Brooke Baldwin Bio, Wiki
Brooke Baldwin is an American journalist and television host, who up until mid-April 2021, hosted CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin which typically aired from 3 pm to 4 pm ET weekdays on CNN. Baldwin joined CNN in 2008. Besides being the host of CNN Newsroom, she was also the creator and host of CNN’s Digital series “American Woman”. The series focused on the stories of trailblazing women who had broken barriers in their respective fields and were now helping other women do the same.
Brooke Baldwin Age
She was born on July 12, 1979, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Baldwin is 42 years old as of 2021.
Brooke Baldwin Height
Baldwin boasts of a height of 5 ft 9 in (Approx.1. 75 m).
Brooke Baldwin Family
She was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the U.S to her parents. Baldwin is an American by nationality and she is of Anglo-Saxon descent. Furthermore, she was raised by her middle-class family in the same place. Baldwin’s parents were regular workers, where her mother was a teacher while her father served as a consultant. Unfortunately, when Baldwin was only 12 years old, a tragedy struck her family. Her mother died because of cancer. Additionally, Baldwin is a distant cousin of the Baldwin brothers William, Stephen, and Alec, who are famous in the entertainment industry.
Brooke Baldwin Husband
Baldwin revealed in July 2017, that she was engaged to James Fletcher an English producer. The couple got married in May 2018. They live in West Village, New York with their a pug.
Brooke Baldwin Education
She enrolled in The Westminster Schools, a private college-preparatory school. Subsequently, in 2001, Baldwin graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Moreover, she received a degree in journalism from the university’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media. As an undergraduate, Baldwin also studied abroad at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.
Brooke Baldwin CNN Newsroom
Baldwin’s career commenced in 2001 when she started working at WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Virginia. Eventually, she got a job as a morning anchor at the WOWK-TV channel. With time, Baldwin moved from Virginia to Washington, D.C., where she became a lead reporter for WTTG news. Moreover, her amazing skills gave her a CNN job in 2008, and since when she became a constant reporter and anchor of CNN. In 2011, she got an opportunity to co-anchor the coverage of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ final launch.
Baldwin created a documentary titled “To Catch a Serial Killer” in 2012. Furthermore, the documentary won her a Silver World Medal for Best Investigative Report at the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards. Moreover, she also covered the 2014 chokehold death protests in New York, and for this, she got an Emmy nomination. Baldwin covered two presidential inaugurations. In 2013, she served at Barack Obama’s second inauguration. In 2017, Baldwin was assigned to report on Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony. She also hosted the celebrations of New Year’s Eve on CNN, regularly.
Brooke Baldwin Huddle | Book
She is the author of the book; Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power. The book documents and presents the cause and effect of women pooling their strengths together to assist each other achieve their dreams. Baldwin’s other achievements include hosting the digital series “American Woman”, where she brought awareness to the problem of women in the workplace and told stories of women who managed to become successful, despite all the prejudice and stereotypes.
Brooke Baldwin Covid-19
In April 2020, Baldwin was diagnosed with COVID-19, some days after CNN colleague Chris Cuomo was diagnosed. However, she returned to work on April 27, 2020, after making a full recovery.
Brooke Baldwin Salary
Her annual salary is estimated to range between $ 100,000 – $ 500,000.
Brooke Baldwin Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through her career as a journalist.
