Thalia Assuras

Thalia Assuras (born February 5, 1951) is a Canadian-born television journalist and news anchor of Greek descent who has worked for U.S. television networks since 1993. Image File history File links Thaliacbs. ... Image File history File links Thaliacbs. ... February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A news anchor (US,Can. ... The Greeks (Greek: Έλληνες—Hellenes) are a nation and ethnic group, who have populated Greece from the 17th century BC until the present day. ... In the United States, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only four major national broadcasting networks. ... This is a list of television-related events in 1993. ...

Education

Assuras was born to parents who immigrated from Tripoli, Greece after World War II. She also is the cousin of former NHL player Nick Kypreos. She was raised in her birthplace of London, Ontario, attending London Central Secondary School. Assuras remained in London to attend the University of Western Ontario (UWO), pursuing a B.Sc (Honours) degree with the intent of going into medicine. She graduated in 1980, but in a change of career plans entered the graduate program in journalism and earning her master's degree in 1981. Twenty-one years later she commented on the impact the journalism program had on her: Tripoli (Greek, Modern: Τρίπολη, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s; see also List of traditional Greek place names), older form and Latin: Tripolis, rarely Tripolitsa, Tripolitza and Tripolizza is a city in the central part of the Peloponnesos, Greece, and the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the province of Mantineia which is... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... A cousin chart identifies the correct name for the relationship between two people with a common ancestor. ... Nick Kypreos Nick Kypreos (Born - June 4, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional Hockey Left Winger who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hartford Whalers, Washington Capitals, New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs. ... Nickname: The Forest City Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Middlesex County Settled 1826 (as village) Incorporated 1855 (as city) City Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best Governing Body London City Council MPs Sue Barnes (LPC) vacant seat Irene Mathyssen (NDP) Joe Preston (CPC) MPPs Chris Bentley (OLP) Deb Matthews (OLP... London Central Secondary School is located at the corner of Dufferin Avenue and Waterloo Street in downtown London, Ontario. ... The University of Western Ontario (Western or UWO) is a coeducational, non-denominational, research-intensive university located in London, Ontario. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting news regarding current events, trends, issues and people. ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate (or graduate) course of one to three years in duration. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

It's hard to describe my time at Western because it was a phenomenal turning point in my life. I always had these delusions of being a writer and I always overloaded my mind with information and literature. That program just brought things together for me.

Career

Assuras has worked for CITY-TV and Global Television, including a stint as reporter and weekend anchor for CityPulse from 1985 to 1988. Chicago from the air. ... CIII is a television station owned by CanWest Global that serves most of the Canadian province of Ontario. ... CityPulse is the name of a Canadian local news show broadcast on Citytv Vancouver. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

From 1992 to 1993 she worked for CTV, anchoring Canada AM. She then moved to ABC, and in May 1993, joined Aaron Brown as co-anchor of World News Now. She shared that late-night anchor desk with Boyd Matson, fellow Canadian Kevin Newman, and Mark Mullen before leaving the show in January 1997. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... CTV is Canadas largest privately-owned English language television network. ... Canada AM is a Canadian breakfast television news show, which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... Aaron Brown at ABC, mid-1990s Aaron Brown (November 10, 1948) is the former host of NewsNight with Aaron Brown on the television network CNN. Education Aaron Brown went to the University of Minnesota. ... ABC World News Now logo, 1993. ... Boyd Matson is the former Anchor of National Geographic Explorer and former Co-Anchor of Weekend Today. ... Kevin Newman (born 1959 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian journalist and news anchor. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1997 she moved to CBS, first joining CBS Eye on People, a cable network that CBS launched in March 1997. She also worked as a national correspondent and later became co-anchor of The Saturday Early Show and then the CBS Evening News Saturday (in an alternating arrangement with Russ Mitchell). Currently Assuras is the solo anchor of CBS Evening News with Thalia Assuras on Saturdays and is a National Correspondent for The Early Show. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS (an abbreviation for Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... The following is a list of cable and satellite networks broadcasting in the United States, organized by genre. ... The Early Show is a American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a. ... Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News in the 1970s. ... Walter Cronkite on the CBS Evening News in the 1970s. ... The Early Show is a American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City, 7 to 9 a. ...

Milwaukee-based rock group, "The Mosleys" wrote a song about her called "Thalia".

In a June 22, 1998 article in Maclean's, Assuras commented on her reason for moving to the United States: June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Macleans is Canadas leading weekly news magazine. ...

I wanted to live in a different country. And I wanted to work where you have all the tools you need on a story.

On Saturday, April 2, 2005, Assuras anchored CBS's extensive breaking-news coverage of the death of Pope John Paul the Second.

Awards

The Daughters of Penelope recognized Assuras with the "2000 Salute to Women" award; She was awarded the Marie Torre Memorial Award in 2001. The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association is a service organization founded on 26 July. ... Marie Torre was a television personality who appeared on KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania between 1962 and 1977. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

External links

• Biography, from the CBS News website
• Thalia Assuras at the Internet Movie Database
• CBS journalist donates to new media facility, a November 2002 article from a UWO website
• What to do with a Western degree, an October 1998 article from a UWO website
• Canadians Invade U.S. News, a June 1998 article from Maclean's
• Cebar's long dues-paying pays off a September 19, 1997 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article that mentions local rock band, The Mosleys, who wrote a musical tribute to Assuras called "Thalia"