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    • Kathleen Sullivan (journalist)

    American journalist

    Kathleen Sullivan (born 1952/1953) is an American televisionjournalist.

    She was hired as a news anchor for the newly founded news channel CNN in 1980, when she was 27 years old,[1] and she has also worked for ABC News, CBS News, and The Huffington Post.[2]

    Early life and education

    She was born in Pasadena, California, and attended Santa Catalina School in Monterey, California.

    Career

    CNN

    Starting her career in local television, she became the first female anchor hired by CNN in 1980.[1]

    She became the first American woman to broadcast live from the Soviet Union when she went there to interview Russiancosmonauts for the Soviet Pre-Olympic festival. In 1980, Sullivan was picked by Ted Turner to help launch his Cable News Network.[3]

    ABC News

    Moving to ABC News, she debuted ABC World News This Morning with co-anchor Steve Bell in 1982, substitute