Claire Shipman
American television journalist (born 1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Claire Shipman (born October 4, 1962) is an American television journalist and the former senior national correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America. Shipman is acting as president of Columbia University as of March 2025.[1][2] She was previously co-chair of the university's Board of Trustees since 2023.[3]
Claire Shipman | |
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Shipman in 2021 | |
| President of Columbia University | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office March 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Katrina Armstrong (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 4, 1962 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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| Children | 2 |
| Education | Columbia University (BA, MIA) |
| Awards | Emmy Award (1990) Peabody Award (1991) Medal "Defender of a Free Russia" (1993) |
Early life and education
Shipman, born October 4, 1962, in Washington, D.C., is the daughter of Christie (Armstrong) and Morgan Enlow Shipman, a law professor at Ohio State University.[4] She was raised in Columbus, Ohio.[5]
She graduated from Worthington High School in Worthington, Ohio, in 1980. She is a 1986 graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University with a degree in Russian Studies and also earned a Master of International Affairs from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs in 1994.[6][7]
Career
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Journalism
Shipman began her career in journalism at CNN as an intern,[8] where she covered the White House and international events. In 1990, she received a Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award and an Emmy for her reporting on the Tiananmen Square protests.[9]
She spent five years at CNN's Moscow bureau covering the August 1991 Soviet coup attempt and the subsequent dissolution of the Soviet Union.[10] Shipman received a Peabody Award in 1991 as part of the CNN team that covered the failed coup and in 1993, she earned the medal "Defender of a Free Russia" from Russian President Boris Yeltsin for her reporting of the event.[11]
She worked at NBC from 1997 to 2001 and covered the White House during the Clinton administration. Shipman joined ABC News in 2001, reporting on politics, international affairs and social issues.[12]
Along with co-author Katty Kay, a BBC journalist, she has written three New York Times bestselling books, Womenomics (2009), The Confidence Code (2014), and The Confidence Code for Girls (2018).[6]
Columbia University
Shipman joined the board of trustees of Columbia University in 2013 and became a co-chair in 2023.[5] Her tenure's span included the 2024 pro-Palestinian campus occupations during which the NYPD entered the campus and arrested dozens of students for protesting the killing of Palestinians by the Israeli army.[13]
On March 28, 2025, Shipman succeeded Katrina Armstrong as acting president of Columbia University.[3]
Personal life
She was married to former CNN Moscow bureau chief Steve Hurst from 1991 to 1996.[14] She was then married to former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, with whom she has a son and daughter.[15] As of 2025, they were recently divorced.[16] Shipman has stated that Carney gave her no indication that the secret operation that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden was under way in Pakistan.[17]
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