Paula Zahn Biography

Fast Facts

• Was the keynote speaker at the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Northeast division's benefit dinner in 2012
• Received the National Commission of Working Women Broadcasting Award and four Gracie Awards
• Received a Silver Silhouette Award from the National Osteoporosis Foundation for her reporting on Osteoporosis
• Received the Second Annual Cancer Awareness Award by the Congressional Families Action for Cancer Awareness and a citation from New York's Beth Israel Medical Center for her contributions to the battle against breast cancer
• Quote: "If you go into work and don't want to be the best you can be, might as well hang it all up․"
• Has interviewed many dignitaries and newsmakers throughout her career, including former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter, Cuban President Fidel Castro, former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev and first lady Betty Ford
• Co-anchored the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway
• First day with CNN was September 11, 2001, and she immediately began continuous coverage of the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center
• Attended college on a cello scholarship and played Carnegie Hall in 1992 with the New York Pops Orchestra