She holds a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. in Russian studies from Columbia, where she graduated magna cum laude in 1986.
She resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband, Time magazine White
House correspondent Jay Carney. Jay is currently communications director to Vice-President Joe Biden.
She spent 5 years with CNN's Moscow bureau and her Moscow coverage
helped CNN earn a National Headliners Award.
Her reporting on the aborted Soviet coup and 1991 collapse of the
Soviet Union won the network a coveted Peabody Award.
She also received a Dupont Award and an Emmy as one of the key
contributors to CNN's coverage of the 1989 Tianamen Square student
uprising, as well as a Dupont Award for CNN's coverage of the 1995
Oklahoma City bombing.