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Rita Cosby (born November 18, 1964, Brooklyn, New York) is a television news anchor and correspondent, radio host, and best selling author, She is currently a Special correspondent for the CBS syndicated program Inside Edition, specializing in interviewing newsmakers and political figures, Cosby has recevived three Emmy Awards, the Jack Anderson Award for investigate excellence, The Matrix award, the ellis island medal of honor and the Lech Welsea freedom award, in October 11th, 2010, "Rita Cosby Day" in the state of New York for her Extraordinary journalism and exemplary service on behalf on her community.
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Rita Cosby (born November 18, 1964, Brooklyn, New York) is a television news anchor and correspondent, radio host, and best selling author, She is currently a Special correspondent for the CBS syndicated program Inside Edition, specializing in interviewing newsmakers and political figures, Cosby has recevived three Emmy Awards, the Jack Anderson Award for investigate excellence, The Matrix award, the ellis island medal of honor and the Lech Welsea freedom award, in October 11th, 2010, "Rita Cosby Day" in the state of New York for her Extraordinary journalism and exemplary service on behalf on her community.
The daughter of a danish mother and a Polish father Richard Cosby, who came to the United States after the World War II ended, Cosby grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she attended Greenwich High School and freelanced for the local paper, She earned her bachelor's degrees from the University of South Carolina, Cosby balanced college with a position at WACH-TV, the local fox affliate, after an internship working for Dan Rather on the CBS Evening News, Cosby found work as a anchor/reporter at KERO-TV in Bakersfield, California, and WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina, From 1995 to 2005, Cosby worked at Fox News, at fox, she hosted both The Big Story Weekend Edition with Rita Cosby, and Fox News Live with Rita Cosby.
She had interviewed over twenty world leaders, conducting historic back-to-back interviews with Palestinian leader yasser afafat and israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, She was the first reporter to see prisoners held in Guantanemo Bay, she also interviewed Serbian President Solboldian Milosevic who called her from his prison cell at the hauge, Years earlier, while broadcasting live from Belgrade during the NATO bombing, She broke the news that three American POWs were going to be released. Cosby also made national headlines for her interviews with boxer Mike Tyson, singer Michael Jackson, and convicted serial killer David Berkowitz, The son of sam, who wrote her during the Washington D.C. sniper shootings in 2002, as the story unfolded, Cosby secured another major first by reporting the names and the license plate numbers of the sniper suspects, in 2001, Cosby's interview with flight attendant Anne Marie Smith led to the U. S. Attroney's Office Investigation of Rep. Gary Condit for obstruction of justice and witness tampering.
Cosby served as a lead reporter during the 1996 and 2000 Presidentia campaignsl, During the Monica Lewinsky Investigation, she broke the news that President Bill Clinton was about to subpoenated to testify before the grand jury, after receviving an exclusive letter from Timothy McVeigh, who carried out the Oklahoma City Bombing, she was granted a rare meeting with Pope John Paul II to discuss the death penalty issues, In 2005, Cosby moved to MSNBC to host a primetime weeknight show, Rita Cosby Live and Direct it became the network's highest rated show that year, and she did extensive reports for other NBC Programs, including the today show, She traveled for the network, organating live for several weeks from New Orleans and The Gulf Coast region to report on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita as well as from the war zone in Afghanistian and along the U.S.- Mexico border, She Conducted the last broadcast interview with former crips gang leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams and was one of the journalists to witness the execution of San Quentin Prison , Additionally, she conducted rare interviews with Erik Menendez and Dr. Jack Kevorkian, both also behind bars,She left the network in 2007 to pursue other media offers and projects.
Currently, Cosby is a Special Correspendent for the CBS syndicated program Inside Edition, She has been filling reports for the show since 2007, interviewing newsmakers from multiple locations across the United States.
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