Joan Lunden is an American journalist, author, and television host. Lunden was the co-host of ABC’s Good Morning America from 1980 to 1997 and has authored eight books. She has appeared on the Biography program and Biography Channel. As of 2014, Lunden is a special correspondent for NBC’s Today.
Joan Lunden College: Where did Joan Lunden go to college?
She earned a Liberal Arts degree from California State University, Sacramento.
Later she studied Spanish and anthropology at the former Mexico City campus of Universidad de Las Americas. She was a visiting instructor at Montclair State College in New Jersey, where she taught a course in broadcast journalism.
Her first news anchor job was at KCRA-TV. She began her broadcasting career in Sacramento, California, where she worked for Channel 3 (KCRA) and radio as co-anchor of the daily noon television news program. She produced the noon news broadcast and hosted KCRA’s television specials