Lisa R. Cohen

Lisa R. Cohen
Born	Winnipeg, Manitoba
Education	University of Pennsylvania
Occupation	Broadcast journalist, author
Website	http://www.lisarcohen.com/

Lisa R. Cohen is a television news magazine producer with more than 20 years of network news experience at ABC News and CBS News. She is also known for writing about the Etan Patz case.

Cohen grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in international relations and French.

At "PrimeTime Live" and then at “60 Minutes II,” Cohen produced reports for Diane Sawyer, Sam Donaldson, Peter Jennings, Cynthia McFadden and others, on topics as diverse as the right to bear arms, have abortions and exercise the death penalty. She has covered some of the biggest moments in recent history including the TWA 800 crash, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the September 11 terror attacks. Her 1996 one-hour documentary for ABC News PrimeTime Live, “Judgment at Midnight,” won multiple awards, including the NATAS Emmy; CINE Golden Eagle; International Film and Television Award; and the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television “Gracie” award.

Cohen first learned about Etan's unsolved case while working at "PrimeTime Live." She subsequently produced several pieces on the story for network television before writing After Etan, which is her first book. Her book, After Etan: The Missing Child Case that Held America Captive, was published by Grand Central Publishing May 7, 2009.

In addition to writing After Etan, Cohen in 2010 began directing and producing "Serving Life" for the Oprah Winfrey Network, executive produced by Forest Whitaker. The documentary follows a group of inmates at Louisiana's Angola state penitentiary, who staff the inmate hospice there.

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