Claire Shipman(born October 4, 1962) is an American televisionjournalist,formerly the senior national correspondent forABC'sGood Morning America.She is married toJay Carney,PresidentBarack Obama's formerWhite House Press Secretary.[2]She is also Vice Chair of theBoard of Trustees of Columbia University.[3]Shipman served as Chair of Columbia's Board of Trustees during the2024 Pro-Palestine Protestsand oversaw the deployment of NYPD onto campus which resulted in the arrest, suspension, eviction, and sanctioning of hundreds of students, alongside her co-chair David Greenwald and PresidentMinouche Shafik.[4]
Claire Shipman | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 4, 1962 Washington, D.C.,U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University(BA,MIA) |
| Occupation | Good Morning AmericaSenior national correspondent |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2 |
Life and career
editShipman, born October 4, 1962, in Washington, D.C., is the daughter of the late Christie (Armstrong) and Morgan Enlow Shipman, Professor of Law at The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law.[5]She graduated fromWorthington High SchoolinWorthington, Ohio,in 1980. She is a 1986 graduate ofColumbia College of Columbia Universityand also holds amaster's degreefrom Columbia'sSchool of International and Public Affairs.[6]
She is divorced from formerCNNMoscow bureau chief Steve Hurst.[citation needed]She and her second husband,Jay Carney,have a son and daughter. Carney was the White House press secretary from January 27, 2011, to June 20, 2014. She claims that her husband gave her no indication that the secret operation that led to thekilling of Osama bin Ladenwas under way in Pakistan.[7]
Claire Shipman is a journalist, author and public speaker. She has written three New York Times bestselling books,The Confidence Code,The Confidence Code for Girls,andWomenomics.Her co-author on all three has been the BBC's Katty Kay.[6]
Shipman was with ABC News for 15 years, reporting on politics, international affairs to social issues. Before moving to ABC, she covered the White House and the Clinton administration for NBC news. Shipman also spent a decade at CNN, where she covered the White House, and spent five years at CNN's Moscow bureau covering the collapse of the Soviet Union. She's received numerous awards for her reporting, including a Peabody, a DuPont and an Emmy. Shipman holds a graduate degree in international affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a Bachelors of Arts in Russian Studies from Columbia College. On June 2, 2009,HarperCollinspublishedWomenomics,a book written by Shipman andBBC World News AmericacorrespondentKatty Kayexploring the redefinition of success for working women based on recent trends in the value of women to the business world.[citation needed]
In March 2022, the Institute on Holistic Wealth, Founded By Best-Selling Author Keisha Blair, Announced that Claire Shipman, was selected to be a Holistic Wealth Trailblazer, as part of the celebration of the release of Keisha Blair's book Holistic Wealth Expanded and Updated.[8]
Recognition
editShipman received aPeabody Awardand themedal "Defender of a Free Russia"for her work covering the1991 Soviet coupand the subsequentdissolution of the Soviet Union.[9]
References
edit- ^"Columbia College Today".College.columbia.edu. 2001-10-15.Retrieved2014-06-19.
- ^Landler, Mark (May 30, 2014)."Journalist-Turned-Spokesman Resigns as Daily Voice of the White House".The New York Times.RetrievedJune 2,2014.
- ^"Claire Shipman | Office of the Secretary of the University".secretary.columbia.edu.Retrieved2021-09-22.
- ^Mann, Brian."NYPD breaks up pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University".
- ^"Morgan Enlow Shipman".Legacy.com.December 4, 2008.
- ^ab"Claire Shipman".HarperCollins.Retrieved2022-03-05.
- ^Kurtz, Judy. (May 14, 2014) "ABC’s Claire Shipman: My husband kept me in the dark on bin Laden" In the Know. The Hill. Retrieved January 5, 2015.https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/206036-abcs-claire-shipman-my-husband-kept-me-in-the-dark-on-bin-laden/
- ^"The Institute on Holistic Wealth, Founded By Best-Selling Author Keisha Blair, Announces Select Group of Female Trailblazers Who Embody the Holistic Wealth Lifestyle".PRWeb.Retrieved2022-09-16.
- ^"Authors | The Confidence Code for Girls".#confidencecodegirls.Retrieved2022-03-05.