Jane Pauley
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Pauley at the 2012 Time 100
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Margaret Jane Pauley October 31, 1950 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Journalist News reporter News anchor Television host |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Spouse(s) | Garry Trudeau (1980–present) |
| Children | 3 |
Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950), better known as Jane Pauley, is an American television journalist and author; she has been involved in news reporting since 1972. She is the anchor of CBS Sunday Morning and previously best known for her 13-year tenure on NBC's Today program, followed by 12 years as co-host of Dateline NBC, and for her public acknowledgements of her struggle with bipolar disorder.
Jane Pauley, born on Halloween day, 1950, is a fifth generation Hoosier, the second child of Richard and Mary Pauley. Dick Pauley, a Jimmy Stewart lookalike, was a traveling salesman for the Wilson Milk Company. Mary Pauley was a homemaker adept at figures and a proficient musician who played the organ in church every Sunday. In her memoir, Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue, Pauley described herself as such a shy little kid she allowed her second grade teacher to call her Margaret Pauley all year, rather than tell that she went by her middle name, Jane. Pauley grew up idolizing her older sister, Ann, who has been her closest confidant since childhood.
A speech and debate champion at Warren Central High School in Indianapolis, Pauley placed first in the Girls’ Extemporaneous Speaking division of the National Forensic League in Indiana. She credits extemporaneous speaking competition for her career in broadcasting. As she told an interviewer, "Looking back, the luckiest thing that ever happened to me was not making varsity cheerleader in the tenth grade. I don’t know what career I would have if it weren’t for my high school experience with forensics. It was the most important activity I had in high school or college, counting all of the academic courses." In addition to her forensic success, Pauley was Governor of Girls State and delegate to Girls Nation.
After graduating from high school in 1968, Pauley attended Indiana University, majoring in political science. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma where she sang with the sorority jug band, the Kappa Pickers.
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