Janelle Burrell

Janelle Burrell anchors CBS News Philadelphia, as part of its morning team.

Prior to Philadelphia, Janelle worked as a general assignment reporter and anchor for WCBS in New York City, joining the station in 2013. She was also a part of the anchor team that helped launch the station's digital channel.

At WCBS, Janelle contributed to the news team's coverage of major events including the Pope's visit to New York, the 2014 Super Bowl, and the terrorist truck attack on Manhattan's West Side. She also broke an exclusive investigation into an alleged cover-up within New York City's public housing system, earning her a Salute to Excellence Award for investigative journalism from the National Association of Black Journalists, and a New York Emmy Nomination for investigative reporting.

Janelle also has worked as a reporter at News 12 Westchester and Time Warner Cable News – Binghamton. Additionally, she worked behind the scenes at WNYW Fox 5 in New York, and MSNBC.

Janelle is originally from New York and an alumna of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where she later spent several semesters as an adjunct professor. She graduated from Penn State University, where she majored in English and minored in Biology.

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