Seven of those years were spent as a correspondent for the ABC News award-winning program, “Nightline.” She joined ABC News in 2005 after a 13-year career with CBS News, where she worked as a correspondent for “60 Minutes II”, as well as being a network bureau reporter in both Dallas and London. She started her career as a trainee in the AFTRA Reporter Training Program at WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C., and honed her skills with nine years of local reporting at WBAL-TV in Baltimore. On the national level, Mabrey received four Emmy Awards during her career, including two for coverage of the death of Princess Diana. A native of St. Louis, Vicki graduated cum laude from Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1977 with a B.A. in Political Science.