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'', '' CBS This Morning'', and '' CBS News Sunday Morning''. She led CBS News's coverage of the 2012 Presidential Elections. She is a

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bestselling author of ''Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court'' and also a member of the New York State Bar Association.

Early life

Crawford grew up on a farm in Baileyton, Alabama, graduating from Albert P. Brewer High School, then graduated from the

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in 1987 and from the

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in 1993.

Career

She joined the ''

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'' as a reporter in 1987. After graduating from law school, she began covering legal affairs for the ''Tribune'', which put her on the Supreme Court beat in 1994. In 1996, she won the ''Tribune's'' top reporting award for her work in a 13-part series on the South a generation after the civil rights movement. In 2001, her work was honored with the ''Tribune's'' top reporting award. In his first television interview, Chief Justice

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talked to Crawford about the court, his views on the law, and his life since taking office. Justice John Paul Stevens also chose Crawford for his first network television interview, reflecting on his memories of the man who appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1975, former President

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, on the occasion of Ford's funeral. From 1998 until 2007, Crawford provided legal analysis on the Supreme Court for ''

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.'' She helped to provide live, gavel-to-gavel coverage on PBS of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, and served as the Supreme Court analyst for ''

'' on

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. From 2007 to 2009, she had been senior legal correspondent for ABC and wrote a blog title
"Legalities."
In 2010, she began work for CBS, with a blog calle
"Crossroads."
Currently she is the chief legal and political correspondent for CBS. Crawford has taught journalism at American University and frequently speaks about the court to universities, law schools, legal organizations, and civic groups across the country.

Personal life

She is married to Douglas Greenburg, who graduated from

with her in 1993.

Bibliography

* Jan Crawford Greenburg, ''Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court'' New York : Penguin Press, 2007.

References

External links

* '' NewsHour'' transcript
Greenburg interview
*

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Book Festival streaming video
Greenburg talks about her Supreme Court book

Video of discussion with Jan Crawford Greenburg
and

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