10 Facts About Robin Young

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Robin Cardwell Young is an American television and radio personality.

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Robin Young worked ten years in television, winning the Peabody Award for her documentary The Los Altos Story.

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Robin Young attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, graduating in 1972.

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Robin Young has lived and worked in Manhattan, Washington, DC, Los Angeles and Boston.

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Robin Young began in television as a secretary at Channel 38 in Boston in 1973.

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Robin Young made her first television appearance on WBZ-TV's Evening Magazine in 1977.

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From 1982 to 1983, Robin Young was lead presenter, along with Tom Ellis, for the revamped evening newscasts on WNEV-TV Channel 7.

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In 1988, Robin Young was "Life" section anchor of USA Today: The Television Show, a nationally syndicated news program.

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Robin Young has won the Peabody and CableACE Awards for documentary film making and five Emmy Awards for excellence in broadcasting.

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Robin Young was inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2010.