Natalie Allen (born August 11, 1962) is an American broadcast journalist. She worked for

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as a weekend anchor at their global headquarters in

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, Georgia, until October 4, 2020. Prior to this role at

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, Allen was an anchor for the network's domestic desk from 1992 to 2001. Allen has also been an anchor for

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and was a national correspondent for NBC, during which she appeared on '' Nightly News'', '' Today'', and

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. She left CNN in October 2020, and is now working at

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Early life and education

Allen was born in

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

. She graduated from the

University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...

in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in Radio, Television, and Film. She has since been inducted into the University of Southern Mississippi's Alumni Hall of Fame.

Career

Allen spent the first year of her career as a reporter for KFSM-TV in

Fort Smith, Arkansas Fort Smith is the third-largest city in Arkansas and one of the two county seats of Sebastian County. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 89,142. It is the principal city of the Fort Smith, Arkansas–Oklahoma Metropolitan Statistical Are ...

. Allen then became a reporter and anchor at WREG-TV in

. Prior to joining

, Allen reported and co-anchored for

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, winning a regional

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and Edward R. Murrow Award. From 2007 to 2009, Allen served as The Weather Channel's first full-time environment and climate correspondent where she served as a primary anchor for the network's weekly news program, ''Forecast Earth''. In 2011, Allen developed a three-part series called ''The Children of the Dump'' which aired on CNN International as part of its Freedom Project. The series is about Allen's experience in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

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and witnessing a story about child trafficking. Allen is also a keynote speaker and moderator. She has moderated events such as ''

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s Brainstorm Green Conference and

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's Top 100 CEO Summit. Allen also served as the keynote speaker for the University of Memphis Journalism Awards in 2012.

References

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