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Lynn Marie Berry serves and an anchor/correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Berry can be seen weekday mornings anchoring Early Today on NBC, First Look on MSNBC and newsbreaks on Wake Up With Al on The Weather Channel. Berry occasionally fills in dayside on MSNBC Live and weekends as rotating news anchor on Weekend Today.

Berry joined MSNBC in 2010 from News 4 New York where she was a General Assignment Reporter since January 2009.

Early life and career[link]

Lynn Berry graduated Magna Cum Laude from Miami University in Ohio where she was a Mass Communications major and wrote for the university newspaper. Following graduation, she interned with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. In 2001, she joined the NBC Page Program in Los Angeles and then moved east where she joined the Today Show.

Berry joined WNBC from NBC-owned station WCAU in Philadelphia where she was a general assignment reporter since June 2007. In January 2008 her role was expanded and she was promoted to co-anchor of "NBC 10 Weekend Today" on Saturday and Sunday mornings.^[1]

Prior to WCAU, Berry was a producer and online Correspondent for NBC's "Today Show" in New York. She also freelanced as a news reporter for NBC-owned station WVIT in Hartford, Connecticut.

Berry was recognized in 2007 with a Mother's Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Media Award.

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Lynn Berry was the editor-in-chief of The Moscow Times, the leading English-language daily in Russia, until June 2006. She was replaced by former deputy editor Andrew McChesney. Berry first became the editor of The Moscow Times in January 2001 and the length of her tenure has made her the longest-serving editor in the newspaper's 14-year history.

Before being appointed editor, Berry occupied the night editor position and was later promoted to managing editor. Previous to her stint with The Moscow Times, she worked in the Moscow bureau of the Associated Press. She is now Associated Press news editor in Moscow.

Career profile:

• 1981, BA (Hons) in Slavic Languages and Literatures, Lawrence University;
• 1984, MA in Slavic Languages and Literatures and Certificate in Russian and East European Area Studies, Indiana University;
• 1984-1986, Research Fellow, Warsaw University.
• 1987-1989 Police and General Assignment Reporter, The Evening Phoenix, Pennsylvania;
• 1989-1992, Journalist, The Associated Press, Philadelphia Bureau; 1992-95, International Desk, New York; 1995-1998, Moscow Bureau;
• 1998-2000, Night Editor and Managing Editor, The Moscow Times;
• 2001-2006, Editor-in-chief, The Moscow Times.

Sources[link]

• Profiles, World Economic Forum

Brooke Baldwin is an American news anchor. She appears on the weekday edition of CNN Newsroom.

Early life and career[link]

Brooke Baldwin was born on July 12, 1979. She attended United States Space Camp at the age of 13 and served as commander of her mission there. The week, she said, "was incredibly cool." ^[2]

Baldwin graduated with a double bachelor's degree in journalism and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She also studied at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City during her undergraduate years.^[3]

She started 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, DC as lead reporter for the 10pm newscast.^[3]

CNN[link]

Baldwin joined CNN and HLN networks in 2008.^[3] She was a contributor on Rick's List, hosted by Rick Sanchez, from the show's inception in January 2010.^[4] 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.^[4] She now anchors CNN Newsroom from 2 to 4pm ET on weekdays. She hosts a weekly segment during her newscast hours known as #MusicMonday (named after the Twitter trend)^[5] profiling various musicians.^[6] Baldwin is the last anchor to broadcast from Atlanta on weekdays, before The Situation Room goes on air from Washington, DC.

Baldwin hosted the central time countdown from Nashville, Tennessee as part of CNN's 2011 New Year's Eve coverage.^[7]

On January 14, 2012, she hosted a half-hour special music program named Soundcheck which featured Wilco, Mavis Staples, Mumford & Sons, Ben Sollee, and Janelle Monae.^[8]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Brooke Baldwin — CNN profile
• Brooke Baldwin at CNN Newsroom website

Veronica De La Cruz (born 13 August 1980) is a Filipino American^[1] television anchor formerly with CNN. In July 2010, she appeared as a late night anchor on MSNBC. At the current time, she appears on both NBC and MSNBC, primarily anchoring NBC's Early Today show and MSNBC's First Look. Lately, she has been anchoring MSNBC Live at noon after the departure of Contessa Brewer. She also makes appearances on NBC's Today show at the news desk or as a correspondent.

De La Cruz formerly appeared on CNN's Emmy-nominated morning show American Morning from 6am to 9am Eastern time, providing Dotcom Desk information to CNN's early morning viewers. She also substituted as a replacement anchor for CNN U.S. and CNN Headline News. She previously anchored the CNN broadband news service, CNN Pipeline, now CNN LIVE, and was among one of four founding anchors. She became a contributor to their domestic network with the segment "Dotcom Desk", which launched during the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami. Her contributions to CNN's news coverage include reporting on Hurricane Katrina, working with the Victims and Relief desk, and numerous on-line reports with CNN broadband news. De La Cruz joined CNN in 2003 and in 2007 moved from the network's world headquarters in Atlanta to the New York Offices.

De La Cruz has also been on the forefront of new technology. She is one of the first and only cable network news journalists to shoot segments with a Flip Mino video camera, which she edits herself on a Mac. She also regularly engages in discussion with her viewers via Facebook^[2] and microblogs on Twitter.

She became increasingly popular when she started a campaign to save her brother, Eric De La Cruz's life. Eric De La Cruz needed a heart transplant but was refused due to poor health insurance. She tried raising money through social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook as well as pages that were created for her family's cause. Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor joined the cause and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Mr. De La Cruz as well as bringing much needed attention to the fight for proper health insurance. Despite these efforts, Eric De La Cruz died in July 2009.

Biography[link]

Career[link]

Prior to joining CNN, De La Cruz worked as an anchor and reporter at an NBC affiliate in Yuma, Arizona. She served as morning and mid-day anchor, and did live shots and produced packages for the 5 pm and 6 pm newscasts. However, during her time at KYMA-TV, De La Cruz covered numerous stories on U.S.–Mexico border issues, the nation's nursing shortage, and the plight of the migrant farm worker. During the Olympics, De La Cruz interviewed figure skating hopeful Sasha Cohen. She also produced a series on the homeless before leaving the station in Yuma, with whom she continues to do volunteer work periodically.

Early in her career, De La Cruz hosted a music show for SonicNet/Digital Planet where she interviewed many different artists which included: Hoobastank, Vertical Horizon, Eagle Eye Cherry and the Roots. Her other work includes working as a host and reporter for Eruptor Entertainment's "Living Giant", covering the international music scene, where she reported from locales including Ibiza, Spain. De La Cruz also worked as a host and producer of the show "Direct Drive" on the Digital Entertainment Network.

During the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, De La Cruz interviewed the keynote speaker Bill Gates^[3] of Microsoft shortly before his retirement.

In June 2008, De La Cruz flew to Northern California to work with the Sacramento Vice Squad as they tried to crack down on minors selling themselves through Craigslist. At that time, she asked Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist, why the website continued to advertise Erotic Services^[4] on their site. In November, Craigslist announced they would try to fix the problem by charging for the ads.

De La Cruz, whose mother is of Filipino descent, has done many reports on Asian-Americans.^[5] Among them, growing up Asian in America, human trafficking, and the significance of the Asian-American vote ^[6] in the 2008 Presidential race.

De La Cruz has also anchored live coverage of major breaking stories including the death of former President Ronald Reagan, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict and Hurricane Katrina. Most recently,^[when?] she filed a report on the use of New Media during the Mumbai terror attacks.

Health Care Reform Activism[link]

Tweeple, A magazine covering news related to Twitter named De La Cruz as one of his picks of ^[7] calling her a "Trailblazer" and saying "...She is an inspiration and a catalyst for change beyond just Eric’s scenario. The national exposure is generating more and more debate on the problems in Medicaid, Medicare in the United States..."

On the one year anniversary of the passage of health care reform, De La Cruz made an appearance on MSNBC to share her brother's story. She was interviewed by Contessa Brewer. She also wrote an article about her brother and the need for health care reform for the Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/veronica-de-la-cruz/health-care-year_b_839542.html It was one of many that she has written for them.

On April 20, 2010 she formed the Eric De La Cruz Hope for Hearts foundation in Eric's memory.

Other work[link]

She is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association.

References[link]

External links[link]

• CNN staff biography
• All Things CNN
• Wordpress Blog about Veronica's stories
• UNOfficial Myspace Fan Page
• News Anchor Veronica De La Cruz's Fan Page
• Official Myspace FAN page
• Veronica De La Cruz Interviews Bill Gates
• CNN: Child prostitutes sell themselves on Craigslist
• Images of appearance on "Married With Children"

Patti Ann Browne (born September 10, 1965) is an American news anchor and reporter on the Fox News Channel.^[1][2]

Browne hosts the headline update during several Fox News shows and she substitute anchors various shows. On international feeds of Fox News, she also hosts Fox News Extra segments, which air in place of U.S. commercials. Browne is also a regular guest-panelist on Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld, a late night talk show on Fox News.

Career[link]

Browne has been with Fox News Channel full-time since August 2000, anchoring Fox News Live headline news updates and as a fill in host for shows during many different time slots. Additionally, she anchors hourly news updates for the Fox News Radio network.

Prior to joining Fox News, Browne was an anchor for MSNBC, hosting a 2-hour weekend show, Weekend Morning Line. During her years at MSNBC, she covered un-scripted breaking news and conducted live interviews with international newsmakers. While a part of the NBC news network of channels, Browne also has served as a substitute news anchor on CNBC.

Prior to joining MSNBC, Browne worked for News 12 Long Island, Long Island's 24-hour cable news television channel covering Nassau and Suffolk in NY. While at News 12 she co-anchored the station’s highest-rated show, its 3-hour morning news program. Browne first joined News 12 as a general assignment reporter, and spent several years out in the field, covering major stories side by side with New York City reporters. She also hosted 'Reporter Roundtable', News 12’s weekly half-hour news talk show. Browne received praise for her live coverage from the scene of the Long Island Railroad massacre committed by Colin Ferguson, and for her un-scripted anchoring of the crash of TWA Flight 800. Browne went live from Manhattan covering the investigation after the World Trade Center bombing in 1993. She reported from Washington, D.C. covering national issues affecting Long Island, Browne also reported from Albany, New York covering state politics, and from the United Nations during international crises.

While working evenings at News 12, Browne spent some mornings as host on WBAB, a popular Long Island FM rock music radio station. She was their substitute news anchor for a brief period, opposite DJ Bob Buchman.

Browne gained network affiliate experience as a full-time anchor/reporter at WSJV- TV in South Bend, Indiana — the region’s ABC network affiliate at the time, now a Fox affiliate. Browne headed the station's Michigan Bureau. Browne's first television job was nightly anchor and News Director of WLIG TV 55, seen in New York City and on Long Island. Before moving to television, Browne's broadcast career began in radio, at WLIM-AM on Long Island, NY, where she was morning-drive news anchor/writer.

Education[link]

Browne earned a Masters Degree (GPA 4.0) in Communication Arts from the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, New York. She attended on a full scholarship (teacher assistantship), which involved teaching news-writing and production skills to undergraduates. She was also a general assignment reporter for NYIT’s award-winning news program LI News Tonight, which airs nightly on Long Island cable.

Browne has a Bachelors Degree in Communications from Fordham University in New York City. Many New Yorkers remember her from her college days, when she co-hosted a popular Irish music program on Fordham's far-reaching radio station WFUV-FM (90.7FM). She was also news anchor and News Director of that 50,000-watt station.

In addition, Browne was editor of Fordham’s literary magazine "Alternative Motifs". While at Fordham, Browne worked for Newsweek Magazine part-time for four years, and was an intern for Joan Lunden’s syndicated weekly television show on parenting called “Mother’s Day” (later "Every Day").

Personal[link]

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Browne lives in the New York City area with her husband and son. She grew up in Queens, New York. She has an identical twin sister and a younger sister. She remains close to them, their husbands and her four nieces, as well as to her parents.

Her hobbies include reading, running, volleyball and water-skiing. In 1997 she served as Aide to Grand Marshal of the Glen Cove Saint Patrick’s Day Parade. She has also served as volunteer for Island Harvest (which distributes leftover food) & the Interfaith Nutrition Network (Long Island soup kitchens and shelters).

Browne has traveled independently to many international destinations including Hungary, Austria, England, Ireland, France, Mexico, Canada, in addition to her travels throughout the United States.

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External links[link]

Biography portal

• Personal site
• [1] Fox News biography
• Pictures of Patti Ann