑ "60th Capital Emmy Awards and Nominations of 2017" (PDF). CapitalEmmys.tv. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  7. ↑ "62nd Capital Emmy Awards and Nominations of 2019" (PDF). CapitalEmmys.tv. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Jeff Pegues, Kris Van Cleave, Nancy Chen Earn New Roles at CBS News". AdWeek.com. December 13, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  9. ↑ "At least five dead, more than 40 injured in Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade". CBSNews.com. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Space heater to blame in deadly NYC fire". CBSNews.com. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Health officials say Americans should stay vigilant as COVID cases rise, Omicron continues to spread". CBSNews.com. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Man Arrested in Buffalo Mass Shooting that Killed 10". CBSNews.com. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Deadly Buffalo NY Shooting being Investigated as a Hate Crime/". CBSNews.com. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  14. ↑ "43rd Annual Emmys - News 2022 Nominees". Deadline.com. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  15. ↑ "43rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Winners" (PDF). Deadline.com. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
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