Jane Pauley
Definition
Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950) is an American television journalist, author, and host of CBS News Sunday Morning, with a career in broadcast news spanning over five decades.
Renowned for co-anchoring NBC's Today show in the 1980s and 1990s, and for her advocacy in mental health awareness after a bipolar disorder diagnosis at age 50.
Recipient of the 2025 Poynter Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism, celebrated for mastering career reinvention.
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Jane Pauley wrapped up 2025 with her signature calm, turning political upheavals and papal surprises into a tidy Sunday morning digest that made chaos feel almost quaint.
In a world of scream-at-the-screen news, Jane Pauley hosts like the polite aunt who slips you wisdom between bites of brunch.
Jane Pauley's lifetime achievement award proves that snagging Emmys past 70 is just her way of saying retirement is for amateurs.
From Today show darling to mental health trailblazer, Jane Pauley reinvented herself so smoothly, it's like she had a cheat code for midlife plot twists.