Jan Crawford Greenburg
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Jan Crawford, formerly known as Jan Crawford Greenburg, is a television journalist, author, and lawyer. She currently serves as both the political correspondent and chief legal correspondent for CBS News
and appears regularly on the CBS Evening News, Face the Nation
, Early Show, and CBS News Sunday Morning
. She will lead CBS News
's coverage of the 2012 Presidential Elections. She is a New York Times 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 New York Bar.
Crawford grew up on a farm in rural Alabama, graduating from Brewer High School, then graduated from the University of Alabama
in 1987 and from the University of Chicago Law School
in 1993.
She was married to Douglas N. Greenburg, a partner at Latham & Watkins
, with whom she has four children (Carolyn, Louisa, Jack and Page), and lives in Washington D.C. According to Crawford, the two separated in 2009.
She joined the Chicago Tribune
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 Roberts
talked to Crawford about the court, his views on the law, and his life since taking office. Justice John Paul Stevens
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 entitled "Legalities." In 2010, she began work for CBS, with a blog called "Crossroads."
Crawford has taught journalism at American University
and frequently speaks about the court to universities, law schools, legal organizations and civic groups across the country.
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
and appears regularly on the CBS Evening News, Face the Nation
Face the Nation
Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer is an American Sunday-morning political interview show which premiered on the CBS television network on November 7, 1954. It is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television...
, Early Show, and CBS News Sunday Morning
Sunday Morning
Sunday Morning may refer to:* "Sunday Morning" , a Canadian radio program formerly aired on CBC Radio One* CBS News Sunday Morning, a television news program on CBS in the United States...
. She will lead CBS News
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
's coverage of the 2012 Presidential Elections. She is a New York Times 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 New York Bar.
Crawford grew up on a farm in rural Alabama, graduating from Brewer High School, then graduated from the University of Alabama
University of Alabama
The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....
in 1987 and from the University of Chicago Law School
University of Chicago Law School
The University of Chicago Law School was founded in 1902 as the graduate school of law at the University of Chicago and is among the most prestigious and selective law schools in the world. The U.S. News & World Report currently ranks it fifth among U.S...
in 1993.
She was married to Douglas N. Greenburg, a partner at Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins
Latham & Watkins LLP is a global law firm, one of the largest in the world. Latham currently employs approximately 2,000 attorneys in the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The firm was started in Los Angeles in 1934 and has extensive Californian roots, but its largest office is now...
, with whom she has four children (Carolyn, Louisa, Jack and Page), and lives in Washington D.C. According to Crawford, the two separated in 2009.
She joined the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
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 Roberts
John Roberts
John Glover Roberts, Jr. is the 17th and current Chief Justice of the United States. He has served since 2005, having been nominated by President George W. Bush after the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist...
talked to Crawford about the court, his views on the law, and his life since taking office. Justice John Paul Stevens
John Paul Stevens
John Paul Stevens served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from December 19, 1975 until his retirement on June 29, 2010. At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest member of the Court and the third-longest serving justice in the Court's history...
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
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
PBS NewsHour is an evening television news program broadcast weeknights on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. The show is produced by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, a company co-owned by former anchors Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil, and Liberty Media, which owns a 65% stake in the...
. 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
Face the Nation
Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer is an American Sunday-morning political interview show which premiered on the CBS television network on November 7, 1954. It is one of the longest-running news programs in the history of television...
on CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
. From 2007 to 2009, she had been senior legal correspondent for ABC and wrote a blog entitled "Legalities." In 2010, she began work for CBS, with a blog called "Crossroads."
Crawford has taught journalism at American University
American University
American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
and frequently speaks about the court to universities, law schools, legal organizations and civic groups across the country.
Supreme Conflict
Her book on the modern Supreme Court and its justices, Supreme Conflict: The Inside Story of the Struggle for Control of the United States Supreme Court, was published in 2007. It became a New York Times bestseller. The Wall Street Journal called the book a "tour de force" and "by far the most fair-minded portrait of the Supreme Court in a long time." The Los Angeles Times said it was the "richest and most impressive journalistic look at the (Court) since Woodward co-wrote The Brethren in 1979." The New York Times called it "fascinating," and the New Republic said it was a "genuinely spectacular feat of reporting."External links
- NewsHourThe NewsHour with Jim LehrerPBS NewsHour is an evening television news program broadcast weeknights on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. The show is produced by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, a company co-owned by former anchors Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil, and Liberty Media, which owns a 65% stake in the...
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Book Festival streaming video: Greenburg talks about her Supreme Court book - Video of discussion with Jan Crawford Greenburg and Dahlia LithwickDahlia Lithwick-External links:*...
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