Martha Teichner ( ', born January 12, 1948) is an American television news correspondent, currently working with

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and a frequent contributor on ''

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''.

Biography

Teichner was born in

Traverse City, Michigan Traverse City ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County, although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. It is the largest city in the 21-county Northern Michigan region. The population was ...

, on January 12, 1948. She was raised in nearby

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, until her father died. Her family then relocated to

East Grand Rapids East Grand Rapids is a city in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,694. The city is part of the Grand Rapids metropolitan area and is surrounded by Grand Rapids and Grand Rapids Township, b ...

, and graduated from

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in 1965. She received her bachelor's degree in economics from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

in 1969 and Graduate School of Business Administration at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

. She began her career at

and her first report was on November 8, 1977, with

Walter Cronkite Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the ''CBS Evening News'' for 19 years (1962–1981). During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the mo ...

sitting at the anchor desk. Teichner has been a correspondent for ''CBS Sunday Morning'' since December 1993. She has won 10 Emmy Awards and five James Beard Foundation Awards for her work. In February 2021, Teichner published a book, ''When Harry Met Minnie'', about her friendship with a cancer patient, a fellow dog owner.

Personal life

Teichner is single, never married, and resides in New York City.Rosenfeld, Megan
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'', November 15, 1994. Retrieved August 16, 2019.

References

External links

Martha Teichner official profile
Living people American television reporters and correspondents University of Chicago alumni Wellesley College alumni CBS News people American women television journalists 1948 births {{US-TV-bio-stub