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= Candace Cobos = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Candace Cobos is a distinguished journalist who has dedicated her life to the preeminent endeavor of reporting on worldwide events as captured by the lens of a television camera.

Contents

 * 1Early life
 * 2Television Journalist
 * 3Education
 * 4Personal Life
 * 5Hobbies
 * 6References
 * 7External Links

Early Life[edit]
Candace Cobos began her television career after graduating with honors from Boston University with a B.S. degree in Broadcasting and Film and a minor in Psychology. She resided at a townhouse she owned in Manhattan while employed at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in New York City.

Television Journalist[edit]
Cobos has covered major sporting events for the CBS Sports Network. She has spent time in the broadcast booth at the U.S. Open and in the broadcast studio at West 57th during coverage of the PGA on CBS, Major League Baseball, the NCAA, and the NBA, alongside Greg Gumbel and Terry Bradshaw in the studio.

Cobos has also covered major news events during her tenure at the CBS Network affiliate, WCBS-TV.

It was an era that saw celebrations marking the fall of the Berlin Wall, the world's two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, sign the historic Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), the release of  British journalist, John McCarthy, the hunt for the notorious Zodiac Serial Killer, the Tawana Brawley rape case, the trial of John Gotti Jr., and the Donald and Ivana Trump divorce battle.

Cobos would later anchor and report on Hurricane Andrew as it ravaged Southern Florida destroying tens of thousands of homes and affecting a quarter of a million people. The estimated costs of this hurricane reached well over $30 billion dollars. Cobos would also cover the Oklahoma City bombing, The Centennial Olympic Park bombing, the Elian Gonzalez international custody case, and the shooting death of rapper Tupac Shakur,

Cobos was among the first journalists to report on the 2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida ultimately settled by the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of President George W. Bush by a margin of 537 votes. She would also cover the disappearance of Chandra Ann Levy, and the tragic deaths of Princess Diana, and John F. Kennedy, Jr.

Cobos has also had the distinct honor of interviewing First Lady, Hillary Rodman Clinton, during a rare, exclusive interview soon after President Clinton appointed the First Lady as chair of the task force devising the 1993 healthcare reform package proposed by the administration.

Cobos has interviewed many heads of states in the U.S.and abroad. Among them are Presidents, Governors, U.S. and State Senators and Representatives, County and City Commissioners, Council Members, and the heads of law enforcement agencies including Police Chiefs and County Sheriffs.

Education[edit]
Cobos graduated from Boston University with a B.S. degree in Broadcasting and Film and a minor in Psychology.

Personal Life[edit]
Cobos is the youngest of two siblings. Her sister, Nebrissa Song, is married to Robert Song, son of Dr. In-Chul Song, MD of New York and South Korea. Song and her husband are Wall Street broker-dealers.

Hobbies[edit]
Cobos is an avid sports enthusiast who has competed and placed in top rankings in Skiing, Tennis, and other sporting competitions. She also enjoys windsurfing, swimming, scuba diving, antiquing, and chess.

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