Janelle Burrell
Janelle Burrell co-anchors CBS News Philadelphia Mornings from 4:30-8 a.m. and 9-10 a.m.
Since joining the team in 2019, Janelle has covered key news stories including the historic 2024 Democratic National Convention from Chicago, she scored one of the first one-on-one interviews with Cherelle Parker after her election as Philadelphia's first female mayor, and was part of the station's coverage in the lead-up to the Eagles Super Bowl 2023 appearance. She loves telling the stories of our communities and being part of station initiatives including the CBS Philadelphia Trudy Haynes Scholarship, honoring the late Trudy Haynes who was Philadelphia's first Black television reporter, whom Janelle had the honor of knowing personally.
Janelle also co-anchors the station's annual charity Telethons benefiting Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation and Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Prior to Philadelphia, Janelle spent six years as a general assignment reporter at CBS News New York in New York City. She was part of the anchor team that helped launch the station's digital channel. At WCBS, Janelle 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. She started her career working behind the scenes at WNYW Fox 5 in New York, and MSNBC.
Janelle is an alumna of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where she spent several semesters as an adjunct professor. She earned a bachelor's degree from Penn State University with a major in English and a minor in Biology.
