MEREDITH VIEIRA

Meredith Vieira is a broadcast journalist and daughter of the beloved late Dr. Edwin Vieira, a physician who served the Portuguese American community in Rhode Island for decades. Presently, she is the co-host for ABC's "The View." Ms. Vieira joined ABC in 1993 and became chief correspondent for "Turning Point."

Previously, Ms. Vieira spent more than a decade at CBS News as a correspondent for broadcasts ranging from "60 Minutes" to "West 57th," and most recently as a co-anchor for "CBS Morning News." In June 1991, she was a contributing correspondent for the CBS News prime-time series "Verdict," reporting from actual courtroom trials.

Ms. Vieira is a recipient of various awards, including an Emmy for the "60 Minutes" report: "Thy Brother's Keeper," a story on Christians who saved Jews during the Holocaust. She also won four other Emmys for stories broadcasted on "West 57th."

Prior to joining CBS, Ms. Vieira was a reporter for WCBS-TV in New York City for three years and a reporter and anchor for our own WJAR, Channel 10 in Providence. She began her career as a news announcer for WORC radio in Worcester, MA, in 1975.

Meredith Vieira is a native of East Providence, RI, and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Tufts University in Medford, MA. She and her husband, television producer Richard Cohen, and children, Benjamin, Gabriel, and Lily Max, live in New York.

1998 PAWA Honoree also includes:

Maria Fernanda Rodrigues for DISTINGUISHED WORK IN THE PORTUGUESE MEDIA