Victoria Corderi is an American journalist and recipient of three national news Emmys

Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

 and a George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Journalism

Peabody Award

The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...

. She is also a 1997 recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative journalism

Investigative journalism

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Early life

Corderi is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University

St. Bonaventure University

St. Bonaventure University is a private, Franciscan Catholic university, located in Allegany, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. It has roughly 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students....

 with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 in journalism. She is married to her husband and has four children.

Career

Corderi was a reporter with The Miami News

The Miami News

The Miami News was the dominant evening newspaper in Miami, Florida for most of the 20th century, its chief concurrent competitor being the morning-edition of The Miami Herald. The paper started publishing in May 1896 as a weekly called The Miami Metropolis. The Metropolis had become a daily paper...

, a defunct afternoon newspaper. She then began as a reporter for WPLG

WPLG

WPLG, channel 10, is an ABC network affiliated television station located in Miami, Florida. WPLG is owned and operated by Post-Newsweek Stations, a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company. The station's studios are located in Pembroke Park, and its transmitter is located at the massive broadcast...

-TV in Miami in 1982.

Corderi covered the 1985 8.0 magnitude earthquake

Earthquake

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 in Chile for CBS News

CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...

, an American TV network

Television network

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. At CBS, she served as a correspondent for the newsmagazine

Newsmagazine

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s 48 Hours and Street Stories and as news anchor

News presenter

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 for the CBS Morning Show

The Early Show

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In late 1992, WABC-TV started 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

NBC News

NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...

 starting in 1994 as a correspondent for Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC

Dateline NBC, or Dateline, is a U.S. weekly television newsmagazine broadcast by NBC. It previously was NBC's flagship news magazine, but now focuses on true crime stories. It airs Friday at 9 p.m. EST and after football season on Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.-History:Dateline is historically notable for...

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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

Gerald Loeb Award

The Gerald Loeb Award, also referred to as the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism, is a recognition of excellence in journalism, especially in the fields of business, finance and the economy. The award was established in 1957 by Gerald Loeb, a founding partner of...

 bestowed by the UCLA Anderson School of Management.