Rita Braver Biography
Rita Braver is an American television news correspondent who currently works for CBS News. She is best known for her investigative reporting on White House scandals such as the Iran-Contra scandal.
Rita Braver Age
Braver is 73 years old as of 2021. She was born in April 1948 in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Rita Braver Height
Braver stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m).
Rita Braver Family
Braver was raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, to a Jewish family. Her father passed away when she was a teenager. Bettie Braver Sugar and Sharon Braver Cohen are her two sisters.
Rita Braver Education
Braver earned a degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked as a copy girl at WWL-TV in New Orleans before moving to Washington, D.C. with her husband and joining CBS in 1972 as a producer.
Rita Braver Husband
She married Washington, D.C. lawyer Robert B. Barnett, whom she met in college, on April 10, 1972. Meredith Jane Barnett, their daughter, was born in 1978; Meredith married Dr. Daniel Ross Penn in a Jewish ceremony in Washington, D.C.
Rita Braver Salary
Braver receives an annual salary of $ 75,000.
Rita Braver Net Worth
Braver has an estimated Net Worth of $ 2 million.
Rita Braver Career
Braver has conducted interviews with presidents, cabinet secretaries, and a wide range of celebrities. She has profiled former President Bill Clinton, United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, and Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen for “CBS Sunday Morning.” She has interviewed authors such as Phillip Roth, E.L. Doctorow, and “Captain Underpants” creator Dav Pilkey. She has also spoken with celebrities such as James Taylor, Sheryl Crow, John Legend, and Chrissy Teigen.
Braver has also covered national issues such as political correctness on college campuses and the resurgence of anti-Semitism in the United States in recent years. She has taken viewers to exhibits of well-known artists such as Vermeer and Chagall, as well as contemporary artists such as José Parlá and Kehinde Wiley. Braver worked as CBS News’ chief White House correspondent for four years before joining “CBS Sunday Morning” (1993-1997). covering a wide range of international and domestic issues She traveled the world covering the White House, covering President Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign, and working as a floor reporter at the Democratic National Convention. She was a frequent guest and guest host of “Face the Nation” while covering the White House.
Braver was CBS News’ chief law correspondent from 1983 to 1993, covering the “CBS Evening News,” “CBS Morning News,” “48 Hours,” “Street Stories,” and “Public Eye.” Her beat included the United States Supreme Court, the Justice Department, and all federal law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration. During the Reagan administration, she covered the Iran-Contra case as well as the drug trial of Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry. Braver exposed the Walker family spy ring as well as the case of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard.
Braver has received nine national Emmy Awards, including one for investigative reporting and two for her coverage of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. The Congressional Radio and Television Correspondents Association presented her with the Joan Barone award, and American Women in Radio and Television presented her with the Star award. The National Mother’s Day Committee also named her an Outstanding Mother.
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