Janet Wu (WCVB)
Janet Yuen-Mei Wu is a television reporter in the Boston area. She currently serves as an investigative and political reporter for WCVB-TV, ABC's Boston affiliate.
Janet is married to Adams Carroll and has two children, Quincy and Bailey, and speaks fluent Cantonese.
She was born in Bridgewater, New Jersey and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1972.
Wu worked as a reporter for United Press International from 1973 until 1978 when she joined WGBH-TV, Boston's public television station, as the Massachusetts State House reporter until 1983.
In January 1983, Wu joined WCVB-TV NewsCenter 5 as their State House reporter, and in 2006 she became a team member of WCVB’s investigative unit, Team 5 Investigates.
In October 2009, she was appointed co-host with Ed Harding for the new WCVB-TV Sunday morning political program, On The Record.
Awards
- 1989 part of the NewsCenter 5 political team which was honored with a First Place National Headliners Award and with a Edward R. Murrow Award for the best political coverage of any station in the nation
- 1998 Associated Press Award, first place in the investigative and enterprise category; Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting for her report on "Public Property, Private Lies."
- 2001, 2005 part of the team which received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication
References
- Janet Wu biography - NewsCenter 5, WCVB-TV
Further reading
- Wu, Janet (moderator); et al., "Building a 21st Century Workforce : A Forum on Jobs and Opportunity with the Candidates for Governor", Symposium at Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center, Boston, June 29, 2006
- Wu, Janet; et al., "Yacht Clubs Refuse To Pay Up: Eight Clubs Still Owe Hundreds Of Thousands", WCVB-TV, The Boston Channel News, November 28, 2007
- Wu, Janet; et al., "Balancing Politics and Personal Life", Symposium, University of Massachusetts Boston and WGBH-TV, October 27, 2003. - Panelists discuss how women with careers in politics can best balance their work and personal lives.