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16 Facts About Paula Reid

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Paula Reid was born on August 19,1982 and is an American journalist and attorney who is the CNN chief legal affairs correspondent.

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Paula Reid joined CNN in March 2021 after working at CBS News.

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In 2008, Paula Reid graduated from Villanova University School of Law with a Juris Doctor.

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Paula Reid passed the bar exams in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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In 2016, Paula Reid completed a Masters in Bioethics from the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania.

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In January 2010, Paula Reid moved to New York City and was hired as an intern at CBS News in their Investigative Unit.

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From 2011 to 2014, Paula Reid worked as a digital journalist based out of New York.

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In 2014, Paula Reid moved to Washington, DC to cover the Justice Department as a reporter for CBS News.

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Paula Reid was one of the few reporters on the ground in Charlottesville, Virginia during the Unite the Right rally, which resulted in a state of emergency being declared by Governor Terry McAuliffe.

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Paula Reid led the CBS News coverage of the Special Counsel investigation of Robert Mueller.

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Paula Reid began filling in as a reporter at the White House in 2017.

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In particular, Paula Reid asked what meaningful preparation Trump had done during the month after bringing in his China travel ban.

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Paula Reid has worked on news broadcasts CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning and Face the Nation.

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In January 2021, CBS announced that Paula Reid would move from the White House to the network's Washington office as part of a reshuffling of its correspondents lineup in both the White House and Congress.

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In March 2021, Paula Reid announced that she would be leaving CBS to join CNN as a senior legal affairs correspondent.

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Paula Reid was promoted to chief legal affairs correspondent on October 16,2023.