Claire Shipman is an American television journalist, currently the Senior National Correspondent for the ABC program, Good Morning America. She also blogs at the website True/Slant. She is married to Jay Carney, communications director to Vice President Joe Biden, causing many to charge a conflict of interest. She joined ABC News in May 2001, and frequently contributes to other ABC News programs, such as World News Tonight and Nightline. She is a substitute anchor on both Good Morning America and World News Tonight, as well as a regular participant in the "roundtable" segment of ABC News' This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Before joining ABC News, she was a White House correspondent for NBC News. Shipman attended Worthington High School in Worthington, Ohio, and graduated in 1980. She is a 1986 graduate of Columbia College of Columbia University and also holds a master's degree from Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs. In 2006, she was recognized by Worthington Schools as a Distinguished Alumni during Convocation. Claire Shipman is the daughter of Morgan Shipman, Professor of Law at the Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law. She is divorced from former CNN Moscow bureau chief Steve Hurst. She and her second husband, Jay Carney, have a son and a daughter. On June 2, 2009, Harper Collins will publish Womenomics, a book written by Shipman and BBC World News America correspondent Katty Kay exploring the redefinition of success for working women based on recent trends of the value of women to the business world. (via Wikipedia)