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'''Victoria Corderi''' ( |
'''Victoria Corderi''' (born 1957) is an American journalist and recipient of three national news [[Emmy Award|Emmys]] and a [[Peabody Award|George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Journalism]]. She is also a 1997 recipient of the [[RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award|Edward R. Murrow Award]] for [[investigative journalism]]. |
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Revision as of 19:56, 8 April 2012
Victoria Corderi (born 1957) is an American journalist and recipient of three national news Emmys and a George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Journalism. She is also a 1997 recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative journalism.
Early life
Corderi is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. She is married to her husband and has four children.
Career
Corderi was a reporter with The Miami News, a defunct afternoon newspaper. She then began as a reporter for WPLG-TV in Miami in 1982.
Corderi covered the 1985 8.0 magnitude earthquake in Chile for CBS News, an American TV network. At CBS, she served as a correspondent for the newsmagazines 48 Hours and Street Stories and as news anchor for the CBS Morning Show.
On September 21, 1992, WABC-TV aired a 12:00 news program, and hired Corderi to be co-anchor of Eyewitness News at Noon. During Corderi's tenure at WABC-TV, she also did occasional freelance reporting. Corderi's tenure at WABC-TV lasted for 18 months.
Corderi was employed at NBC News starting in 1994 as a correspondent for Dateline NBC.
Corderi is a recipient of the Las Primeras Award for being one of the first Hispanic network anchors. She is listed in Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans. She is also a recipient of the Gerald Loeb Award bestowed by the UCLA Anderson School of Management.