Brooke Baldwin

Brooke Baldwin: Biography in Details

Who is Brooke Baldwin?

Brooke Baldwin is a TV newscaster and a host of America. Brooke is also a business owner.

She is best known as the host of the show, CNN Newsroom. She is also known as the former contributor to CNN’s news and commentary program Rick’s List in 2010.

Furthermore, she is the creator/host of ‘American Woman’.

Who are the parents of Brooke Baldwin?

Talking about her early life, Brooke was born Lauren Brooke Baldwin on 12 July 1979.

Brooke Baldwin experienced her childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. She is an American by nationality and she is of Anglo-Saxon descent.

Brooke belonged to a middle-class American family. Her father was a consultant at Deloitte and her mother was a teacher.

Her mom died when Brooke was 12 years old which is also just five months before her 40th birthday due to cancer.

Her distant cousins are Alec Baldwin, William Baldwin, and Stephen Baldwin, who are all in the entertainment field.

Brooke Baldwin liked to play guitar.

Education

As per her education, Brooke Baldwin attended Westminster Schools, a private college preparatory school in Atlanta.

After her high school graduation, she attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in North Carolina and graduated with a double bachelor’s degree in journalism and Spanish in 2001.

During her undergraduate years, she also studied at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City.

Brooke Baldwin: Professional Life, Career

After graduation, Brooke Baldwin began her career at WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Virginia. She became the morning anchor at WOWK-TV in Huntington and the West Virginia area.

Brooke Baldwin later joined WTTG in Washington, D.C., where she worked as a lead reporter for the 10 pm newscast.

In 2008, she signed a contract with CNN and HLN networks. She worked as a contributor on Rick’s List, hosted by Rick Sanchez but she was fired from the show in 2010 for making some anti-Semitic remarks.

Brooke Baldwin was hired by CNN Newsroom where she worked as the anchor from 2 to 4 pm ET on weekdays.

At the same time, she hosted a weekly segment, #MusicMonday. CNN’s 2011 New Year’s Eve coverage, hosted the central time countdown from Nashville, Tennessee.

In June 2012, Brooke hosted CNN’s coverage of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee in London and her co-host was Piers Morgan. Currently, she is working as the host of CNN Newsroom.

Brooke Baldwin has also experimented in the acting field. She was featured in the movie Drunkards in 2009. It was a short appearance of just around 15 minutes.

In 2012, her documentary, To Catch a Killer was awarded a Silver World Medal for Best Investigative Report at the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards.

Recently Brooke Baldwin made an announcement that she would leave CCN in mid-April.

In 2017, CNN enrolled her series American Woman which also featured Sheryl Crow, Betty White, Ava DuVernay, Diane von Fürstenberg, Issa Rae, Ashley Graham, Tracy Reese, and Pat Benatar.

Brooke Baldwin: Awards, Nominations

In 2018, Brooke Baldwin was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Breaking News Coverage.

Moreover, in 2015, she was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form.

Furthermore, her documentary titled To Catch a Serial Killer won a Silver World Medal for Best Investigative Report at the NY Festivals International Television & Film Awards in 2012.

How much does Brooke Baldwin earn in 2024?

Brooke Baldwin has a net worth of $ 1.3 million according to the sources. Similarly, she has an annual salary of around $60,000 from CNN.

Trivia

• Brooke has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.
• On 8th April 2019, she was invited as a speaker at Harvard University.
• She is the creator of American women.

Brooke Baldwin: Rumors, Criticism

It is been posted on several websites that Brooke Baldwin is a married woman since 2010 and her husband is Jay David, a veterinary specialist in horses.

She responded later by saying she was surprised by such news about her marriage to some person whom she has not heard of.

Brooke Baldwin faced controversy and was criticized by the audiences during the 2015 Baltimore protests when she suggested that veterans were responsible for the unrest, saying soldiers who became police officers “are coming back from the war, they don’t know the communities, and they’re ready to do battle.”

The next day, she apologized via Twitter for what she said.

Also, she criticized Donald Trump’s jokes in the midst of the Dow dropping more than 500 points.

She was quick to react and say that she was glad all this was funny to the president whether it was farmers losing their livelihood or workers losing part of their tough-earned 401(k)s.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Brooke Baldwin has a height of 5 Feet and 10 Inches and her body weight is 67 kg or 148 lbs.

She has a body measurement of 36-27-36 inches and her bra size is 34B.

She has a blue eye color and her hair color is blonde, her dress size is 10(US) and her shoe size is 8.5(US).

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Being an anchor, Brooke Baldwin is active on social media like Facebook, Twitter as well as YouTube.

She has more than 305.4k followers on Twitter. Furthermore, she has more than 74.2k followers on Facebook.

Previously, Brooke Baldwin was active on Instagram as well with the username, @BrookeBCNN, however, the account is now deactivated.

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