Vinita Nair

Who is Vinita Nair?

Vinita Nair is an Indian American television journalist who is a correspondent for CBS News. She is the co-host of CBS This Morning Saturday alongside Anthony Mason. Previously she was co-anchor of World News Now and America This Morning on ABC, from September 17, 2008 until February 18, 2011. She was partnered with Jeremy Hubbard and later Rob Nelson on both shows. She gave birth to a son on January 28, 2012.

Nair joined ABC News as an anchor/correspondent for ABC News Now in December 2007. In that role, she anchored live coverage and news briefs for ABC's digital network.

Nair was born in India and grew up in Colleyville, Texas, and graduated with a degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, of Northwestern University. She wrote for Today's Chicago Woman magazine, and was a reporter for Talk Radio News in Washington D.C. prior to pursuing television journalism.

Nair began her career in television news at WGEM-TV, the NBC affiliate in Quincy, Illinois, as a general assignment reporter. She also worked for WYCC-TV, Chicago's Public Access Network and the Illinois' Public, educational, and government access cable TV named station Evanston Community Cable Channel.