Correspondent of Dateline NBC (1992) (1992-1993). After the lawsuit and settlement to General Motors in 1993 involving the bogus story about GM's pickup trucks allegedly exploding upon impact, she was transferred to Miami station WTVJ Channel 4.
CBS News correspondent (2009).
Started her career at a TV station in Bangor, Maine. She moved to Miami in 1980 to work for WPLG-ABC10, where Gillen's work on housing facilities for the elderly led to national legislation against elder abuse.
Graduated as a valedictorian from Emerson College in Boston in 1977.