[1] Cohen grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in international relations and French.
[2] 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.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan designated the date of Etan's disappearance, May 25, as National Missing Children's Day in the United States.
[citation needed] She is a regular contributor to Women in Crime Ink,[7] described by the Wall Street Journal as "a blog worth reading.