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Paula Zahn          

Distinguished News Anchor & Nine-Time Emmy Award Winner

Paula Zahn is the executive producer and host of On the Case with Paula Zahn on the Investigation Discovery channel. A 30-year news veteran, Zahn most recently anchored for CNN where she was based in the network’s New York bureau and hosted the primetime show Paula Zahn Now.

Before joining CNN, Zahn was the host of The Edge with Paula Zahn, a daily news program on FOX News Channel. She joined FOX in 1999 as anchor of its evening news program, The FOX Report.

Previously she spent ten years at CBS News, where she co-hosted CBS Morning News and anchored the CBS Evening News Saturday Edition.

Earlier, Zahn served as co-anchor of World News This Morning and anchored news segments of Good Morning America on ABC.

Throughout her career, Zahn has interviewed dignitaries and newsmakers, including former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, Cuban President Fidel Castro, former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, first lady Betty Ford, civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael and human rights activist Winnie Mandela.

Zahn has won nine “Emmy Awards”, the National Commission of Working Women “Broadcasting Award” and an “AWRT Award” for reporting on gender bias in education.

Speech Topics


The Media

Cancer Prevention and Education

Current Affairs

Paula Zahn Explores Todays Headlines

A veteran news anchor, Paula Zahn offers audiences an up-close look at todays top news stories, illuminating the people and forces that are shaping our world. She brings a fresh perspective to major national news and world affairs, while untangling the most complicated issues of the day. Having interviewed the most important newsmakers from the worlds of politics, sports, business, science and entertainment for over two decades, Zahn entertains audiences with a wealth of unique experiences and insights.

News


Paula Zahn to moderate panel on women entrepreneurs in Stamford
Television news anchor Paula Zahn will moderate the Women's Business Development Council's 13th annual business breakfast Nov. 13 at the Stamford Plaza Hotel and Conference Center. This year's theme will be female entrepreneurship.
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