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Brooke Baldwin is an American <a href="/biography/brooke-baldwin">news anchor</a> at CNN. She anchors CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin. She is a charming and attractive <a href="/biography/brooke-baldwin">anchor</a> who worked in many news channels before she joined CNN. She contributed for the show Rick’s List anchored by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sanchez_(journalist)">Rick Sanchez</a> and later on took over the anchoring job after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sanchez_(journalist)">Sanchez</a> was fired from the show due to controversy regarding his alleged anti-Semitic remarks.

Born in 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia, Baldwin attended The Westminster Schools. As an undergraduate, she studied at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. She later graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earning degrees in both Journalism and Spanish.

In July 2017, Baldwin became engaged to her long-time boyfriend James Fletcher. Fletcher is a British national who is a director and producer who has produce several advertisements for political campaigns. The couple met at a holiday part in 2015. They plan to marry in the near future.

In 2001, Baldwin began her career in journalism at the Charlottesville, VA station WVIR-TV. Her adept reporting eventually earned her the morning anchoring spot for West Virginia station WOWK-TV. There she reported on the Sago Mine collapse and <a href="/biography/martha-stewart">Martha Stewart</a>’s release from federal prison. Later, she became a lead reporter for WTTG in Washington, D.C. At WTTG she covered the Virginia Tech massacre.

Baldwin joined CNN in 2008 as a freelancer after completing an internship with the company. She claims she turned down a job offer from <a href="/biography/roger-ailes">Roger Ailes</a> at Fox News when CNN offered to make her a full-time correspondent.

Baldwin started with contributing to Rick’s List hosted by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sanchez_(journalist)">Rick Sanchez</a>. In 2010, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sanchez_(journalist)">Sanchez</a> was fired after criticizing <a href="/biography/jon-stewart">Jon Stewart</a> and expressing allegedly anti-Semitic opinions on Sirius XM’s radio show Stand Up With Pete Dominic.  A day after his remarks, on October 1, 2010, CNN announced <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sanchez_(journalist)">Sanchez</a> was no longer employed by the company. There is some speculation whether his firing was motivated by his comments or for other, internal reasons. <a href="/biography/brooke-baldwin">Brook Baldwin</a> took over the anchoring spot after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Sanchez_(journalist)">Sanchez</a>’s firing.

Baldwin has also contributed to CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live with <a href="/biography/anderson-cooper">Anderson Cooper</a> beginning in 2010. She currently anchors the afternoon edition of CNN Newsroom from 2 to 4 p.m. She also anchors the show #MusicMonday, a weekly show named after the Twitter hashtag where she profiles different music personalities. She will be the last news anchor to host The Lead from Atlanta, before the show starts airing from Washington, D.C. She is said to earn an estimated $1.3 million salary annually.

Besides being attractive and charming, Brooke Baldwin is a highly talented <a href="/biography/brooke-baldwin">personality</a> who has carved a space of her own with her compassionate and witty performance. She believes in building trust and rapport, before starting her interviews. Her reporting style is said to mirror the golden age of CNN, and her graceful and pleasing presentations has won many hearts. She has used her media influence take on social responsibility, rather than simply presenting her shows as a series of updates. Her #wecandobetter Twitter campaign is an excellent sample of her social contribution. In this campaign, she talks about child abuse and ways to help children in need.

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Brooke Baldwin has been the nerve center both in the field and at the studio, anchoring breaking news events. She covered the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in London, the Presidential election in 2012, the 2012 Tsunami in Japan, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden">Osama Bin Laden</a>’s death. Baldwin contributed to extensive coverage of the Boston marathon bombings, anchoring special coverage in the wake of the bombing and working 21 days straight. Several months later, she returned to interview survivors and anchor a live show at Fenway Park during the world series. She also has reported live from the red carpet at the Golden Globe awards.

Her on air experience has not been without missteps. In 2016, she incorrectly claimed that there were term limits on members of Congress. Previously, during the 2015 Baltimore protests, she incorrectly attributed comments about the possibility of veterans causing the unrest. However, her Twitter and on-air apologies were later lauded by media critics. She has also responded graciously to her parodying by Saturday Night Live’s <a href="/biography/cecily-strong">Cecily Strong</a>.

Baldwin’s first one hour long documentary To Catch a Killer won the Silver World Medal for Best Investigative Report at the Festivals International Television and Film Awards 2012 in New York. She was also nominated for an Emmy for her coverage of the protests of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Eric_Garner">Eric Garner</a>’s death in 2014. Baldwin hosted a town hall on gun violence in 2015, earning her a spot as a finalist for a Peabody Award.

In 2015, Baldwin climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. She wrote an article about her journey for CNN after she returned. The article talks about her personal experiences, what she enjoyed on the trip, advice for mountain-climbing and how her guide made it possible.

During her time on CNN, she has attracted attention on several occasions for her handling of sexism and gender issues. She has in the past cut short an interview with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay_Travis">Clay Travis</a> over a sexist comment. Additionally, she has been critical about <a href="/biography/donald-trump">President</a> <a href="/biography/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>. In her program “American Woman”, Baldwin interviews women who have led the way in campaigning for women’s rights.

Baldwin has hosted several speaking engagements. These include giving the May 2017 commencement address at her  alma-mater, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, speaking at the 7th annual Neighbor Celebration in Washington, D.C., and hosting Mother Nature Network’s White House Correspondents’ Jam at Hamilton Live, also in 2017. She has also given a commencement address to her college preparatory school West Minster Schools.

Baldwin has a few minor credits on IMDb, playing herself or an extra in several movies, including appearing briefly as a news anchor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

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