MEREDITH VIEIRABy: Jesse Patterson

Biography of Journalist Family: Vieira marries an Emmy-award winning

CBS news journalist Richard M. Cohen on June 14, 1986. She has three children, Gabriel Anthony Cohen - Son

Lily Max Cohen – Daughter and Benjamin Edwin Cohen - Son

and currently lives in Irvington in Westchester County, New York. Mary Louisa Elsie Rosa Silveira Vieira and Dr. Edwin Vieira both first generation Portuguese Americans also known as her parents. All four of Vieira's grandparents were from the Azores. Youngest of four children with three older brothers. They were all raised Roman Catholic.

Biography cont…. Hometown: East Providence, Rhode Island. Education: Attended Lincoln Schools, An all girls

school in Providence. Graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in English from Tufts University.

Career Timeline: 1985-1989 West 57th, 1989-1993 60 Minutes Correspondent, 1992-1993 CBS Morning News Co-Anchor, 1993-1997 Turning Point Correspondent, 1997-2006 The View Moderator, 2002-present Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Host, 2006-present Dateline NBC contributing anchor, September 2006-June 2011 Today Co-Host, June 2011-present NBC News special Correspondent.

Type of Journalism: Political, Entertainment.

Accomplishments In 2006, Meredith received the P.T. Barnum award

from Tufts University for her exceptional work in the field of media and entertainment.

Vieira is famous for being the Co-Anchor of the today show and also for being the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

She has hosted the Academy Awards pre-show for ABC.

She was also the former spokesperson for Bayer. In 2010 Vieira appeared in the film Get Him To The

Greek. Vieira has also made appearances on Chumdog

Millionaire and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

Accomplishments Cont… Meredith had brief appearances in various

scenes in the Broadway show “Thoroughly Modern Millie” in 2003.

Meredith played a cameo as the host of a proposed game show in the 2004 game show of the Stepford wives.

Hosted the featurettes that are included on the first season DVDs of the ABC television show The Desperate Housewives.

Made a cameo role as the news reporter in Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.

Accomplishments Cont… Made a cameo appearance in the Doctor

Who episode “The Wedding Of River Song”.

Made an appearance as Broomsy Witch in Shrek forever After.

Guest appearances in the NBC sitcom “30 Rock” in the episodes “Greenzo” and “Larry King”.

First guest appearance on The View since she left on Monday, Oct 8, 2007.

Organizations Vieira is apart of many news programs

that contain political and entertaining news. She also includes drama and serious issues going on in our world today. The programs she belongs to are the Today show, CBS Evening News, Dateline NBC, ABC News. Meredith covered the Beijing Olympics, The Vancouver Olympics and the Barack Obama Inauguration. Recently this year Vieira said goodbye the Today show.

Organizations Cont… Meredith covered the Beijing Olympics,

The Vancouver Olympics and the Barack Obama Inauguration. Recently this year Vieira said goodbye the Today show.

Organizations Cont… Meredith has supported the following

charities: Jumpstart, Love our Children USA, Save The Children, Abuse, AIDS, At-Risk/Disadvantaged Youths, Children, Disaster Relief, Education, Family/Parent Support, Literacy, Poverty.

Examples of Work 1988- Meredith won an Emmy for

outstanding coverage of a continuing new story segment, outstanding informational, cultural or historic programming and outstanding investigative journalism.

1991- Meredith won an Emmy for outstanding informational, cultural or historic programming.

Nominated in 1998 and 1999 for a daytime emmy for outstanding talk show host.

Examples of Work Cont… Finally in 2007 she won the daytime

Emmy for outstanding game show host and talk show host.

Meredith has been the game show host for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire every since Regis left.

Works Cited http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredith_Viei

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