Jeanne Moos
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Jeanne Moos | |
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 Moos in 2007 | |
| Born | May 21[1] Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,U.S. |
| Education | Syracuse University |
| Occupation(s) | CNNreporter(1981–2024) WPTZcorrespondent (1976–1981) |
| Notable credit(s) | Moost Unusual, Making The MOOSt Of It(CNN) reporter (1995–2024) |
Jeanne Moos(born May 21) is a former American national news correspondent forCNN.She was based at the network's studios inManhattan.
Biography[edit]
A native ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania,Moos originally wanted to pursue a career in print journalism, but while attending theS.I. Newhouse School of Public CommunicationsatSyracuse University(where she earned a bachelor's degree in TV-Radio), she decided to go into the television business instead. In 1976, she landed her first major job in television atWPTZinPlattsburgh, New York,as the station's first female correspondent. During her tenure at WPTZ, she covered local and national stories, including the1980 Winter OlympicsinLake Placid, New York.[2]
In 1981, she joined CNN as a reporter. It was there that she covered stories ranging frompolitical corruptionto theUnited Nationsduring the 1991Gulf War.
In the 1990s, Moos began to report on unusual and off-beat soft news stories, which is her current trademark. In 1995, she began a series of reports called "Making The MOOSt Of It".[2]Today Moos continues to file reports for CNN in a segment called "Moost Unusual", seen duringThe Situation Room[2]and until its cancellation in 2014, duringShowbiz TonightonCNN Headline News.These stories tend to focus on subjects related to popular culture and make use of man-on-the-street style interviews, shots of tabloid magazine headlines, and clips garnered from videos onYouTube,andTikTok.They also frequently take viewers behind the scenes, showing Moos placing prank calls from her office or cracking jokes with other employees in CNN's Manhattan studios.
Controversy[edit]
In April 2014, Moos apologized following CNN's airing of a segment titled "Man in thong: Eyes up here, Duchess!", which was deemed "insensitive" and "racist" by viewers. In the roughly two-minute video, Moos mockedNew ZealandMaoriculture including traditional dance, costume, a greeting ceremony, and thehaka,which she described as "a cross between aChippendaleslap dance and the mating dance of anemu".[3][4][5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^Moos, Jeanne (2011-05-18)."Waiting for world to end?".Manhattan: CNN.Retrieved2011-05-19.
But this is my birthday. (when asked to wear a sign reading 'Judgment Day May 21, 2011')
- ^abc"Anchors & Reporters – Jeanne Moos".CNN.
- ^"Man in thong: Eyes up here, Duchess!".CNN.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-12-21.Retrieved2019-01-06.
- ^"CNN reporter forced to apologise for 'racist' coverage of royal visit".The Independent.2014-04-15.Retrieved2019-01-06.
- ^"CNN reporter apologises for 'insensitive' Royals report".ABC News.2014-04-15.Retrieved2019-01-06.
- American television reporters and correspondents
- American humorists
- S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni
- Journalists from New York City
- Journalists from Pennsylvania
- Television personalities from Pittsburgh
- Living people
- CNN people
- American women television journalists
- Women humorists
- 20th-century American women journalists
- 20th-century American journalists
- 21st-century American women journalists
- 21st-century American journalists
- 20th-century American women
- 21st-century American women