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Executive Producer, "Good Morning America"
Shelley Ross was named executive producer of "Good Morning America" in January 1999. She is responsible for the editorial content and production of the network's premier morning news program. Under Ms. Ross' direction, the program received a ratings surge and has become one of television's most relied-upon sources for breaking news, live interviews and investigative reporting.
Over the past four years, "Good Morning America" has won many awards for medical and consumer reporting, human interest stories and political analysis. The broadcast won the coveted Peabody award as part of ABC News' 9/11 coverage. It was also noted for its coverage of the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan. In November 2001, it was the first television show ever to broadcast live from a battleship, with a two-hour special edition on the homecoming of the USS Enterprise. This September 9th, "Good Morning America" broadcast a two-hour special edition, live from the Pentagon, commemorating the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Before "Good Morning America," Ms. Ross was executive producer of special projects, West Coast, and a senior producer with "PrimeTime Live" and "20/20." She joined ABC News in 1989.
At "PrimeTime Live" she worked with Diane Sawyer on many award-winning pieces, including "Murder in Beverly Hills," the in-depth reporting of the Menendez murders; "Mothers on a Mission," which covered Elizabeth Glaser's last year of life and her fight against pediatric AIDS; and "Tracey's Story," a video diary of actress Tracey Gold's 14-month battle with eating disorders.
Ms. Ross has covered many breaking news stories for ABC News magazine programs, including the teen shootings in Pearl, Mississippi and Jonesboro, Arkansas. Her newsmaker interviews include British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Paula Corbin Jones, who granted her first television interview to "PrimeTime Live" in 1994. Ms. Ross has also produced a variety of crime and justice stories, including the newsmaking "20/20" segment with correspondent Elizabeth Vargas advancing the JonBenet Ramsey story, and the hour-long "A Place Called Forgiveness," with correspondent Cynthia McFadden.
From June 1994 through 1995, Ms. Ross headed the network's magazine show coverage of the O.J. Simpson case. Her unit was responsible for many exclusive stories, including Diane Sawyer's interviews with Mark Fuhrman and the Brown family, Barbara Walters' interviews with the Goldman family, and a Sam Donaldson expos� of the Los Angeles coroner's office.
Prior to joining ABC News, Ms. Ross worked at NBC News on a newsmagazine series with Maria Shriver. She previously had worked as a producer at NBC on the "Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder.
Ms. Ross began her career in journalism as a feature writer for daily newspapers, including the Miami Herald, the Pompano Sun Sentinel and Fort Lauderdale News. Her magazine articles have appeared in Good Housekeeping, US and Omni, and have been syndicated around the world in such publications as Blick (Switzerland), Bunte (Germany) and Oggi (Italy). In her mid-twenties she began to work in television, writing for comedy and variety shows, pilots and series, in primetime, daytime and late-night.
Ms. Ross is the author of a history book, "Fall from Grace" (1988 Ballantine), and co-author of a medical book, "MS: New Hope and Practical Advice for People with MS and their Families" (1987 Prentice Hall Press).