Editing Maria Shriver (section)

{{short description|American journalist and author (born 1955)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = Maria Shriver by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption             = Shriver in 2018
| office              = 35th [[First Lady of California]]
| governor            = [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]
| term_label          = In role
| term_start          = November 17, 2003
| term_end            = January 3, 2011
| predecessor         = [[Sharon Davis]]
| successor           = [[Anne Gust Brown]]
| birth_name          = Maria Owings Shriver
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1955|11|6}}
| birth_place         = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
| nationality         = 
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (2011–present)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marinucci |first1=Carla |title=California Republicans hit rock bottom |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/30/california-republicans-third-party-status-613568 |website=POLITICO |date=May 30, 2018 |quote=But Shriver, a descendent of the Kennedy family who announced her move to become an independent voter years ago... |access-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-date=November 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103213501/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/30/california-republicans-third-party-status-613568 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| otherparty          = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (until 2011)
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]|1986|2021|end=divorced}}
| children            = 4, including [[Katherine Schwarzenegger|Katherine]] and [[Patrick Schwarzenegger]]
| father              = [[Sargent Shriver]]
| mother              = [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver|Eunice Kennedy]]
| relatives           = [[Shriver family]] <br> [[Kennedy family]] <br> [[Gustav Schwarzenegger]] (father-in-law) <br> [[Chris Pratt]] (son-in-law)
| residence           = [[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood, California]], U.S.
| education           = [[Georgetown University]] (BA)
| profession          = {{hlist|Journalist|author}}
| signature           = Maria Shriver signature 2003.png
}}
'''Maria Owings Shriver''' ({{IPAc-en|'|ʃ|r|aɪ|v|ər}} {{respell|SHRY|vər}}; born November 6, 1955)<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/world/shriver-known-for-her-political-bloodlines-20031009-gdhjy5.html Shriver known for her political bloodlines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163532/https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/10/08/1065601914303.html |date=June 12, 2018 }} (October 9, 2003) ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]''. Retrieved December 29, 2021.</ref>
is an American journalist, author, a member of the prominent [[Shriver family|Shriver]] and [[Kennedy family|Kennedy families]], former [[First Lady of California]], and the founder of the nonprofit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-03 |title=Yaffe tells Senate committee continued NIH funding is 'critical' for Alzheimer's research |url=https://psych.ucsf.edu/news/yaffe-tells-senate-committee-continued-nih-funding-critical-alzheimers-research |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewomensalzheimersmovement.org/research-3/research-3-2/|title=About Us|website=The Women's Alzheimer's Movement|access-date=September 13, 2019|archive-date=May 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513220838/https://thewomensalzheimersmovement.org/research-3/research-3-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> She was married to former [[governor of California]] and actor [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], from whom she filed for divorce in 2011; which was finalized in 2021.

Shriver began her journalism career at [[CBS]] station [[KYW-TV]] and briefly anchored the ''[[CBS Morning News]]'' before joining [[NBC News]] in 1986. After anchoring weekend editions of the ''[[Weekend Today|Today]]'' show and the ''[[NBC Nightly News]]'', she became a correspondent for ''[[Dateline NBC]]'', also covering politics. After leaving NBC News in 2004 to focus on her role as First Lady of California, she returned in 2013 as a special anchor. For her reporting at NBC, Shriver received a [[Peabody Award]] in 1998 and was co-anchor for NBC's Emmy-winning coverage of the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna3949468 | title=Maria Shriver | website=[[NBC News]] | date=January 13, 2004 }}</ref>

As executive producer of ''The Alzheimer's Project'', Shriver earned two [[Emmy Awards]] and an [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] award for developing a "television show with a conscience."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/05/glee-cory-monteith-kevin-mchale-chris-colfer-mark-salling-maria-shriver-al-gore-television-academy-h.html |title=TV academy honors 'television with a conscience' |access-date=October 8, 2014 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 6, 2010 |archive-date=October 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024040733/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/gossip/2010/05/glee-cory-monteith-kevin-mchale-chris-colfer-mark-salling-maria-shriver-al-gore-television-academy-h.html |url-status=live }}</ref>