- Kathleen Matthews
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birth_place = San Francisco, U.S.
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footnotes =Kathleen Matthews (born
August 9 ,1953 ) is an award-winning producer, reporter, and news anchor who has covered news inWashington, D.C. , U.S. for more than 25 years.A San Francisco native, Matthews is a 1975 honors graduate of
Stanford University . Since 1980 she has been married toChris Matthews , host of "Hardball" and "The Chris Matthews Show "; they live inChevy Chase, Maryland and have three children - Michael, Thomas and Caroline.Matthews serves on the Advisory Councils and Boards of several charitable organizations, including:
Catholic Charities Foundation ,Black Student Fund ,Suited for Change , Girl Scouts,Shakespeare Theatre Company , George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, and the Academy of Achievement.She was co-anchor of ABC 7 News (
WJLA-TV ) in Washington, D.C. at 5 on weeknights, and also co-host of Capital Sunday along withLeon Harris .Matthews has been awarded nine local Emmys. Her further credits include the
Edward R. Murrow award, theGeorge Foster Peabody award, theDavid Brinkley award,Associated Press awards, and theGracie Allen award from the American Women in Radio and Television. In 2002, she was named a Washingtonian of the Year by "Washingtonian" magazine.On December 1, 2006, Kathleen Matthews left the news desk to assume the position of Executive Vice President of Global Communications and Public Affairs at
Marriott International .External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560079/bio Kathleen's IMDB bio]
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