Betty Nguyen(I)
- Actress
Betty Nguyen is an Anchor & Correspondent for CBS News. She's an
award-winning journalist whose work has taken her around the globe.
Before joining CBS, Nguyen was an anchor for CNN. She covered major
news events including the earthquake in Haiti, presidential elections
in Africa, hurricane Katrina, and went on an undercover assignment in
Myanmar. Prior to that, Nguyen was an anchor at KTVT, the CBS affiliate
in Dallas, where she covered numerous breaking news events, including
the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Nguyen began her career as a
morning anchor and reporter at KWTX, the CBS affiliate in Waco, Texas.
In 2007, the Smithsonian Institution recognized Nguyen as the first
Vietnamese-American to anchor a national television news broadcast in
the United States.