CBS News Radio has announced the addition of Jennifer Keiper as a Chicago based Midwest anchor and correspondent starting Monday, November 9.
Keiper joins CBS News from Entercom News 780 WBBM/105.9 WCFS Chicago where she has been an anchor and reporter since March 2019. She also worked at WBBM from 1997 to 2003 and has spent two stints at 890 WLS including News Director from 2003 to 2008 and afternoon news anchor from 2014 to 2019. Keiper was a Chicago based correspondent for Fox News Radio and contributed to Westwood One News.
Jennifer Keiper, an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience, is joining CBS News Radio as Midwest anchor and correspondent. Jennifer will be based in Chicago and starts reporting for us on Monday, November 9, 2020.
Many of you will know Jennifer for her work as an anchor and reporter at WBBM-AM in Chicago, where she was also the co-anchor of the “Noon Business Hour.”
She brings a wealth of reporting experience to CBS News Radio. Jennifer was the first Midwest Correspondent for Fox News Radio, where she covered the presidential campaign trail, Capitol Hill hearings, EF-5 tornadoes and the near collapse of the U.S. auto industry. In 2011, she traveled to London to cover the Royal Wedding and reported from Berlin on the 20th Anniversary of President Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” speech. She has also attended sessions at the European Union and NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Along the way, her work has earned several prestigious awards, including an Edward R. Murrow Regional Award for Best Newscast while with WLS-AM Radio in Chicago. She has also been honored with numerous Associated Press, IBA Silver Dome and Peter Lisagor awards.
Jennifer spent her early years in Wilkes-Barre, Pa, attended high school and college in the Chicago area and received her master’s degree from Columbia College Chicago.
Please take a moment and welcome Jennifer to the CBS News Radio family.
