Sharyl Attkisson
Investigative journalist and TV host
Sharyl Attkisson is an American investigative journalist and television host who has won five Emmy Awards. She has also written books including Stonewalled and The Smear.
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American Born 1961 in Sarasota, United States
About Sharyl Attkisson
Sharyl Attkisson was born in 1961. She spent many years as an investigative correspondent in the Washington bureau of CBS News and also filled in as an anchor on the CBS Evening News. She left the network in 2014 after 21 years. Attkisson has won five Emmy Awards and received the Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting. She hosts the Sunday television news program Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson. Her books include Stonewalled, The Smear and Slanted, and the first two are New York Times bestsellers. Her title Follow the Science is also in the BookBits catalog.