Maureen Bunyan is an Aruban-American Washington, D.C.-based television journalist. Aruba is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Currently she is the lead co-anchor at WJLA-TV. WJLA-TV, channel 7 is the ABC television affiliate in Washington D
Bunyan was born in Aruba, the eldest of three daughters, and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her family when she was 11. Aruba is a -long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, north of the Paraguaná Peninsula, Falcón State, Venezuela After the death of her mother Wilhemina, a nurse, Bunyan and her family continued to pursue educational opportunities; at one point, all of the members of the immediate family were enrolled at local colleges and universities, each studying for an undergraduate degree.
Bunyan started her journalism career freelancing at the Milwaukee Journal while attending the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee nearby, then went on to television jobs at WGBH-TV in Boston and WCBS-TV in New York before arriving in Washington in 1973 and joining WTOP-TV (now WUSA-TV), a station that was known for its Eyewitness News team which included Max Robinson and Gordon Peterson. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning Broadsheet printed in Milwaukee Wisconsin, USA The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (also known as UW-Milwaukee, UWM or Milwaukee) is a public Research university located in For the radio station specifically see WGBH (FM. WGBH is a non-commercial Television and Radio broadcast service located in Boston WCBS-TV, channel 2 is the flagship station of the CBS television network located in New York City. For the former Minneapolis TV station see KARE. WUSA is a television station broadcasting on channel 9 in Washington D Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts widely used in different markets across the United States. Max Robinson ( May 1, 1939 – December 20, 1988) was an American Television Journalist and was the Chicago Gordon Peterson is an American broadcast journalist and Washington D Originally a reporter and weekend co-anchor with Patrick McGrath (now at WTTG-TV), Bunyan was promoted to co-anchor alongside Peterson at 6 p. WTTG is an owned-and-operated TV station of the Fox Broadcasting Company. m. after Robinson joined ABC News in 1978 (she would add the 11 p. This article is about the American news organization See also ABC News (disambiguation ABC News is a division of American m. newscast a decade later) and settled in as a member of a local news team that also included sportscaster Glenn Brenner and meteorologist Gordon Barnes. In addition to reporting on major local, national and international stories, she also hosted the award-winning magazine programs 22:26 and Studio Nine.
On December 11, 1995, after the management at WUSA offered her an anchor demotion and salary cut to stay at the station, Bunyan surprised viewers when she announced her resignation on the air during the 6 p. m. news. Channel 9 soon afterwards lost their first-place spot in the ratings to rival WRC-TV. WRC-TV, channel 4 is the NBC owned and operated Television station in Washington D As for Bunyan herself, she briefly worked for MSNBC and ran a public relations firm for a few years before returning to the Washington airwaves in February of 1999 replacing Paul Berry as the lead anchor at WJLA-TV. MSNBC is a 24-hour cable television news channel based in the United States and available in Canada. Five years later, she was reunited with longtime friend and former WUSA co-anchor Gordon Peterson when they were teamed up on the 6 p. m. news. This has helped WJLA move from third to second place in that timeslot behind current leader WRC.
During the many years she has worked in Washington, she has received numerous awards. Ms. Bunyan also attended Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Harvard University Graduate School of Education, where she earned a Master's degree. Academic Programs Columbia’s Journalism School offers three degree programs Master of Science in journalism (full and part-time The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE is a graduate school at Harvard University, and is one of the top schools of education in the United States