Wasatch Speaker Series: Jane Pauley

Jane Pauley
Host, CBS ‘Sunday Morning’; Emmy Award Winning Broadcast Journalist, Bestselling Author, Advocate for Living Large at 50+ and Mental Health

All events in the series take place on weeknights from 7:30-9:00 PM, with 50-55 minutes of prepared remarks from the speaker followed by 30-35 minutes of audience-submitted Q&A.

A familiar face on morning, daytime and primetime television, and one of broadcasting’s most respected journalists, Jane Pauley is host of CBS Sunday Morning. Pauley began her network career as co-host of TODAY for thirteen years, anchored Dateline NBC for more than a decade and hosted her own daytime program, The Jane Pauley Show.

​Pauley is the recipient of multiple Emmys, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding achievement.  Pauley is a member of the Broadcast and Cable Hall of Fame.  Pauley has written two New York Times bestsellers. A memoir, Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue (2004) and Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life (2014).

​A longtime advocate in children’s health and education, Pauley is a member of the Board of Directors of Children’s Health Fund, The Mind Trust and Encore.org and is a highly regarded spokesperson in mental health. She and her husband, Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau, are the parents of three grown children.