Mika Brzezinski

Mika Brzezinski (born May 2, 1967) is an anchor for CBS News.

Early life & education

Brzezinski was born in New York city, the daughter of Zbigniew Brzezinski and his sculptress wife. Her father was then teaching at Columbia University, but the family moved to McLean, Virginia near Washington, D.C. in 1976, when Zbigniew was appointed United States National Security Advisor under newly-elected President Jimmy Carter.

Brzezinski attended Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where she majored in English.

Media career

Brzezinski began her journalism career as an assistant at ABC's World News This Morning in 1990. A year later, she moved to Tribune-owned FOX-affiliate WTIC-TV in Hartford, Connecticut. There, she progressed from assignment and features editor to general assignments reporter. In 1992, she joined CBS affiliate WFSB-TV and quickly progressed through the ranks to become its primary anchor in 1995. In 1997, she left that role to join CBS News, where she served as a correspondent and as anchor for the Up to the Minute segment. In 2000, Brzezinski began a short hiatus from CBS MSNBC, returning as a correspondent in September, 2001, which thrust her into the limelight as a principal "Ground Zero" reporter for the September 11, 2001 attacks. Brzezinski was broadcasting live from the scene when the United Airlines Flight 175 struck the south tower.