children birth_place citizenship imagesize nationality relatives birth_date spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
alexis -lrb- daughter -rrb- rowayton , connecticut united states 200px american andy rooney -lrb- née howard -rrb- -lrb- mother -rrb- brian rooney rooney -lrb- brother -rrb- martha -lrb- twin sister -rrb- -lrb- father -rrb- marguerite `` margie '' 17 january 1950 kirby perkins emily rooney
 emily rooney journalist , writer , news producer , television personality american university -lrb- 1972 -rrb-
emily rooney

emily rooney -lrb- born 1/17/1950 -rrb- is an american journalist , tv talk show and radio host and former news producer .
since 1997 , rooney has been the host , executive editor and creator of `` greater boston '' and the weekly `` beat the press '' on wgbh-tv , which are also later rebroadcast on the boston-based wgbh radio station .
she also hosted the `` emily rooney show '' on wgbh radio .
wgbh announced on may 29 , 2014 that emily rooney would be stepping down from her host position of ` greater boston ' tv show in january 2015 to become a special correspondent for the program .
-lrb- she will remain in her role as moderator on `` beat the press '' . -rrb-
rooney has been with the program since 1997 .
her final ` greater boston ' show as its host was thursday , december 18 , 2014 , after 18 years .
