Regina Hopper is an American business executive,
attorney and
journalist
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.
Corporate career
Hopper is a graduate of the
University of Arkansas
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Fulbright College with a
BA degree in
Political Science
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and the
University of Arkansas/Fayetteville law school with a
JD degree. She worked as an attorney and then as a special assignment reporter for the
CBS
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and
ABC
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affiliates in
Little Rock, Arkansas
(The Little Rock, The "Little Rock")
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. Moving to CBS News in
New York
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Film and television
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, she won an
''Emmy'' for her work on the broadcast ''
48 Hours'' then moved to
Washington
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to cover two presidential administrations for the various CBS broadcasts as well as the affiliate division ''Newspath.''
Recognition
The Hill named Hopper on its annual list of top
lobbyists. She was awarded the Gayle Pettus Pontz legal award in 2018 and a Johnson Fellow at the
University of Arkansas
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in 2011.
References
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1959 births
American television journalists
American women lawyers
American lawyers
Energy law
Energy in the United States
Living people
Miss America 1980s delegates
American women television journalists
21st-century American women