She went on to cover major sporting events including the Super Bowl, the NBA Playoffs, and international figure skating championships from Russia.
Kagan is one of a handful of national news anchors who was on the air live during the terrorist attacks on the morning of September 11, 2001.
The Boston Globe described Kagan's site as having "buck[ed] the media tide with an emphasis on stories that illustrate the triumph of the human spirit.
[9] Her first TV film, Breaking the Curse, aired on PBS and won the 2008 Gracie Award for Outstanding Documentary.
[10] Kagan produced and narrated the film, which told the story of an American woman fighting for those living with leprosy in India.
[16] She is Jewish,[5] and her great-grandfather was a Russian immigrant named Eiser Cohen who came to the United States through Ellis Island[17] and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
In September 2004, Kagan became romantically involved with radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, but they broke up in February 2006.