Background
She was born in Bridgewater, New Jersey and received her bachelor"s degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1972.
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Janet Wu
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University of Michigan.
Career
Janet Yuen-Mei Wu is an American television reporter in the Boston area. She currently serves as an investigative and political reporter for WCVB-television, American Broadcasting Company"s Boston affiliate. Wu worked as a reporter for United Press International from 1973 until 1978 when she joined WGBH-television, Boston"s public television station, as the Massachusetts State House reporter until 1983.
In October 2009, she was appointed co-host with Editor Harding for the new WCVB-television Sunday morning political program, On The Record.
Achievements
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1989 part of the NewsCenter 5 political team which was honored with a First Place National Headliners Award and with an Edward R. Murrow Award for the best political coverage of any station in the nation 1998 Associated Press Award, first place in the investigative and enterprise category. Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting for her report on "Public Property, Private Lies." 2001, 2005 part of the team which received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication 2010, inducted into Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame 2011, Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary) degree from Emerson College at the 2011 commencement.
Membership
In January 1983, Wu joined WCVB-television NewsCenter 5 as their State House reporter, and in 2006 she became a team member of WCVB’s investigative unit, Team 5 Investigates.
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Edward R. Murrow Award Walter Cronkite Award; Edward R. Murrow Award 1989 part of the NewsCenter 5 political team which was honored with a First Place National Headliners Award and with an Edward R. Murrow Award for the best political coverage of any station in the nation 1998 Associated Press Award, first place in the investigative and enterprise category; Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting for her report on "Public Property, Private Lies." 2001, 2005 part of the team which received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication 2010, inducted into Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame 2011, Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary) degree from Emerson College at the 2011 commencement.Edward R. Murrow Award Walter Cronkite Award; Edward R. Murrow Award 1989 part of the NewsCenter 5 political team which was honored with a First Place National Headliners Award and with an Edward R. Murrow Award for the best political coverage of any station in the nation 1998 Associated Press Award, first place in the investigative and enterprise category; Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting for her report on "Public Property, Private Lies." 2001, 2005 part of the team which received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication 2010, inducted into Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame 2011, Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary) degree from Emerson College at the 2011 commencement.