Lynn Sherr

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Lynn Sherr (born 4 March 1942) is an American broadcast journalist and author, best known as a correspondent for the ABC news magazine 20/20.

Sherr was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Lower Merion High School in Ardmore. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College.

She was a freelance host at WNET-TV in New York, then staff. She worked for the Associated Press and WCBS-TV. In 1977, she was the guest host of the MacNeil-Lehrer Report while Robert MacNeil was absent, and has hosted a number of PBS specials. In 1983-85 she was a reporter/editor for Conde Nast.

She received a 1994 George Foster Peabody Award along with producer Alan B. Goldberg for the "Hunger Inside" a 20/20 documentary about extreme anorexia.

[edit] Published works

Susan B. Anthony Slept Here: A Guide to American Women’s Landmarks (co-author, 1994)
'Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words (1996)
Tall Blondes: A Book About Giraffes (1997)
America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind Our Nation’s Favorite Song (2001).