Jan Crawford, also known as Jan Crawford Greenburg, is a television journalist, author, and attorney. She serves as a political correspondent and chief legal correspondent for

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and previously for

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. She appears regularly on the ''CBS Evening News'', '' Face the Nation'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. She led

's coverage of the 2012 Presidential Elections. She is a

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bestselling author of ''Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court'' and also a member of the

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Early life

Crawford grew up on a farm in Baileyton, Alabama, graduating from

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, then graduated from the

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in 1987 and from the

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in 1993.

Career

She joined the ''

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'' as a reporter in 1987. After graduating from law school, she began covering legal affairs for the ''Tribune'', which put her on the Supreme Court beat in 1994. In 1996, she won the ''Tribune's'' top reporting award for her work in a 13-part series on the South a generation after the civil rights movement. In 2001, her work was honored with the ''Tribune's'' top reporting award. In his first television interview, Chief Justice

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talked to Crawford about the court, his views on the law, and his life since taking office. Justice

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also chose Crawford for his first network television interview, reflecting on his memories of the man who appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1975, former President Gerald R. Ford, on the occasion of Ford's funeral. From 1998 until 2007, Crawford provided legal analysis on the Supreme Court for '' The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.'' She helped to provide live, gavel-to-gavel coverage on PBS of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito, and served as the Supreme Court analyst for '' Face the Nation'' on CBS. From 2007 to 2009, she had been senior legal correspondent for ABC and wrote a blog title
"Legalities."
In 2010, she began work for CBS, with a blog calle
"Crossroads."
Currently she is the chief legal and political correspondent for CBS. Crawford has taught journalism at

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and frequently speaks about the court to universities, law schools, legal organizations, and civic groups across the country.

Personal life

She is married to Douglas Greenburg, who graduated from

with her in 1993.

Bibliography

* Jan Crawford Greenburg, ''Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court'' New York : Penguin Press, 2007.

References

External links

* ''

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'' transcript
Greenburg interview
*

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Book Festival streaming video
Greenburg talks about her Supreme Court book

Video of discussion with Jan Crawford Greenburg
and Dahlia Lithwick on

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