Full Name Nancy Weiner Name Nancy Cordes TV shows CBS News Known for TV news reporter Organization CBS News | Occupation journalist Nationality American Residence Washington, D.C. Role Correspondent | |
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Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University Education University of Pennsylvania, Punahou School Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form Similar People John Dickerson, Norah O'Donnell, Scott Pelley, Jan Crawford, Major Garrett Profiles | ||
Cbs reporter nancy cordes talks about kentucky senate race
Nancy Cordes (née Weiner) is the CBS News congressional correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. She is a regular contributor to all CBS News programs and platforms.
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- Cbs reporter nancy cordes talks about kentucky senate race
- Early life and education
- Professional
- Personal life
- References
Early life and education
Born Nancy Weiner in Los Angeles, Cordes grew up in Hawaii on the islands of Kauai and Oahu. She is a graduate of Punahou School in Honolulu and a Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995. Cordes received a master's degree in public policy at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Professional
Prior to joining CBS News in 2007, Cordes was an ABC News correspondent based in New York (2005–07), where she reported for all ABC News programs and covered many major news stories, including Hurricane Katrina, the war in Iraq, and the 2004 election. Before that, she was a Washington-based correspondent for NewsOne, the affiliate news service of ABC News (2003–04). Prior to joining ABC News, Cordes was a reporter for WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. (1999-2003), where she covered the September 11 attack on the Pentagon, the 2000 Presidential race, the D.C.-area sniper attacks, and peacekeeping efforts in Bosnia. She began her career as a reporter for KHNL-TV in Honolulu (1995–97).
Personal life
Cordes married in 2006. She currently resides in Washington, DC, with her husband, daughter, and son (her second child, to whom she gave birth on May 14, 2010).