Brooke Baldwin (born July 12, 1979) is an American

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and

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who was at CNN from 2008 until 2021. Baldwin hosted ''CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin'', which aired from 3pm to 4pm ET on weekdays.

Early life and education

Brooke Baldwin was born in

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, where she attended

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, a private college-preparatory school. In 2001, she graduated with bachelor's degrees in

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from the

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and in

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from the university's Hussman School of Journalism and Media. As an undergraduate, she also studied abroad at the

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Career

Baldwin began her career in 2001 at

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, and later became the morning anchor at

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in the Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia area. She later joined

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in Washington, D.C. as lead reporter for the 10 p.m. newscast.

CNN

Baldwin joined CNN in 2008 and was based out of CNN's Atlanta world headquarters until 2014. 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

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. 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. She was nominated for an Emmy for her coverage of the

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chokehold death protests in wake of Eric Garner's death 2014. She covered President Obama's second inauguration in January 2013 from Washington, D.C. In 2015 Baldwin hosted a town hall in Washington, D.C. on gun violence, for which she was a

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finalist. Baldwin was criticized during the

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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

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and on-air the next day. In ''

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'', Erik Wemple wrote, "CNN's Brooke Baldwin shows rest of media how to apologize". In June 2016, Baldwin reported live from Orlando, Florida, covering the victims and survivors of the

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. On January 20, 2017, she covered President Trump's inauguration. On February 16, 2021, Baldwin announced that she would leave CNN in mid-April. She hosted her final show on April 16.

''New Year's Eve Live''

From 2010 to 2020 Baldwin hosted a segment of CNN's '' New Year's Eve Live'' with

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, and previously alongside

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, broadcasting live from

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. Previously, Baldwin hosted from

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in 2010 and 2011.

CNN.com

''American Woman''

In 2017, CNN commissioned Baldwin's series ''American Woman'' featuring

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, Diane von Fürstenberg,

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, Ashley Graham, Tracy Reese, and

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Huddle

Baldwin published her first book, ''Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power'' in April 2021. In the book, she interviews multiple women including

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, and

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about the power women have when they join together.

In the media

In April 2015, '' Variety'' featured her in "Brooke Baldwin Gives Surprising Boost to CNN". In December 2015, ''

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'' interviewed Baldwin after writing an op-ed on CNN.com about covering mass shootings in America. ''

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'' magazine interviewed her on the subject of covering mass shootings. In 2016, ''

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'' magazine featured Baldwin as one of five female correspondents during the election year of 2016. New York's ''Downtown'' magazine featured Baldwin in October 2016. On ''

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'', Baldwin was parodied in a sketch featuring

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and

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in October 2016, the week after the release of the Donald Trump ''Access Hollywood'' tape. In 2017, Baldwin was featured in a '' Variety'' magazine article "Women Surge to Top of TV News in Face of Sexism".

Clay Travis incident

On September 15, 2017,

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appeared as a guest on CNN with Baldwin to discuss free speech, specifically whether ESPN personality Jemele Hill should be fired for calling

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a "white supremacist" and stating that police officers were "modern day slave catchers" on her personal Twitter page. Travis stated that it would be bad policy on ESPN's part to fire Hill for her private comments, just as it was bad policy when ESPN fired

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for comments he made regarding transgender bathrooms on his personal Facebook page. Travis received criticism for using a phrase he commonly used on his radio show when he said "...I'm a First Amendment absolutist - the only two things I 100 percent believe in are the First Amendment and boobs..."Concha, Joe.
Radio host on CNN: I believe in 'the First Amendment and boobs'
. ''The Hill''. September 15, 2017. Baldwin cut the interview short and later responded, "when I first heard 'boobs' from a grown man on national television (in 2017!!!) my initial thought bubble was: 'Did I hear that correctly??...'"

Speaking engagements

Baldwin hosted the AK100 Club event for the travel agency Abercrombie and Kent, and gave a speech, based upon her March 2015 climb up

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. Also in 2016, Baldwin presented an award at L'Oréal Paris 11th Annual Women of Worth Celebration. Other presenters included

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, L'Oréal USA president Karen Fondu, Tamron Hall,

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, Liya Kebede,

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and

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at The Pierre on November 16 in New York City. In 2017, Baldwin spoke at the 7th annual Neighbor Celebration in Washington DC for Blue Star Families where former First Lady

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was honored on March 30, 2017. Baldwin hosted Mother Nature Network's White House Correspondents' Jam at Hamilton Live, Washington DC in April 2017 – featuring headlining band, The Boxmasters, with actor

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and

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' keyboardist

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. Baldwin gave the commencement address at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on May 14, 2017.

Personal life

In July 2017, Baldwin revealed that she was engaged to English producer James Fletcher. They were married in May 2018. In April 2020, Baldwin was diagnosed with

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, days after CNN colleague Chris Cuomo was diagnosed. Baldwin returned to work on April 27, 2020.

References

External links

* Brooke Baldwi
CNN profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baldwin, Brooke 1979 births Living people American television news anchors American women television journalists CNN people The Westminster Schools alumni Universidad Iberoamericana alumni UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media alumni 21st-century American women