Erin Moriarty

Erin F Moriarty is an American television news reporter and correspondent She has been a correspondent on 48 Hours since 1990 She has won national Emmy Awards several times Moriarty was born in Cincinnati Ohio and raised in Columbus Ohio She graduated from Ohio State University Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in behavioral sciences and received a law degree from the university in 1977 Moriarty is licensed to practice law in Ohio and Maryland Prior to joining CBS News she was an award winning consumer reporter for WMAQTV in Chicago 19831986 She was also a reporter at WCMHTV in Columbus Ohio 19791980 at WJZTV in Baltimore 19801982 and at WJKWTV in Cleveland Ohio 19821983 Her reporting has earned Moriarty virtually every major journalism award available In 2019 she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation Shes won nine Emmy Awards three Gracie Awards she was part of the team coverage of the Newtown Connecticut elementary school shooting which earned CBS News a 2014 duPontColumbia award and her work was part of CBS Sunday Mornings 2015 Daytime Emmy Award In 2000 and 2003 she was honored with the Top 100 Award from Irish America magazine And in 1988 Moriarty received the Outstanding Consumer Media Service Award presented by the Consumer Federation of America