Andrea Stassou is an American television journalist. She most recently served as anchor of the CBS News

CBS News

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 overnight broadcast Up to the Minute

Up to the Minute

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 while regular anchor Meg Oliver

Meg Oliver

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 was on maternity leave from April to July 2008.

Previously, Stassou worked as a reporter and weekend anchor for WCBS-TV

WCBS-TV

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 in New York. She worked as a general assignment reporter from January 2004 until 2006, and solo anchored the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. weekend newscasts from April 2006 until November 2006. She joined WCBS-TV from ABC News

ABC News

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 where she was co-anchor of World News Now

World News Now

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 since 2003, with David Muir

David Muir

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. Prior to that, she worked as the weekend anchor and weeknight reporter at the NBC affiliate in Boston

Boston

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, WHDH-TV

WHDH-TV

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. She also worked as an anchor and reporter at WTNH-TV in New Haven, CT, and WGGB-TV

WGGB-TV

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, in Springfield, MA.

Stassou graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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 and holds a masters degree in science from the Medill School of Journalism

Medill School of Journalism

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 at Northwestern University

Northwestern University

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. She resides in New York with her husband, two-year-old son, and seven-month-old daughter.