Janice Sosebee

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Janice Sosebee, nee Janice Colaianni (born July 30, 1952, Paterson, New Jersey). American radio broadcast journalist. Janice Sosebee began her career at WOOK FM radio, the Washington, D. C. affiliate of the Sheridan Broadcasting Network in 1977, as an intern. She was subsequently hired as a full-time on-air news anchor and reporter, in 1978. There, she scooped the industry by being granted an exclusive interview with Zimbabwean rebel leader Joshua Nkomo, which aired on WOOK. In 1984, she moved to all-news CBS Washington D. C. affiliate WTOP, where she served as anchor, reporter and editor until 1997. Memorable stories include: One-on-one spot news interview with Mother Teresa outside St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Silver Spring, MD. President Bill Clinton's Inaugural Balls (MTV, Gay and Lesbian) and the Clinton and Ronald Reagan Inaugural parades (Washington, DC). Her awards for achievement in radio include American Women in Radio and Television,1988; American College of Emergency Physicians 1988; The Congressional Blinded American Veterans Award, 1990, and The Maryland State Teacher's Association School Bell Award, 1993.

She currently serves in the position of program analyst at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on America, she logged for the media and public officials, every scene of video tape from Ground Zero in New York. Since 2001, Sosebee has been a volunteer reader at the Metropolitan Washington Ear, a radio reading service for the blind. In 1974, Janice Sosebee married Carl Sosebee, Associate General Counsel and Designated Agency Ethics Official at the United States Peace Corps. They have one daughter, Juliet Sosebee Friedman.

Her father is author, activist and former Ramparts Magazine editor, James F. Colaianni.