August 2005

HANNAH STORM

(Anchor, THE EARLY SHOW)

Hannah Storm has been an anchor of THE EARLY SHOW, CBS News' weekday morning broadcast, since October 2002, when it debuted in its current four-anchor format. She has covered the war in Iraq extensively, and has recently interviewed major newsmakers, including First Lady Laura Bush, Senator John McCain, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Chris Heinz. She also reported extensively on Campaign '04, including anchoring from the Democratic National Convention in Boston, where she interviewed Teresa Heinz Kerry and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

Before that, she was an anchor and reporter for NBC Sports for 10 years. Storm hosted that network's broadcasts of dozens of major sports events, including the Olympics, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and Wimbledon. She has hosted coverage of four Olympic Summer Games: the late-night programs from Barcelona and Atlanta, and the daytime and weekend programs from Sydney and Salt Lake City.

Storm became the first woman to serve as the solo anchor of a network's major sports package when she hosted NBC's coverage of the NBA (1997-2002) and Major League Baseball, including three World Series (1995, 1997, 1999). She also was the primary play-by-play announcer for the inaugural season of the Women's National Basketball Association (1997).

Her extensive reporting experience includes work for NBC's coverage of the National Football League, professional figure skating, the NBA and both the men's and women's U.S. Opens in golf. Storm is also the only woman to have been nominated twice for an Emmy Award as Best Sports Television Host.

Storm's book, Go Girl! (Sourcebooks, 2002), a sports guide for parents, is in its second printing.

Before joining NBC Sports, she anchored "CNN Sports Tonight" and weekend sports programs for CNN (1989-92). Previously, Storm was a sports anchor and reporter for WPQC-TV Charlotte, N.C. (1988-89); KTXH-TV Houston; Home Sports Entertainment; KSRR-FM Radio Houston; KNCN-FM Radio Corpus Christi; and WNDU-TV South Bend, Ind. (1982-88).

Storm received the 2005 American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Allen Award for Outstanding Anchor for News for a body of work, including "Hannah's Portwine Birthmark," "Fabulous Zoo Animals" and "Living with Anorexia."

Storm was born in Oak Park, Ill. She was graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1983 with a degree in political science and communications. She lives in the New York area with her husband, NBC sports anchor Dan Hicks, and their three children.

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