Alison Stewart

Before coming to ABCNEWS, Stewart was a correspondent for CBS News' Sunday Morning, since 1998. While reporting for Sunday Morning, Stewart also contributed to other CBS News broadcasts, including This Morning, the Evening News, and 48 Hours. She first joined CBS as a general assignment correspondent in December 1996. At CBS News, Stewart reported on a wide range of topics, including the rights of the disabled, abortion clinic terrorism and an inner-city Baltimore student exchange program with Africa, as well as several profiles of legendary artists, including John Lee Hooker. Stewart joined CBS News from MTV News, where she was a reporter since January 1993. For MTV News, Stewart reported on the 1992 and 1996 presidential election campaigns. Stewart was awarded a Peabody Award for her work on the channel's 1992 Choose or Loose election coverage. While at MTV News, Stewart also hosted Unfiltered and reported for Megadose, the channel's alternative health program. In addition, Stewart served as anchor for MTV News' On the Radio, a syndicated daily radio broadcast. From 1991 to 1993, Stewart was a segment producer for MTV News. Prior to joining MTV News, Stewart was the music director for WBRU Radio at Brown University, the nation's largest commercial college radio station (1988). She also hosted PBS's Act Against Racism Campaign, anchored the news for WHTZ Radio in New York, and served as a contributing writer for Swing Magazine. Stewart graduated from Brown University with a degree in English and American Literature. She lives in New York City.