Walsh began her career in
Washington, D.C. as assistant to the political director at CBS News. As a journalist, she covered the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, and Vice President
George H. W. Bush's campaign for president. Walsh works as a national security producer for CBS New where she has been assigned to the Pentagon since 1993. She is responsible for covering American military throughout
Southeast Asia,
Europe, and the
Middle East. She was a media gamer in
Dark Winter. ==Honors and awards==