Colette Cassidy is a television news reporter, journalist, writer, and speaker.
Career
Cassidy served as primetime newsbreak anchor for
MSNBC
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as well as an occasional host of
MSNBC Live
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Programs under the banner are broadcast from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET on wee ...
. Previously, she was a reporter and weekend anchor at
CBS
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station
KYW-TV
KYW-TV (channel 3), branded as CBS Philadelphia, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network through its CBS News and Stations division alongside WPSG (channel 57 ...
in
Philadelphia
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, where she
joined the station as a writer and producer in 1994. By December 1995, she had moved on to general assignment and in December 2002, she was promoted to the anchor seat.
Personal
She is a
New Jersey
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native, who was raised outside of
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...
. She is a graduate of
Marywood University
Marywood University is a Private university, private Catholic university in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Established in 1915 by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Marywood currently enrolls more than 2,800 students ...
in
Scranton
Scranton is a city in and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Scranton is the most populous city in Northeastern Pennsylvania and the ...
,
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a U.S. state, state spanning the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern United States, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes region, Great Lakes regions o ...
.
Cassidy is an Alzheimer's awareness raising advocate and fundraises for the Alzheimer's Association.
References
External links
Colette Cassidy on Twitter
Living people
American television news anchors
Marywood University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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