Poppy Harlow (born Katharine Julia Harlow;
May 2, 1982)
is an American
journalist
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, best known for her reporting at
CNN
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and
Forbes.com
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. She is an anchor of
CNN This Morning
''CNN This Morning'' is an American morning show that airs on CNN, CNN International and HLN that premiered on November 1, 2022. Hosted by Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow, and Kaitlan Collins on weekdays, the program succeeded '' New Day'' as CNN's m ...
and is based at CNN's New York news bureau. She was previously co-anchor of CNN Newsroom weekdays from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M., a business correspondent at CNN,
CNN International
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and
HLN; an
anchor
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for
CNNMoney.com
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; and a Forbes.com Video Network anchor, reporter and producer.
Early life and education
Harlow was born and raised in
Minneapolis
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, Minnesota.
Her father, attorney James Lee Harlow,
died when she was 15.
Her mother is Mary Louise Baird.
Harlow graduated from
The Blake School, a private co-educational college preparatory school in Minneapolis, in 2001.
She then graduated
magna cum laude
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,
Phi Beta Kappa
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, from
Columbia University
Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...
, with a bachelor's degree in Political Science
[ and Middle Eastern studies.] Harlow's nickname “Poppy” is a childhood nickname that stuck. She earned a Master of Studies in Law
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(M.S.L.) degree from Yale Law School
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in 2022.
Career
After interning at CBS
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while in college, Harlow continued working for CBS MarketWatch
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Histor ...
and as an assistant producer for CBS Newspath after graduation. She then became an anchor and reporter for NY1
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News' Local Edition. While at NY1, her news beat covered Staten Island
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and New Jersey
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, including reports on local politics, the economy and local cultural events.
In September 2007, Harlow was hired by Forbes.com
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes family (publishers), Forbes family. Published eight times a year, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing ...
Video Network, where her area of coverage expanded to fashion, entertainment and business topics.
Harlow joined CNN in 2008 and served as the anchor for CNNMoney.com
CNN Business (formerly CNN Money) is a financial news and information website, operated by CNN. The website was originally formed as a joint venture between CNN.com and Time Warner's ''Fortune'' and ''Money'' magazines. Since the spin-off of Tim ...
and reported for CNN, CNN International and HLN. She was named a New York-based CNN
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correspondent in April 2012. She has won the Gracie Award for best online investigative program or feature and SABEW's Best in Business award.
In 2013, while reporting on the conviction of two Steubenville, Ohio
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, high school football players for the rape of a 16-year-old, Harlow stated that it was "incredibly difficult, even for an outsider like me, to watch what happened as these two young men that had such promising futures, star football players, very good students, literally watched as they believed their lives fell apart ... a'lik Richmondcollapsed nd told his attorney,'My life is over. No one is going to want me now.'" This apparent expression of sympathy for the rapists provoked widespread criticism. A petition requesting that CNN apologize on the air for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists received over 250,000 signatures within two days of CNN's report.
Harlow also fills in for Richard Quest
Richard Austin Quest (born 9 March 1962) is a British journalist and non-practising barrister working as a news anchor for CNN International. He is also an editor-at-large of CNN Business.
He anchors ''Quest Means Business'', the five-times-we ...
on CNN International
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.
On December 28, 2015, Harlow passed out briefly while live on the air from the anchor desk. She soon reappeared on air and said she had gotten a little hot and was fine. She later tweeted from the hospital that she and her unborn daughter were well.
Beginning on February 6, 2017, Harlow and Jim Sciutto
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took over as the new co-anchors of ''CNN Newsroom
''CNN Newsroom'' (also simply known as ''Newsroom'') is an American news programming block that airs on CNN.
Broadcasting for 43 hours each week, ''Newsroom'' features live and taped news reports, in addition to analysis from experts on the issu ...
'' from 9 A.M. to 11 A.M. every morning due to Carol Costello
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's move to HLN. Now she works as fill-in-anchor for anchors on CNN
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.
On September 15, 2022, it was announced that Harlow will co-anchor the new CNN revamped morning show with Don Lemon
Don Lemon (born March 1, 1966) is an American television journalist most well known for being a host on CNN. Lemon anchored weekend news programs on local television stations in Alabama and Pennsylvania during his early days as a journalist. He ...
and Kaitlan Collins
Kaitlan Collins (born April 7, 1992) is an American journalist who served as chief White House correspondent for CNN until 2022. She currently hosts ''CNN This Morning'' alongside Don Lemon and Poppy Harlow. Previously, she was the White Hous ...
later in the year. She will also leave her 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET role on CNN Newsroom. On October 12, 2022, it was announced that the morning show will be named CNN This Morning.
Personal life
Harlow is married to Sinisa Babcic. The couple have two children; a daughter born in April 2016 and a son born in February 2018.
References
External links
Poppy Harlow at CNN.com
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1982 births
Living people
Columbia College (New York) alumni
Yale Law School alumni
CNN people
Journalists from New York City
American television reporters and correspondents
People from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area
American broadcast news analysts
American women television journalists
21st-century American women