Maureen Maher (born 1967) is an American television news reporter and correspondent. She is primarily known as one of the hosts of the CBS program 48 Hours.

Early life

Maher was born in the state of

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, just outside Detroit. Her birth parents were high school seniors unable to provide for Maureen and subsequently gave her up for adoption. In 1991, she graduated from Loyola University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications.

Career

Maureen Maher started her broadcasting career with Chicago-based radio station WLUW (FM) as morning-drive news anchor in 1991. Maher then moved to Detroit in 1992, where she worked as a reporter for Detroit-based TV station

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and CBS-owned radio station

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until 1995. In 1995-97, Maher worked as a

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for

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in Michigan, covering breaking news, including the

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and the Decker farm raid. From 1997 to 2002, she was a Chicago-based CBS Newspath correspondent and covered notable stories such as the

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, the Kosovo crisis and the release of US servicemen in Albania. Maher then moved to

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and worked as a CBS News correspondent from 1999 to 2002. She reported for CBS Evening News on the

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, the fall of the Taliban in

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, the 2002 Kenyan hotel bombing, the Enron scandal and US natural disasters. Maher reported on the

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murder trial and a 2003 Chicago porch collapse resulting in 13 deaths. In 2003, Maher was assigned to host 48 Hours Mystery, a

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documentary and news program broadcast.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Maher, Maureen American reporters and correspondents American television journalists American women television journalists Living people Loyola University Chicago alumni CBS News people 1967 births