Three-time Emmy Award-winning journalist CATHERINE ANAYA anchors CBS 5 News weekday evenings at 5, 5:30, 6:30 and 10:00 pm. She joined CBS 5 News in January 2003. The Arizona Associated Press Broadcasters Association named Catherine 'Anchor of the Year' for 2003, the same year in which she as named "Best TV Newcomer" by Phoenix Magazine – the same magazine that just last month named Catherine and co-anchor Sean Mclaughlin “Best Evening News Team”. In 2006, she was honored with her third Emmy Award for her report about twin boys burned in an apartment explosion, their recovery and their plight to remain in the U.S. for medical treatment. Catherine is a versatile journalist in both broadcast and print. She writes an award-winning column for Latino Perspectives Magazine. To view Catherine's past columns, click here. In May 2007, Catherine won the first place award for Magazine commentary/analysis from the Arizona Press Club for her magazine column about the two Honduran boys with burn injuries. She previously wrote an award-winning monthly parenting column for Los Angeles Family Magazine. In October of 2004, Catherine proudly co-anchored a presidential debate special for CBS 5 News with the legendary Walter Cronkite. Catherine Anaya joins the Boomer and The Babe Show for a conversation about the news business and all it entales as well as its inner workings.
