Brooke Baldwin | |
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Baldwin in March 2012
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Born |
Lauren Brooke Baldwin July 12, 1979 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
Education |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Universidad Iberoamericana |
Occupation | News anchor |
Lauren Brooke Baldwin (born July 12, 1979) is an American TV news anchor. She hosts CNN Newsroom from 2pm to 4pm ET.
Lauren Brooke Baldwin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended The Westminster Schools, a private college preparatory school. She graduated with a double bachelor's degree in journalism and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001. She also studied at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City during her undergraduate years.
Baldwin began her career 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.
Baldwin joined CNN and HLN networks in 2008. She was a contributor on Rick's List, hosted by Rick Sanchez, from the show's inception in January 2010. When Sanchez was fired in October 2010 for making what some believed were antisemitic remarks, Baldwin filled in for him, eventually taking the time slot permanently. She now anchors CNN Newsroom from 2 to 4pm ET on weekdays, and is based out of CNN's New York news bureau. She hosted a weekly segment during her newscast hours known as #MusicMonday (named after the Twitter trend), profiling various musicians. Baldwin hosted the central time countdown from Nashville, Tennessee, as part of CNN's 2011 New Year's Eve coverage.