Joie Chen is a celebrated 59-year-old American journalist. She was born on 28 August 1961 in Maryland. She has a bachelors and a Master’s degree from Northwestern University, Medill School of journalism.
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Joie Chen Career Details
In 1985, She joined WXIA-TV in Atalanta as an anchor and a reporter.
She also worked as a broadcaster at WCIV-TV in Carolina.
In 1991, she joined CNN International. While at CNN, she covered the story U.S. operations together with UNISOM in Somalia and Bosnia. She brought the events, proceedings, what was going on and when the war will end and why the USA took part in the war.
She covered Centennial Olympic Park Bombing during the Summer Olympics at Atlanta, which killed one person and left 111 others injured.
She also covered the story of Columbia High school attempted bombing and school shooting where two students murdered twelve students got killed and one teacher, while others injured as a result of shots. She anchored the whole story detailing what happened, what caused the students to shoot others. The motive of the attack remains unclear.
Joie also brought the story during the trial of Timothy McVeigh, who was an American terrorist that he took part in the attack. The terrorist carried out the Oklahoma City bombing, which killed 168 people and left 680 others injured. That bombing was among the worst attacks the USA has ever experienced in history.
In 2002, She joined CBS TV. Joie worked at White House and Capitol Hill as a respondent for CBS News. She also covered a program dubbed CBS Sunday Morning, which hosted news segments.
It was during her time at CBS she ranked as the best female among the 50 correspondents.
She brought the story of the September attacks, which saw over 25,000 people injured while 2,977 dead and the health of the people around deteriorated. The attacks got organized by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
Ms. Joie also covered the story of the D.C. sniper attack for three weeks, where it saw many people shot and killed in Virginia and Maryland. The snippers who were responsible for that shooting they got jailed for life sentences.
Ms. Joie also brought the story of the war in Afghanistan, which saw the United States invade Afghanistan to fight Al Qaeda from increasing its operations. The USA went ahead and fought with the Afghanistan government and military.
In 2008 she joined Branded News Worldwide as Vice president. The job of Branded News was to build platforms online that deliver news to audiences around the world. She also dealt with news programming and development for clients. Chen was also responsible for building and staffing newsrooms. She took the role of creating a new line of businesses at the company.
In 2013 she joined Al Jazeera America, where she worked on the program known as America Tonight, which covered the news. During her tenure at Al Jazeera, she covered international news, local USA news and stories.
In 2018, she joined Medill School of Journalism, where she works as the director of programs.
She was also appointed the Principal of Way Forward Media, which deals with media and branding.
Joie Chen Awards And Nominations
She has won a lot of awards during her career: She won Emmy awards for covering the story of the bombing that occurred at Centennial Olympic Park. She also won CableACE Award as the Best Newscaster. She also won an Emmy Award while at CBS TV.
Joie Chen Net Worth
She has an estimated value of $8 million.
Joie Chen Dating History
She dated Michael, whom she later married.
Joie Chen Is Married To Husband
She got married to her husband, Michael.
Joie Chen Kids
Together with her husband, they have one son named Evan.
Joie Chen Body Measurements
She has a weight of 58kg and a height of 1.67 meters.
Joie Chen Cars And House
She has a bungalow. His cars remain a secret to the public.