Brooke Baldwin
Brooke Baldwin | |
|---|---|
 Baldwin on set in Washington, D.C., 2016 | |
| Born | Lauren Brooke Baldwin[1] July 12, 1979 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupations | News anchor, writer |
| Employer | CNN (2008–2021) |
| Television | CNN Newsroom |
| Spouse |
James Fletcher
(m. 2018; div. 2023) |
Lauren Brooke Baldwin (born July 12, 1979) is an American journalist, television presenter, and writer. From 2008 to 2021, she was an anchor and correspondent for CNN, hosting the weekday afternoon program CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin from 2014 to 2021.
Early life and education
[edit]Brooke Baldwin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended The Westminster Schools, a private college-preparatory school, and later, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She graduated in 2001, earning a bachelor's degree with a double major in Spanish language and journalism. Her undergraduate studies also included attending the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Baldwin began her career in 2001 at WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Virginia, and later became the morning anchor at WOWK-TV in the Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia, area. She later joined WTTG in Washington, D.C., as lead reporter for the 10 p.m. newscast.[2]
CNN
[edit]Baldwin joined CNN in 2008 and was based at CNN's Atlanta world headquarters until 2014.[2] She anchored CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin on weekdays and has been based in New York City since 2014.
On July 8, 2011, Baldwin co-anchored CNN's special coverage of the final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) from Kennedy Space Center.[4]
Baldwin's documentary To Catch a Serial Killer won a Silver World Medal for Best Investigative Report at the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards in 2012.[5] She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her coverage of the New York City chokehold-death protests in the wake of Eric Garner's death 2014.[citation needed]
Baldwin covered U.S. president Barack Obama's second inauguration in January 2013 from Washington, D.C.[citation needed]
In 2015, Baldwin hosted a town hall in Washington, D.C., on gun violence, for which she was a Peabody Award finalist.[citation needed]
Baldwin was criticized during the 2015 Baltimore protests when she incorrectly attributed comments she heard that veterans were responsible for the unrest – saying soldiers who become police officers "are coming back from war, they don't know the communities, and they're ready to do battle." She later apologized via Twitter and on-air the next day.[6] In The Washington Post, Erik Wemple wrote, "CNN's Brooke Baldwin shows rest of media how to apologize".[7]
In June 2016, Baldwin reported live from Orlando, Florida, covering the victims and survivors of the Orlando nightclub shooting.[citation needed]
On January 20, 2017, she covered U.S. president Donald Trump's first inauguration.
On February 16, 2021, Baldwin announced that she would leave CNN in mid-April.[8] She hosted her final show on April 16.[9]
New Year's Eve Live
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From 2010 to 2020, Baldwin hosted a segment of CNN's New Year's Eve Live with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, and previously alongside comedian Kathy Griffin, broadcasting live from New Orleans with CNN anchor Don Lemon. Previously, Baldwin hosted from Nashville, Tennessee, in 2010 and 2011.
CNN.com
[edit]| Published | Title |
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| March 18, 2015 | Conquering Mount Kilimanjaro: 10 essential lessons[10] |
| October 8, 2015 | Finding the meaning of home in Africa[11] |
| December 3, 2015 | Brooke Baldwin: There's been a shooting ... again[12] |
| April 18, 2016 | Brooke Baldwin: I'm reporting on a world at war. He's fighting in one[13] |
| April 20, 2016 | 4 flights, an aircraft carrier, and a helicopter[14] |
| September 18, 2017 | Brooke Baldwin: Speaking like this to women in 2017? No way[15] |
| January 19, 2018 | American Woman with Brooke Baldwin[16] |
American Woman
[edit]In 2017, CNN commissioned Baldwin's series American Woman featuring Sheryl Crow, Betty White, Ava DuVernay, Diane von Fürstenberg, Issa Rae, Ashley Graham, Tracy Reese, and Pat Benatar.[17][18]
Huddle
[edit]Baldwin published her first book, Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power in April 2021. In the book, she interviews multiple women including Ava DuVernay,