February 11, 2009 9:48 PM

Julie Chen

By
Roman Foxman
(CBS)  Julie Chen is news anchor for The Early Show, and anchors the CBS Morning News, the network's early-morning half-hour broadcast.

"Julie did such a terrific job filling in at the news desk for the past several months that I had no choice but to hire her for The Early Show," says Steve Friedman, the program's senior executive producer.

Chen began filling in as news anchor for the CBS Morning News and This Morning in June 1999. Before that, she was a reporter and anchor for WCBS-TV, the CBS station in New York (1997-99). She also was a reporter for WDTN-TV Dayton (1995-97).

Chen was a producer for ABC NewsOne, that network's affiliate news service (1991-95). She started out as a production associate in ABC News' Los Angeles bureau (1990-91).

A native of New York City, Chen holds a degree in broadcast journalism and English from the University of Southern California.

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