- In 1991 she became the first journalist to host her own national daily talk show, A Closer Look (1991), which aired on NBC. Two years later, she joined Dateline NBC (1992), where she worked from 1993-95. She had a cameo role on the Murphy Brown (1988) episode A Chance of Showers (1992) along with Katie Couric, Paula Zahn, Mary Alice Williams and Joan Lunden.
- An active supporter of the National Council for Adoption.
- A graduate of Trinity High School in Washington, PA, and attended Bethany College in Bethany, WV, where she was a member of Zeta Tau Alpha.
- Became nationally known for her role in anchoring some of America's most popular news and talk show programs.
- Started her television reporting career at WTRF-TV, Channel 7, in Wheeling, WV, where she worked with her future husband, producer Dean Daniels.
- In the early 1980s she worked for ABC and CBS affiliates in Peoria, IL, and also at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh.
- Began her national news career when she joined CBS News as the anchor of The CBS Morning News (1987) in the spring of 1985. At age 27, she was one of the youngest national news anchors, ever. She joined NBC in June 1990 as the news anchor for Today (1952) and became anchor of (the now-defunct) NBC News at Sunrise (1983).
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