Reena Ninan

Reena Ninan (born April 18, 1979) is an Indian American television journalist currently working for CBS News, based in New York City.[2]

Reena Ninan
Born (1979-04-18) April 18, 1979
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Alma materGeorge Washington University (B.A., Political Communication, 2001[1])
OccupationTelevision journalist
Years active1999–present
EmployerCBS News
Spouse(s)Kevin Peraino
Children2
Reena Ninan interviewing Michael Bennet in 2019.

Career

Ninan anchors CBSN and the Saturday edition of CBS Weekend News. She also reports for CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News and other CBS broadcasts. She started her career as a producer at the Washington Post. From 2004 to 2012 she reported for Fox News Channel, becoming Fox News' Middle East Correspondent in 2007 until she left the network in 2012.[3] She has reported from throughout the world, including Libya, Indonesia, India, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq during the Iraq War. In July 2011, she was named one of Glamour magazine's "Women on the Front Lines."[4] Ninan began working at ABC News in 2012 in the Washington bureau, where she covered the White House and the State Department. She later moved to New York, reporting for Good Morning America and continuing to travel abroad as a foreign correspondent.[5]

In April 2015, Ninan was named co-anchor of ABC's early morning shows World News Now and America This Morning, alongside T.J. Holmes. She was hired by CBS in 2016.[6]

Personal life

Ninan was born on April 18, 1979 in Tampa, Florida, to parents from the Indian state of Kerala. She speaks fluent Malayalam and studied Arabic and Hebrew. [7][5]

Ninan is married to author and former Newsweek reporter Kevin Peraino and has two children, Jack and Kate.[8][5]

See also

References
  1. https://twitter.com/gwucolumbian/status/1260189034661412867
  2. "ABC News Hires Reena Ninan From FOX News". Mediabistro.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012.
  3. Fox News: "On Air Personalities: Reena Ninan" retrieved May 8, 2011
  4. Alex Weprin (June 25, 2011). TVNewser: "Fox News Correspondent Named 'Woman on the Front Lines' by Glamour". Retrieved June 25, 2011.
  5. Chris Ariens (April 8, 2015) TVNewser: "Reena Ninan Named Anchor of World News Now, America This Morning"
  6. Reena Ninan Joins CBS News as Correspondent - Broadcasting & Cable
  7. Randall (April 10, 2015). India West: Indian American to Anchor National News Broadcast Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  8. Molly Stark Dean (January 6, 2011). TVNewser: "Fox News’ Reena Ninan & Newsweek‘s Kevin Peraino: It’s a Boy!" Retrieved May 8, 2011.
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