Janet Wu (WCVB)

For the Boston area TV reporter for WHDH-TV, see Janet Wu (WHDH)
Janet Yuen-Mei Wu is an American television reporter in the Boston area. She currently serves as an investigative and political reporter for WCVB-TV, ABC's Boston affiliate.

Wu was born in Bridgewater, New Jersey and received her bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1972.

She worked as a reporter for United Press International from 1973 until 1978 when she joined WGBH-TV, Boston's public television station, as the Massachusetts State House reporter until 1983.

In January 1983, Wu joined WCVB-TV NewsCenter 5 as their State House reporter, and in 2006 she became a team member of WCVB’s investigative unit, Team 5 Investigates.

In October 2009, she was appointed co-host with Ed Harding for the new WCVB-TV Sunday morning political program, On The Record.

• 1989 part of the NewsCenter 5 political team which was honored with a First Place National Headliners Award and with an Edward R. Murrow Award for the best political coverage of any station in the nation
• 1998 Associated Press Award, first place in the investigative and enterprise category; Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting for her report on "Public Property, Private Lies."
• 2001, 2005 part of the team which received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism from the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication
• 2010, inducted into Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame
• 2011, Doctor of Humane Letters (Honorary) degree from Emerson College at the 2011 commencement.

• Hall of Fame: 2010 Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame at Massasoit Community College
• "Commencement yesterday", The Boston Globe, May 17, 2011. Doctor of Humane Letters (Hon.) was granted to Janet Yuen-Mei Wu.

Wu is married to Adams P. Carroll and they have two children, Quincy and Bailey. They live in the greater Boston area. Wu speaks fluent Cantonese.