Paula Zahn Biography (1956-)

Born February 24, 1956, in Omaha, NE (some sources cite Naperville, IL); father, an employee of International Business Machines Co.; mother, an artist andschoolteacher; married Richard Cohen (a real estate developer), 1987; children: Haley (daughter), Jared, Austin. Addresses: Agent: Richard Leibner, N. S. Bienstock, 1740 Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10019; (lectures)Harry Walker Agency, Inc., 355 Lexington Ave., 21st Floor, New York, NY 10017.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Broadcast journalist, news anchor
Birth Details: February 24, 1956; Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Coanchor, World News This Morning, ABC, beginning 1987
Anchor, The Health Show, ABC, beginning 1987
Cohost, CBS World News This Morning (also known as CBS This Morning), CBS, c. 1990-1996
Anchor, CBS Evening News, Saturday Edition, CBS, 1996-1999
Correspondent, Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel, CBS, 1997
Anchor, P.S., CBS, 1998
Anchor, The Fox Report, Fox, 1999-2001

Host, The Edge with Paula Zahn, Fox, 2000-2001
Also news reader for Good Morning America, ABC.
Specials
Anchor and reporter, America's Kids: Diet of Danger, ABC, 1988
Anchor and reporter, The Electronic Time Machine, ABC, 1989
Host, People Yearbook, CBS, 1995
Episodic
Herself, "A Chance of Showers," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1992
Herself, "All Singing! All Dancing! All Miserable!," Murphy Brown,CBS, 1996
Correspondent for episodes of 48 Hours, CBS.
RECORDINGS
Audio Books
Narrator, Free a Man to Fight! Women Soldiers of World War II, TwoGirls from Back East Productions, 2000

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Newsmakers: The People behind Today's Headlines, 1992, Issue 3, Gale, 1992

Periodicals

Biography, October, 2000, p. 42
Broadcasting & Cable, September 10, 2001, p. 17
Midwest Today, summer, 1996
Parade, May 30, 1999, p. 18
Saturday Evening Post, January/February, 1993, p. 38
USA Weekend, May 30, 1999
Variety, September 10, 2001, p. 3

Electronic

Cable News Network, http://www.cnn.com, December 1, 2001

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