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Jan Crawford
Jan Crawford atMiller Center,2010
Born
Alabama,U.S.
EducationUniversity of Alabama(BA)
University of Chicago(JD)
OccupationJournalist
EmployerCBS News
Notable creditSupreme Conflict
SpouseDouglas Greenburg
Children4[1]

Jan Crawford Greenburg[1]is an American television journalist, author, and attorney. She serves as a political correspondent and chief legal correspondent forCBS Newsand previously forABC News.She appears regularly on theCBS Evening News,Face the Nation,CBS This Morning,andCBS News Sunday Morning.She ledCBS News's coverage of the 2012 Presidential Elections. She is aNew York Timesbestselling author ofSupreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Courtand also a member of theNew York State Bar Association.[2]

Early life and education[edit]

Crawford grew up on a farm inBaileyton, Alabama.She graduated fromAlbert P. Brewer High School,then enrolled at theUniversity of Alabama,where she obtained herBachelor of Artsin 1987. Crawford graduated from theUniversity of Chicago Law Schoolin 1993.[2][3]

Career[edit]

She joined theChicago Tribuneas a reporter in 1987. After graduating from law school, she began covering legal affairs for theTribune,which put her on the Supreme Court beat in 1994.[2]In 1996, she won theTribune'stop reporting award for her work in a 13-part series on the South a generation after the civil rights movement. In 2001, her work was honored with theTribune'stop reporting award.[2]In his first television interview,Chief JusticeJohn Robertstalked to Crawford about the court, his views on the law, and his life since taking office. JusticeJohn Paul Stevensalso chose Crawford for his first network television interview, reflecting on his memories of the man who appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1975, former PresidentGerald R. Ford,on the occasion of Ford's funeral.[2]

From 1998 until 2007, Crawford provided legal analysis on the Supreme Court forThe NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.She helped to provide live, gavel-to-gavel coverage on PBS of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito,[2]and served as the Supreme Court analyst forFace the NationonCBS.[3]From 2007 to 2009, she had been senior legal correspondent for ABC and wrote a blog titled"Legalities."In 2010, she began work for CBS, with a blog called"Crossroads."Currently she is the chief legal and political correspondent for CBS.[4]

Crawford has taught journalism atAmerican Universityand frequently speaks about the court to universities, law schools, legal organizations, and civic groups.[2]

Personal life[edit]

She is married to Douglas Greenburg, who graduated fromUniversity of Chicago Law Schoolwith her in 1993.[5]They have four children.[1][5]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Jan Crawford Greenburg,Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme CourtNew York: Penguin Press, 2007.ISBN9781594201011

References[edit]

  1. ^abc"ABOUT JAN CRAWFORD GREENBURG".Forum on Law, Culture & Society.Fordham University School of Law. Archived fromthe originalon June 27, 2015.RetrievedJune 26,2015.
  2. ^abcdefg"Greenburg bio".ABC Medianet.Archived fromthe originalon June 2, 2008.
  3. ^ab"Crawford bio".2007 National Book Festival.Library of Congress. Archived fromthe originalon August 2, 2008.
  4. ^"Jan Crawford".CBS News.February 1, 2012. Archived fromthe originalon February 14, 2012.RetrievedSeptember 17,2012.Jan Crawford is CBS News' Political Correspondent. She also serves as CBS News Chief Legal Correspondent and contributes regularly to the "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley," "CBS This Morning," and "Face The Nation," as well as CBS Radio News and CBSNews.
  5. ^ab"Jan Crawford, '93 and Douglas Greenburg, '93: Reporting and Litigating".University of Chicago Law School.RetrievedMay 9,2024.

External links[edit]

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