Melissa McDermott
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Melissa McDermott is a reporter for CBS News. She is best known for being an anchor of the overnight CBS newscast, Up to the Minute.
[edit] Biography
Melissa McDermott graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S. degree in broadcast news from the William Allen White School of Journalism. She worked as the 6pm and 10pm anchor at KAYS-TV (now KBSH) in Hays, Kansas.
From 1986 to 1997, she worked at KSNW-TV in Wichita, Kansas. In 1994, Melissa McDermott and her husband, Todd McDermott, were named co-anchors at KSNW.
McDermott later worked as 6pm anchor and won several awards as an investigative reporter at WJLA-TV in Washington, DC.
From 2002 through March, 2006, Melissa McDermott anchored CBS's overnight newscast, Up to the Minute.
McDermott now lives in New Jersey and has two children. Melissa's ex-husband, WUSA (TV) Washington D.C.'s lead anchorman Todd McDermott lives in Washington, DC.
[edit] Accomplishments
Melissa McDermott has covered presidential campaigns, the Oklahoma City bombing, and other events. She has received many awards; including a national and two regional Edward R. Murrow awards, the SPJ Dateline Award, three Heartland Emmy Awards, an Ohio State Award, a National AP Award, a National Iris Award, and an Emmy Award.
