Elizabeth Vargas - Biography

Last Editor: cu_can				Elizabeth Vargas Biography -   Name : Elizabeth Vargas Profession : TV journalist Date of birth : 6 September 1962 Place of birth : Paterson, New Jersey, USA Spouse : Marc Cohn

Elizabeth Vargas Trivia -

Elizabeth and her husband, "Walking in Memphis" songwriter Marc Cohn, welcomed their first child, a boy named Zachary Raphael Cohn weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. [31 January 2003] She graduated with a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, USA, where she began her broadcasting career as a reporter-anchor for KOMU-TV. Husband, Marc, was shot in the head on August 7, 2005 in Denver, Colorado, during an attempted carjacking. He survived with minor physical injuries.

Elizabeth Vargas Detailed Biography -

Elizabeth Vargas (born September 6, 1962 in Paterson, New Jersey) - TV journalist, is co-anchor of ABC's nightly newscast World News Tonight and the television newsmagazine 20/20. Vargas was born to a Puerto Rican father and an Irish-American mother; her father was then a Colonel in the U.S. Army. She spent her youth moving from base to base in Germany, Belgium and Japan. Vargas graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, where she made her debut broadcast as a reporter/anchor for KOMU-TV. Vargas spent four years as a reporter and anchor for WBBM-TV. Phyllis McGrady, a senior vice president at ABC, said of Vargas: "Elizabeth is one of the most flexible talents I've ever worked with. She could do interviews, and do hour-long specials that make you think, and then she'll do a great interview with P. Diddy. She is versatile." Vargas is the first woman of Puerto Rican heritage to be named a network nightly news anchorperson. She is particularly proud of an ABC special report in which she questioned why the Laci Peterson case merited more attention than two other similar cases, one involving a black woman and the other involving a Hispanic woman. Another story she did based on the book The Da Vinci Code and the role of Mary Magdalene, created a religious debate. Vargas stated that for centuries Mary Magdalene has been portrayed as a prostitute by the church. In her story, she also questioned the role of women within the church. In 1999, she won an Emmy Award for her coverage of the Elian Gonzalez story, and in 1998 she was nominated for an Emmy Award for her 20/20 investigation into the wrongful conviction of Betty Tyson. Her current roles include: Co-anchor of ABC World News Tonight (with Bob Woodruff) since January 3, 2006, and Co-anchor for "ABC News 20/20" (following Barbara Walters' retirement). In April 2005, as Peter Jennings was receiving chemotherapy for his lung cancer, she and Charles Gibson temporarily filled in for him on World News Tonight until his death. Vargas is the first woman to anchor an evening newscast in the U.S. since Connie Chung. Elizabeth Vargas is married to Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Marc Cohn, whom she met at the 1999 U.S. Open after being introduced by Andre Agassi. In 2003, the couple had their first child, son Zachary. In February 2006, the couple announced that Vargas is pregnant and expecting their second child, due in late summer. Cohn has two children, Max and Emily, from a previous marriage.