Reporters
Mary Beth McDade
Mary Beth is currently working for CBS 2 News/KCAL 9 News as a general assignment reporter. She's no stranger to Los Angeles though. Prior to joining the CBS 2/KCAL 9 News team, she was a freelance reporter at Fox 11 News in L.A.
Mary Beth is also familiar with the New York market. She worked at News 12 Long Island where she was nominated for a New York Emmy and won several prestigious journalism awards.
While at the 24-hour New York news channel, she was the weekend anchor and fill-in anchor for the primetime and morning newscasts. She could also often be seen hosting some of News 12's weekly news talk shows, "Ad Issue" and "Reporter Roundtable."
When she wasn't behind the desk, she was out pounding the pavement as a general assignment reporter and putting together blockbuster investigative series. Mary Beth was nominated for a New York Emmy for her "Online Sexual Predator" story. And, she won a Long Island Press Club Award and a Gilbert Award for her "Gangs of Long Island" series.
Mary Beth has also worked at ABC 7 Eyewitness News in Los Angeles as a freelance reporter and at the NBC affiliate in Palm Springs as the weekend anchor/weekday reporter.
Her other jobs include: working at "Extra" as a segment and field producer in Los Angeles, where she interviewed everyone from O.J. Simpson to Mel Gibson; co-hosting "In Focus," a PBS educational program; launching Ed McMahon's "Next Big Star" for PAX; and reporting for a New York radio station.
Mary Beth began her career with internships at "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" and at "Good Morning America." These internships helped her land her first television job at "Good Morning America." As an Assistant Producer, she had the opportunity to cover such big events as the O.J. Simpson Trial and the First Million Man March.
She earned her Bachelor of Arts at Manhattan College where she graduated with honors.