Birography

Cassidy served as primetime newsbreak anchor for MSNBC

MSNBC

MSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...

 as well as an occasional host of MSNBC Live

MSNBC Live

msnbc Live is an American news / talk television program on MSNBC hosted by Thomas Roberts.Focusing on live news coverage, the program also consists of guest analysis and interviews around the stories of the day, in addition to feature-like stories, in-depth special reports, and The Weather Channel...

. Previously she was a reporter and weekend anchor at CBS station KYW TV3 in Philadelphia where she
joined the station as a writer/producer in l994. By December 1995, she had moved on to general assignment and in December 2002, she was promoted to the anchor seat.

She is a New Jersey native, who was raised outside of Dublin, Ireland. She is a graduate of Marywood University

Marywood University

Marywood University is a selective, coeducational, Catholic liberal arts university located on a campus in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Established in 1915 by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary and currently enrolls approximately 3,500 students on a national award-winning campus...

 in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

External links

• MSNBC news report with Colette Cassidy