Bella Shaw is an American journalist and news presenter, known for her
work on CNN.Shaw attended the University of Oklahoma, where she earned
a degree in journalism while participating in the university's radio
station, and began working at WKY Radio in 1976. There, she was a news
presenter until being laid off when the station switched to FM format;
however, at that time, the WKY-TV station was located in the same
building, and she began working there instead.Shaw attended the
University of Oklahoma, where she earned a degree in journalism while
participating in the university's radio station, and began working at
WKY Radio in 1976. There, she was a news presenter until being laid
off when the station switched to FM format; however, at that time, the
WKY-TV station was located in the same building, and she began working
there instead.After seven years at WKY-TV, during which she was only
given shifts on weekends, Shaw concluded that WKY offered her no
chance for career advancement, and applied to the then-nascent Cable
News Network, on the grounds that "Ted Turner was hiring a lot of
people from Oklahoma". Shaw's first day at CNN was July 12, 1984;
although she had not been scheduled to appear on-camera that day, the
regular news presenter was temporarily unavailable, and Shaw was
chosen to report the news that Walter Mondale had selected Geraldine
Ferraro as his running mate for the 1984 presidential election.In
1989, she became the co-host of CNN's Showbiz Today, replacing Bill
Tush; however, in 1993, CNN chose not to renew her contract, replacing
her on Showbiz Today with Jim Moret, which Variety attributed to Moret
being perceived as "more serious" than Shaw. Bella Shaw Top Movies & Young Movies