Liasson started off in San Francisco as an independent radio and television reporter. California Edition, a nightly news program on California Public Radio, has her as managing editor and anchor. She worked side by side for The Vineyard Gazette on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, as a print writer.
In the end, she worked as a general assignment reporter and newscaster for National Public Radio starting in 1985. She worked for NPR as its legislative correspondent from 1989 to 1992. She was then tasked with covering the White House for NPR throughout President Bill Clinton’s eight-year presidency.
She was given the Merriman Smith Award for Daily News by the White House Correspondents’ Association in 1994, 1995, and 1997 for her outstanding performance during her White House tenure. Following that, Liasson started writing on the presidential and congressional election candidates and issues.
Throughout her career, she covered and predicted seven presidential elections: in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. After then, she was hired as a national political correspondent. Every day, her tales were featured on Morning Edition and All Things Considered, two of NPR’s award-winning newsmagazine programs.
She started making contributions to FOX News in 1997 as well. She has also participated as a panelist on national FOX television programs like Report with Bret Baier and FOX News Sunday since that time.
She’s been a political contributor to Fox News, a national political correspondent for NPR, and the host of numerous award-winning news magazines during the course of her extended career as a political or electoral analyst.
