| Emily Rooney | |
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| Born | 1950 (age 61–62) Rowayton, Connecticut [refs 1] |
| Occupation | Journalist, writer, television personality |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | American University (1972) [refs 1] |
| Spouse(s) | Kirby Perkins [refs 1] |
| Children | Alexis (daughter) |
| Relative(s) | Andy Rooney (father) Marguerite "Margie" Rooney (née Howard) (mother) Brian Rooney (brother) |
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Emily Rooney (born 1950)[refs 1] is an American journalist, TV talk show and radio host and former news producer. Since 1997, Rooney has been the host, executive editor and creator of Greater Boston[refs 2] and the weekly Beat the Press on WGBH-TV,[refs 3] which are also later rebroadcast on the Boston-based WGBH radio station. As of 2010, she hosts the Emily Rooney Show on WGBH radio.
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Before coming to WGBH, Rooney was director of political coverage and special events at Fox Network in New York from 1994 to 1997.[refs 4] Before that, she was executive producer of ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.[refs 5] She also worked at WCVB-TV in Boston from 1979 to 1993, where she served as news director for three years and as assistant news director before that.[refs 1] In the mid to late 70's, Emily also worked at the CBS affiliate in Hartford, Connecticut, WFSB, as an assignment editor, among other positions at the station.
Emily Rooney is the daughter of noted CBS 60 Minutes correspondent and humorist Andy Rooney. She has an identical twin sister, Martha, who is Chief of the Public Services Division at the United States National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Her brother Brian Rooney is a correspondent for ABC News. Rooney has one daughter, Alexis. Rooney's husband, WCVB-TV reporter Kirby Perkins, died suddenly of heart failure July 1997.[refs 6]
She is a graduate of American University in Washington and holds honorary doctoral degrees from the University of Massachusetts Boston and Westfield State College.
Emily Rooney has been awarded the National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, a series of New England Emmy Awards, and Associated Press recognition for Best News/Talk Show. Rooney's WGBH news program, Greater Boston, has received two Regional Edward R. Murrow broadcast journalism awards and five New England Emmy awards.[refs 7] Rooney has also received a New England Emmy in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Commentary/Editorial.[refs 7]