50-year-old Lisa Desjardins (nee Goddard) is an American political journalist known as a correspondent at PBS NewsHour.
Desjardins has been working as a Correspondent at PBS NewsHour for seven years, a position she started in October 2014, where she covers all things politics and policy. Her work as a correspondent had her work as a day-to-day Capitol Hill reporter who covers the 10,000-foot view of government and agencies. She was also the 2015-2016 Trump campaign reporter.
Before her time at PBS NewsHour, she worked as a Senior Correspondent and Capitol Hill Reporter at CNN and CNN Radio for nine years, from September 2005 to August 2014. Her time in this position was quite eventful as she reported not only on Washington stories but also on international ones such as the Newtown, Haiti, Upper Big Branch and Sago mining disaster, and the Tucson shootings. She also worked in Syria and the Middle East during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon War.
Desjardins career stretches back to 1998, and outside of the positions mentioned above, she has worked in local news, most prominently in South Carolina. Desjardins is one of if not the most popular and respected Washing based correspondent of the current age.
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| Age: | 50 |
| Net Worth: | $2 Million |
| Profession: | Journalist |
| Nationality: | American |
| Spouse: | Jason Desjardins |
| Children: | 1 |
| Alma Mater: | Northwestern University, College of William & Mary |
| Award: | Peabody Award |
| Years Active: | 1998 - Present |
What Illness Does Lisa Desjardins Have?
Lisa Desjardins is not currently suffering from any illness, nor has she reported as such to the media.
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The last time there has been any media outroar about Lisa Desjardins was in September 2020, when she emerged wearing an eye patch. Though the eyepatch sparked some speculation about her health, Desjardins quickly stated that the eyepatch was due to a clumsy accident involving her car door.
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The eyepatch didn't last that long; people still went wild speculating if she needed surgery, and nothing has come of it in the two years since the incident. After the vehicle door accident, not only has Desjardins work not suffered any delays, but she has been in excellent physical and mental health, and every bit of news about her and social media posts she makes only makes certain that Desjardin is a woman at the top of her game at the ripe age of 50.
In fact, Desjardins has recently been awarded a Peabody Award alongside Judy Woodruff and the rest of the NewsHour team for their reporting on the January 6 insurrection. Her career is not running out of gas anytime soon.
Lisa Desjardins Health Conditions And Sickness
Lisa Desjardins has been fortunate enough not to have any illness impede her excellent career in the news.
Desjardins' started her career in journalism at the local television station WBTW in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where she worked from 1998 to 1998 but was, unfortunately. However, what might have deterred other young journalists only fueled her fire more.
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She started her career anew by working both as a freelance reporter for The Sun News, a newspaper based in Myrtle Beach, and a freelance reporter for the news agency Reuters. She continued this grinding for a couple of months until her talents were recognized, and he joined the Columbia NBC-affiliate WIS as a political reporter in October 1999, leaving The Sun News but staying with Reuters.
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As a political reporter for WIS, she covered politics chiefly, such as the South Carolina Legislature, the 2000 Republican presidential primaries, and the display of the Confederate Flag at the South Carolina State House. Her talents took her even further when she became a reporter in the Washington DC bureau of the Associated Press in 2003, reporting on the 2004 presidential election, Medicaid, the hurricanes and the Iraq War.
Where Is Lisa Desjardins From? A Look At Her Early Life
Lisa Desjardins was born in Hawaii on January 29, 1972, but was raised in Annandale, Virginia.
Desjardins was raised by her father, a Naval Officer who retired at the rank of Captain and went on to work as a college instructor. Information about her mother is not public.
Desjardins grew up in a large family as she had not only three siblings but also seven half-siblings on her father's side. Desjardins became interested in politics from a young age but did not initially think she wanted to have a career in news.
Desjardins' career could have gone in a very different direction as she initially went to the College of Willam & MAry in Williamsburg, Virginia from 1990 to 1994 to earn a bachelor's degree in economics. After this, she spent two years in Saint Petersburg doing Russian Studies at Herzen University, where she also learned to speak Russian.
Something must have changed over these years because after her Russian Studies, Desjardins went back to college at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, which she attended for a year from 1996 to 1997, and received a Master of Science degree in journalism.
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