{{short description|American network television journalist}} {{about|the journalist|the politician|Chen Hsiao-hung}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Nancy Chen | birth_name = Nancy Chen | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1988}} | birth_place = Texas<ref name="ViacomCBS"/> | alma_mater = University of Southern California (BA) <ref name="ViacomCBS"/> | occupation = News anchor and television journalist | employer = CBS News<ref name="ViacomCBS"/> | years_active = 2010–present }} '''Nancy Chen''' (born 1988)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/13/style/nancy-chen-patrick-mcfawn-wedding.html | title=It All Started with a Press Pass | work=The New York Times | date=October 13, 2023 | last1=Lee | first1=Anna Grace }}</ref> is an American television journalist and correspondent with CBS News in New York.<ref name="CBSBio"/>
==Early life== Nancy Chen was born in Texas and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma.<ref name="ViacomCBS">{{cite web|url=https://www.viacomcbspressexpress.com/cbs-news-and-stations/releases/view?id=54628|title=Nancy Chen Joins CBS News Newspath as a New York-based Correspondent|website=ViacomCBSPressExpress.com|date=February 19, 2020 |accessdate=26 January 2022}}</ref> She attended Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, studied Chinese at Peking University in Beijing, and graduated as a Trustee Scholar from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles with a degree in international relations.<ref name="ViacomCBS"/><ref name="CBSBio"/>
==Career==
===Early career=== Chen began her career as a print reporter writing for the Tulsa World for three years.<ref name="ViacomCBS"/> During college, she worked as a web producer at KABC-TV in Los Angeles and was involved in production for NBC Sports in Beijing during the 2008 Summer Olympics.<ref name="ViacomCBS"/>
She began her broadcast journalist career at KSBY in San Luis Obispo, California as a multimedia journalist. She subsequently worked for WHDH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts where she covered the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the 2015 Super Bowl, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the 2013 EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, and the Boston Marathon bombing.<ref name="ViacomCBS"/><ref name="CBSBio"/> Chen then joined WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. in 2017 as a weekday evening anchor.<ref name="TVNewsCheck1">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/102263/wjla-hires-veteran-anchor-nancy-chen|title=WJLA Hires Veteran Anchor Nancy Chen|website=TVNewsCheck.com|date=March 13, 2017 |accessdate=26 January 2022}}</ref> She hosted a reoccurring franchise titled "Hero 24/7" that highlighted volunteers in the Washington, D.C. community.<ref name="Hero24/7">{{cite web|url=https://wjla.com/features/hero-247|title=WJLA Hero 24/7|website=WJLA.com|accessdate=26 January 2022}}</ref> She won two Emmy Awards from the National Capital division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences during her time at WJLA-TV, one of which was for coverage of the 2017 Congressional baseball shooting.<ref name="CapitalEmmys1">{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/60th-Capital-Emmy-Awards-Nominations-2017-Entries-v2.pdf|title=60th Capital Emmy Awards and Nominations of 2017|website=CapitalEmmys.tv|accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="CapitalEmmys2">{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalemmys.tv/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/62nd-Capital-Emmy-Awards-Nominations-and-Emmy-Recipients.pdf|title=62nd Capital Emmy Awards and Nominations of 2019|website=CapitalEmmys.tv|accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref>
===Current===
In 2021, Chen joined CBS News as a New York-based correspondent after working as a correspondent with the organization's Newspath division since February of 2020.<ref name="CBSBio"/><ref name="AdWeek1">{{cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/jeff-pegues-kris-van-cleave-nancy-chen-earn-new-roles-at-cbs-news/495780/|title=Jeff Pegues, Kris Van Cleave, Nancy Chen Earn New Roles at CBS News|website=AdWeek.com|date=December 13, 2021 |accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref> She has covered national stories including the criminal trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the Waukesha Christmas parade attack, the 2022 Bronx apartment fire, the Omicron wave in New York City, and the 2022 Buffalo shooting.<ref name="CBSBio">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/team/nancy-chen/|title=Nancy Chen CBS Biography|website=CBSNews.com|date=January 26, 2022 |accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Waukesha">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/at-least-5-dead-more-than-40-injured-in-waukesha-wi-christmas-parade-crash/|title=At least five dead, more than 40 injured in Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade|website=CBSNews.com|accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="BronxFire">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/space-heater-to-blame-in-deadly-nyc-fire1/|title= Space heater to blame in deadly NYC fire|website=CBSNews.com|accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="Omicron">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/health-officials-say-americans-should-stay-vigilant-as-covid-cases-rise-omicron-continues-to-spread/|title=Health officials say Americans should stay vigilant as COVID cases rise, Omicron continues to spread|website=CBSNews.com|accessdate=27 January 2022}}</ref><ref name="BuffaloShooting1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/man-arrested-in-buffalo-mass-shooting-that-killed-10/|title=Man Arrested in Buffalo Mass Shooting that Killed 10|website=CBSNews.com|accessdate=30 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="BuffaloShooting2">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/deadly-buffalo-ny-shooting-being-investigated-as-a-hate-crime//|title=Deadly Buffalo NY Shooting being Investigated as a Hate Crime/|website=CBSNews.com|accessdate=30 September 2022}}</ref>
In 2022, CBS This Morning won an Emmy Award at the 43rd News and Documentary Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Live News Program" where Chen was listed as a correspondent.<ref name="Emmy1">{{cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/news/43rd-nominations/|title=43rd Annual Emmys - News 2022 Nominees|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref><ref name="Emmy2">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/43rd-Annual-News-and-Doc-9-28-22-1.pdf|title=43rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards Winners|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> She got laid off on Oct 30, 2025 with seven other on-air personalities, all of whom are women. Four among the eight are persons of color.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CBS News' Lisa Ling Breaks Silence on Her Dismissal After Massive Shakeup Impacts Top Network Talent |url=https://people.com/cbs-news-lisa-ling-breaks-silence-on-her-dismissal-after-massive-shakeup-impacts-network-s-top-talent-11841218 |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=People.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-10-30 |title=CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs. All of them are women |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cbs-news-layoffs-eight-women-b2855655.html |access-date=2025-10-31 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>
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