Claire Shipman was born in 1962 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Good Morning America (1975), Today (1952) and NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams (1970). She has been married to Jay Carney since September 1998. They have two children. She was previously married to Steven Hurst.
School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
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Steve Hurst
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Release of her book, "Womenomics". [June 2009]
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Release of her book, "Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success" by Claire and Katty Kay. [2009]
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Divorced from CNN Moscow bureau chief, Steven Hurst.
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Daughter of Morgan Shipman, Professor of Law at the Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law.
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Attended Worthington High School in Worthington, Ohio, and graduated in 1980. In 2006, was recognized by Worthington Schools as a Distinguished Alumni during Convocation.
(May 7, 2005) Gave birth to her second child, a girl, Della Claire.
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October 15, 2001) Her first child, Hugo James Carney, with husband Jay Carney, was born in Washington, D.C.
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She also received a Dupont Award and an Emmy as one of the key contributors to CNN's coverage of the 1989 Tianamen Square student uprising, as well as a Dupont Award for CNN's coverage of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
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Her reporting on the aborted Soviet coup and 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union won the network a coveted Peabody Award.
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She spent 5 years with CNN's Moscow bureau and her Moscow coverage helped CNN earn a National Headliners Award.
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She resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Time magazine White House correspondent Jay Carney. Jay is currently communications director to Vice-President Joe Biden.
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She holds a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. in Russian studies from Columbia, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1986.
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