Paula Zahn

Paula Ann Zahn born February 24 1956 is an American  journalist newscaster news anchor and TV host She has been an anchor at ABC News CBS News Fox News and CNN She produced and is the host of IDs true crime documentary series On the Case with Paula Zahn In 1987 Zahn accepted an offer to work at ABC News initially anchoring The Health Show a weekend program on health and medical issues Within a few months she was coanchoring World News This Morning the networks early morning newscast and anchoring news segments on Good Morning America as well as substituting for cohost Joan Lunden In 1990 Zahn was offered a job at CBS News which she took beginning on February 26 1990 coanchoring CBS This Morning with Harry Smith During this time she helped cover the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville France with Tim McCarver and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer Norway as well as covering the Waco siege Both she and Smith left after changes were made at the morning show in 1996 with their last day being on June 14 1996 Zahn then went on to work as anchor of the Saturday edition of the CBS Evening News as well as substituting for Dan Rather during the week and contributing reports to 48 Hours Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel and CBS News Sunday Morning In 1999 after nine years at CBS News Zahn moved to the world of cable news joining Fox News Channel FNC where she anchored Fox Report the networks nightly newscast Months later she helped launch her own prime time news program The Edge with Paula Zahn Zahn began her work at CNN on September 11 2001 joining anchor Aaron Brown in the coverage of that days terrorist attacks as her reaction to the events she witnessed Although not scheduled to appear on a CNN program which was still in development she began a regular morning news shift the next day By January she launched her CNN morning news program American Morning with Paula Zahn In 2003 during the Iraq War Zahn moved back to prime time hosting a twohour program labeled Live from the Headlines which offered continuing coverage of the war and other events By September her show Paula Zahn Now premiered On July 24 2007 she announced her resignation from CNN The final broadcast of Paula Zahn Now aired August 2 2007 On the Case with Paula Zahn premiered October 18 2009 on the Investigation Discovery channel