Lauren Brooke Baldwin was born on July 12,1979 and is an American journalist, television host and author who was at CNN from 2008 until 2021.
23 Facts About Brooke Baldwin
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Baldwin hosted CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin, which aired from 3pm to 4pm ET on weekdays.
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Brooke Baldwin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended The Westminster Schools, a private college-preparatory school.
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Brooke Baldwin later joined WTTG in Washington, DC as lead reporter for the 10 pm newscast.
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Brooke Baldwin joined CNN in 2008 and was based out of CNN's Atlanta world headquarters until 2014.
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Brooke Baldwin anchored CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin on weekdays and has been based in New York City since 2014.
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On July 8,2011, Brooke Baldwin co-anchored CNN's special coverage of the final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from Kennedy Space Center.
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Brooke Baldwin was nominated for an Emmy for her coverage of the New York City chokehold death protests in wake of Eric Garner's death 2014.
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Brooke Baldwin covered President Obama's second inauguration in January 2013 from Washington, DC.
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In 2015 Brooke Baldwin hosted a town hall in Washington, DC on gun violence, for which she was a Peabody Award finalist.
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In June 2016, Brooke Baldwin reported live from Orlando, Florida, covering the victims and survivors of the Orlando nightclub shooting.
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On February 16,2021, Brooke Baldwin announced that she would leave CNN in mid-April.
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From 2010 to 2020 Brooke Baldwin hosted a segment of CNN's New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper, and previously alongside Kathy Griffin, broadcasting live from New Orleans with Don Lemon.
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Previously, Brooke Baldwin hosted from Nashville, Tennessee in 2010 and 2011.
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Brooke Baldwin published her first book, Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power in April 2021.
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In December 2015, The New York Times interviewed Brooke Baldwin after writing an op-ed on CNN.
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On Saturday Night Live, Brooke Baldwin was parodied in a sketch featuring Cecily Strong and Alec Brooke Baldwin in October 2016, the week after the release of the Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape.
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On September 15,2017, Clay Travis appeared as a guest on CNN with Brooke Baldwin to discuss free speech, specifically whether ESPN personality Jemele Hill should be fired for calling Donald Trump a "white supremacist" and stating that police officers were "modern day slave catchers" on her personal Twitter page.
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Brooke Baldwin hosted the AK100 Club event for the travel agency Abercrombie and Kent, and gave a speech, based upon her March 2015 climb up Mount Kilimanjaro.
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Also in 2016, Brooke Baldwin presented an award at L'Oreal Paris 11th Annual Women of Worth Celebration.
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In 2017, Brooke Baldwin spoke at the 7th annual Neighbor Celebration in Washington DC for Blue Star Families where former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was honored on March 30,2017.
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Brooke Baldwin gave the commencement address at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on May 14,2017.
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In July 2017, Brooke Baldwin revealed that she was engaged to English producer James Fletcher.