1. Jane Velez-Mitchell is a television and social media journalist and author with specialties in vegan lifestyles, animal rights, addiction, and social justice.
22 Facts About Jane Velez-Mitchell
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Jane Velez-Mitchell is a New York Times bestselling author, former CNN Headline News host, and founder of UnchainedTV.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell graduated from New York University with a BA in Broadcast Journalism in 1977.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell began her career as a reporter at WCBS-TV in New York, billed at the time as Jane Mitchell.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell made the decision to add "Velez" to her name after covering the New York City Puerto Rican Day Parade.
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In early 1990, Jane Velez-Mitchell was a co-anchor alongside Jerry Dunphy on the debut of a three-hour news broadcast on KCAL-TV, a local Los Angeles TV station.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell made anchor appearances on KCAL-TV sister station KCBS-TV.
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From 2008 to 2014, she hosted her own show on HLN, Jane Velez-Mitchell replacing Glenn Beck, who moved to Fox News Channel.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell guest hosted for Nancy Grace on her Headline News show.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell reported for the nationally syndicated show Celebrity Justice until 2005.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell appears as a substitute host on HLN's Showbiz Tonight.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell featured on CNN's Larry King Live on several occasions, including on the evening of the verdict.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell is co-executive producer and host of New Day New Chef.
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In 2022, JaneUnchained was re-branded as UnchainedTV, with Velez-Mitchell as managing editor.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell wrote the non-fiction Secrets Can Be Murder: What America's Most Sensational Crimes Tell Us About Ourselves, in 2007.
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In September 2009, Jane Velez-Mitchell released her memoir on addiction recovery, iWant: My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life.
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In February 2011, Jane Velez-Mitchell released a third book, titled Addict Nation: an Intervention for America.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell came out on Al Rantel's radio show on KABC-AM in Los Angeles in 2007.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell has dedicated her time and resources to various charitable and humane causes.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell is well known for her animal rights advocacy and is a vegan and an environmentalist.
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Jane Velez-Mitchell earned an additional Genesis Award for her show "Issues" in 2010 and the same year the VegNews magazine named her Media Maven of the Year.
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In 1993, Jane Velez-Mitchell won a Los Angeles Emmy for her reporting at KCAL-TV; in 1989, she shared a New York Emmy for her reporting at WCBS-TV.