Glenda Hersh Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in history and earned her master's in journalism from Columbia University
• Began her career as a print journalist, working as a Washington correspondent for Agence France-Presse and covering the wars of Central America for United Press International
• Got her start in television as a writer and producer for ABC's "Good Morning America․"
• Set up the TV stations Telezuri in Switzerland and Channel One in London in 1994
• Best known as the executive producer of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" and "Trauma: Life in the E․R․"
• Co-founder of True Entertainment and president and founder of Mad River Films
• Despite being known mainly as a producer, she worked as a writer and director for the documentary TV show "Doctors Without Borders․"
• Prior to True Entertainment, she developed and produced documentaries and reality programs for Video News International, later renamed NYT Television