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Sharyl Attkisson (born in
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,
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) is an investigative correspondent in the Washington bureau for
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. She has also substituted as anchor for the
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. Previously at
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, she has hosted the television series
HealthWeek in 1997, and
CBS News Up to the Minute in 1992. From 1988 to 1991, she was a reporter for
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.
In 2002 she won an Emmy Award for her Investigative Journalism about the
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.
Education
Attkisson graduated from the
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with a degree in broadcast journalism in 1982. In addition the University of Florida gave her an Outstanding Achievement Award in 1997.
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