Katharine (Poppy) Julia Harlow (May 2, 1982) is an American news anchor and reporter, best known for her journalism at Forbes.com and her work with CNN on television and online. She is currently a business correspondent and anchor at CNNMoney.com based in New York City where she has worked since leaving Forbes.com in 2007, and where she worked as an anchor, reporter and producer. Harlow is a rising star in the cable news industry, going from a modest job at CBS as an intern to appearing on CNN's CNNMoney.com and on its regular cable program in only three years.

Early life and education[link]

Harlow was born May 2, 1982, in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, area. Harlow enrolled in the exclusive college prep school, the Blake School of Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduating cum laude in 2001. Upon graduation, Harlow attended Columbia University where she majored in Political Science and also studied Middle Eastern Studies. She was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2005.^[1]

Early career[link]

After beginning as an intern at CBS while still in college, Harlow worked for CBS MarketWatch and as an assistant producer for CBS Newspath. Leaving CBS after graduation, Harlow was an anchor and reporter for NY1 News' Local Edition. From January to August 2007, while at NY1, Harlow's news beat covered Staten Island and areas west of New York City area and including TV reporting on local politics, the economy and the local cultural life.

In September, 2007, Harlow was hired by Forbes.com Video Network. Harlow's area of coverage expanded to an international scope as she travelled coast to coast making over 500 video spots covering the fashion, entertainment and business industry. Harlow interviewed notables including business leaders and Fortune 500 CEOs and also covering the financial markets, luxury, travel, technology and energy. Harlow also covered New York City's Broadway district. She also reported on the growing participation of fashion and entertainment people in public service and non-profit organizations to raise public awareness of such issues as AIDS and poverty in Africa.

Career at CNN[link]

Harlow joined CNN in 2008 where she is currently an anchor for CNNMoney.com and is based in New York City. Borrowing on the success of Forbes.com as well as one of its stars, Harlow, CNNMoney produced 30 original video reports a day and played them on its site along with the content it gets from the CNN television network. For this initiative, CNN built a new television studio and hired Harlow and a staff of 11 people. It also brought in stories produced for the site from regular CNN reporters and camera crews. This is the format from which Harlow broadcasts cable-style financial headline reports. Harlow has also appeared on CNN's Larry King show, discussing the effects of the skyrocketing cost of oil.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Poppy Harlow at CNN.com

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Harlow
Harlow Water Gardens, (The recently renovated part of the town centre)
Shown within Essex
Country	United Kingdom
Const Country	England
Region	East of England
Ceremonial County	Essex
Government
• Leadership	Alternative - Sec.31
• Control	Labour
• MP	Robert Halfon
Area
• District	11.79 sq mi (30.54 km2)
Population
• District	Ranked 285th 81,700
• Density	6,930/sq mi (2,675/km2)
• Ethnicity[1]	92.5% White 2.5% Asian 1.8% Black 1.6% Chinese or Other 1.5% Mixed
ONS code	22UJ
Website	http://www.harlow.gov.uk/

Harlow is a new town and local government district in Essex, England. It is located in the west of the county and on the border with Hertfordshire, on the Stort Valley, The town is near the M11 motorway and forms part of the London commuter belt.The district has a current population of 78,889 (2010 estimate).^[2]

History[link]

Etymology[link]

There is some dispute as to where the placename Harlow derives from. One theory is that it derives from the Anglo-Saxon words 'here' and 'hlaw', meaning "army hill", probably to be identified with Mulberry Hill, which was used as the moot or meeting place for the district.

The other theory is that it derives from the words 'here' and 'hearg', meaning "temple hill/mound", probably to be identified with an Iron Age burial mound, later a Roman temple site on River Way.

The original village, mentioned in the Norman Domesday Book, developed as a typical rural community around what is now known as Old Harlow, with many of its buildings still standing.

Early history[link]

The earliest deposits are of a Mesolithic (circa 10,000 BC) hunting camp excavated by Davey in Northbrooks in the 1970s(Unpublished) closely followed by the large and unexcavated deposits of Neolithic flint located at Gilden Way. These deposits are mostly known of due to the large numbers of surface bound worked flint ; indeed there is substanital amounts to speculate on organised working of flint in the area. Large amounts of debetage litter the area and tools found include Axeheads, hammers, blades, dowles and other boring tools and multipuprpose flints such as scrapers. An organised Field Walk in the late 1990s by Bartlett(Unpublished)indicates that most of the area, some 80 hectares, produces worked flint from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age with a smattering of Mesolithic ; so basically it indicates organised industry from 5000 BC to 2000 BC. Indeed the deposits are so large and dispersed that any major archaeological work in the area will have to take this into consideration before any ground work is started.

The New Town[link]

The new town was built after World War II to ease overcrowding in London at the same time as the similar orbital developments of Basildon, Stevenage, and Hemel Hempstead. The master plan for the new town was drawn up in 1947 by Sir Frederick Gibberd.^[3][4] The development incorporated the market town of Harlow, now a neighbourhood known as Old Harlow, and the villages of Great Parndon, Latton, Tye Green, Potter Street, Churchgate Street, Little Parndon, and Netteswell. The town is divided into neighbourhoods, each self supporting with their own shopping precincts, community facilities and pub. Gibberd invited many of the country's leading post-war architects to design buildings in the town, including Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, Leonard Manasseh, Michael Neylan, E C P Monson, Gerard Goalen, Maxwell Fry, Jane Drew, Graham Dawbarn and William Crabtree. Harlow has one of the most extensive cycle track networks in the country, connecting all areas of the town to the town centre and industrial areas. The cycle network is composed mostly of the original pre-new town roads.

The town is notable being the location of Britain's first pedestrian precinct,^[5] and first modern-style residential tower block, The Lawn,^[6][7] constructed in 1951; it is now a Grade II listed building. Gibberd's tromp-l'oeil terrace in Orchard Croft and Dawbarn's maisonette blocks at Pennymead are also notable, as is Michael Neylan's pioneering development at Bishopsfield. The first neighbourhood, Mark Hall, is a conservation area. From 1894 to 1955, the Harlow parish formed part of the Epping Rural District of Essex.^[8] From 1955 to 1974, Harlow was an urban district.^[9]

The town centre, and many of its neighbourhood shopping facilities have undergone major redevelopment, along with many of the town's original buildings. Subsequently, many of the original town buildings, including most of its health centres, the Staple Tye shopping centre, and many industrial units have been rebuilt. GIbberd's original town hall, a landmark in the town, has been demolished and replaced by a new civic centre and shopping area.

Redevelopment[link]

The town has already experienced expansion. The first of which was the "mini expansion" that was created by the building of the Sumners and Katherines estates in the mid to late seventies to the west of the existing town. Since then Harlow has further expanded with the Church Langley estate completed in 2005, and its newest neighbourhood Newhall nearing completion. The Harlow Gateway Scheme is currently underway, with the relocation of the Harlow Football Stadium to Barrow's Farm in early 2006, and the building of a new hotel, apartments, and a restaurant adjacent to the railway station being complete. The next stage of this scheme involves the completion of the 530 eco-homes being built on the former sports centre site, and the centre's relocation to the nearby former college playing field site.

Other major developments under consideration include both a northern and southern bypass of the town, and significant expansion to the north, following the completed expansion to the east. The Harlow North^[10] plans, currently awaiting permission, involve an extension of the town across the floodplains on the town's northern border, into neighbouring Hertfordshire. The plan was supported by former MP Bill Rammell, all three political groups on Harlow Council, and the East of England Regional Assembly. It is opposed by Hertfordshire Council Council, East Herts Council, Mark Prisk, MP for Hertford, and Stortford in whose constituency the development would be and all the parishes concerned. The opposition is coordinated by a local group based in neighbouring East Hertfordshire.^[11] An attempt to have Harlow North designated an "Eco Town" was rejected by the Minister for Housing, Caroline Flint, MP in April 2008

The south of the town centre also underwent major regeneration, with the new civic centre being built and the town's famous Water Gardens being redeveloped, a landscape listed by English Heritage. Their intended effect is somewhat spoiled by the abutment of a range of new shops, a major superstore, and several restaurants and cafés. It is likely that this development will be continued throughout the rest of the shopping district, with plans awaiting planning permission to be granted.

Economy[link]

Harlow was originally expected to provide a majority of employment opportunities in manufacturing, with two major developments of The Pinnacles and Templefields providing the biggest employers in the region; as with the rest of the country, this manufacturing base has declined and Harlow has had to adjust.

The original manufacturing took the form of a biscuit factory, on the Pinnacles. Owned and run as a Co-Op, it provided employment to the town for over 50 years, before closing in 2002. It has since been demolished and the site is now small industrial units. At its peak, the factory employed over 500 people. At the time of its closure, the owner was Burton's Foods Ltd. An £8million production line – installed in 1999 – was left to rust in the car park upon the closure of the factory.

Raytheon and GlaxoSmithKline both have large premises within the town. Nortel also had a large site on the eastern edge of the town, acquired when STC was bought in 1991, and it was here that Charles K. Kao developed optical fibre data transmission. Nortel still has a presence, but it is much reduced. One of Europe's leading online golf stores, Onlinegolf, is also based in Harlow.

Unemployment is frequently around 10%, higher than the national average in the UK. Harlow also has a large number of people in social housing, almost 30%^[2] of dwellings being housing association and local authority owned, and many more privately rented.

Politics[link]

See also: Harlow (UK Parliament constituency), Harlow local elections

Labour MP Bill Rammell was reelected in the 2005 general election, with a majority of only 97 after considerable gains by the Conservative Party since the 1997 and 2001 elections but lost to Robert Halfon, Conservative, in the 2010 general election. Prior to the 2008 Council elections, no party had overall control of the local authority, which was run by a coalition of Liberal Democrats and Labour Party councillors. However, since the elections, the authority is under Conservative control.

Transport[link]

Rail[link]

A WAGN EMU travels through Harlow station in 2001.

Harlow is served by two railway stations, Harlow Town railway station and Harlow Mill railway station. There is also a bus service to Epping tube station on the London Underground.

Road[link]

Harlow is reached from junction 7 of the M11 motorway, which runs from London to Cambridge, placing it within a short distance of Stansted Airport and the A120 and the orbital M25 motorway. Running through the town is the A414, a major road from Hertford to Chelmsford and linking the town with the A10 to the west. This road is often a cause of major congestion to the town and is awaiting a decision of both a southern and northern bypass to the town, with the Harlow North proposal including the latter as part of its bid to secure planning permission for 8,000 homes to the North of the town. It is unlikely to be built in the near future however. Another major road running from Harlow is the A1184, which also leads to the nearby town of Bishop's Stortford.

Air[link]

Bishop's Stortford is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport, though Harlow is only 10 miles from this major transport hub, and therefore provides several hundred airport employees. BAA , the airport operator, withdrew a planning application for a second runway after the General Election of 2010, when all major political parties opposed it. .

Bus[link]

Harlow bus station

Harlow has an extensive bus network and serves as a regional hub for the local area, with operators such as Arriva East Herts & Essex, SM Coaches, Roadrunner Coaches, Centrebus, and TWH Bus & Coach.

Future transport plans[link]

Harlow First Avenue Multi-Modal Corridor[link]

Harlow First Avenue Multi-Modal Corridor

Developments in and around Harlow.
Location	Essex
Proposer	Essex County Council
cost estimate	£4.4 million (2008)
completion date	February 2010
Geometry	KML

Essex County Council is involved in development to Harlow's First Avenue, which is intended to reduce congestion and create better transport connections between the Newhall housing developments. The scheme was implemented in two phases, each phase focusing on developing First Avenue on either side of Howard Way. Phase two has an estimated cost of £4.4 million and is due to be completed in early 2010, phase one is already complete and is listed as having had £3.6 million of funding from the Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF).^[12] The scheme includes construction of a shared use cycleway and development to the bus service along first avenue and into the Newhall development site where 'high quality bus' services between Harlow town centre and Harlow Town Railway station are listed as part of the development.

Healthcare[link]

Harlow is served by the NHS Princess Alexandra Hospital, situated on the edge of The High, which is the main Town Centre area of Harlow. This hospital has a 24 hour Accident & Emergency and Urgent Care Centre.

There is also a private hospital called The Rivers, which is located on the outskirts of Harlow. It is run by the Capio group alongside the Jacobs Centre which serves neurological patients.

Education[link]

Harlow contains six secondary schools, most of which now have specialist status, and one College.

• Mark Hall Specialist Sports College - Sports College^[13]
• St Mark's Catholic School - Business & Enterprise Specialist^[14] (Also has a sixth form as part of the school)
• Burnt Mill Academy - Performing arts College^[15]
• Stewards Academy - Science Specialist^[16]
• Passmores Academy - Technology College^[17]
• Harlow College - College^[18]
• Saint Nicholas School

Brays Grove School closed down in 2008 due to falling numbers of school aged students in the town. Passmores School and Technology College moved into a brand new £23 million school in September 2011 on the site of the old Brays Grove School.^[19]

In the 1980s a further two secondary schools were closed, Latton Bush (now a commercial centre and recreational centre) and Netteswell (now forms part of the Harlow College Campus)^[20] is a major further educational centre, covering GCSE's, A-Levels, and many vocational subjects including Hair & Beauty Therapy, Construction, Mechanics, ICT, and a new centre for Plumbing due to open. The college is currently under major regeneration and is due to open a new university centre in partnership with Anglia Ruskin University, covering mostly Foundation degrees in a variety of subjects relevant to local employers needs.

Memorial University of Newfoundland also has a small international campus located in Old Harlow.

Sport and leisure[link]

Harlow Rugby Football Club play their home games at Ram Gorse in the town. The first team plays in the London & South East Division II North East league.

Harlow has 4 cricket clubs.

Harlow Town Cricket Club was formed in 1960 as Stort Cricket Club and used the new Sportcentre ground but now plays at Ash Tree Field.[22] The club now competes in Shepherad neame League and runs 5 league, 7 colts sides and 3 veterans teams making it the biggest cricket club in Harlow in terms of size.http://stort.play-cricket.com/content/view.asp?id=10173577&cid=202</ref>

Harlow Cricket Club traces its history back to 1774.^[21] The club plays league cricket in the Essex Shepherd Neame League from its Old Harlow ground of Marigolds. Near neighbour Potter Street & Church Langley Cricket Club play in the Herts & Essex League. Netteswell & Burnt Mill Cricket Club dates back to 1889 and plays friendly cricket against local clubs.

The town's football team Harlow Town F.C. play in the Ryman Division One North. In October 2006 they moved into their new stadium at Barrows Farm, and their old ground at the Harlow Sportcentre has been demolished to make way for new housing facilities as part of the Gateway Scheme, which will also see a brand new sports centre complex built in the centre of the town, on the former Harlow College playing field.

The town was the site of the UK's first purpose-built sports centre, Harlow Sports Centre, in 1960. The building is due to be replaced on 1 July 2010 [2] by the state-of-the-art Harlow Leisure Park, built near Harlow College as part of the Gateway Project. Harlows 'Leisurezone' opened on 23 June 2010, with new dry and wet sports facilities, including Tennis, gym, football, martial arts, swimming and UFC

There has recently been a new skatepark built in Harlow next to Burnt Mill School the project has been funded by investment of over £300,000, largely coming from Harlow Council with £57,500 coming from Sport England. The park also has many security features such as 24/7 CCTV coverage, and is floodlit at night. The 650sq metre park is made entirely from concrete, and has a bowl as well as a street course which contains quarter pipes, flat banks, rails and steps. It is suitable for people of all ages as well as skateboards, inline skates, scooters and BMXs.

Harlow can also lay claim to the 2010 Bowls England Singles Champion when Harlow resident Steve Mitchinson won the final against Scott Edwards from Sussex.

Art and culture[link]

Harlow is the home to a major collection of public sculptures (over 100 in total) by artists ranging from Auguste Rodin to Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. Many of these are owned by the Harlow Art Trust, an organisation set up in 1953 by the lead architect of Harlow Frederick Gibberd. Gibberd had idealist notions of the New Town as a place where people who might not normally have access to art could enjoy great sculptures by great artists on every street corner. Consequently almost all of Harlow's sculpture collection is located in the open air, in shopping centres, housing estates and parks around the town.^[22]

In 2009 Harlow Council voted to celebrate Harlow's collection of sculpture by branding Harlow as 'Harlow Sculpture Town - The World's First Sculpture Town'. Harlow Sculpture Town began as an initiative from Harlow Art Trust, this will see Harlow present itself to the world as 'Sculpture Town', in a similar way to Hay-on-Wye's presentation of itself as Booktown.^[23][24]

As part of the 'Sculpture Town' branding, Harlow is also home to the Gibberd Garden, the former home of Frederick and Elizabeth Gibberd, which is a managed twentieth-century garden, and home to some of the Gibberd's private sculpture collection.^[25]

Harlow is also the location of the Playhouse Theatre,^[26] and an art gallery, called the Gibberd Gallery, located in the Civic Centre, containing a collection of twentieth-century watercolours and temporary exhibitions.^[27] There are many dance schools in harlow, many of the west end performers trained at the facilities in Harlow.

Environment[link]

A major feature to the new town is its green wedges, with over 1/3 of the town being parkland or open space. Harlow Town Park is one of the largest urban parks in Britain, and occupies a large area of the central town. Each estate is also separated by open space.

The town is in a very dry area of the UK, with nearby Maldon being the driest area in the country.^{[citation needed]} In 2006 the entire South East of England was affected by drought, with Harlow covered by a water restriction order, preventing unnecessary use of water. The area is generally much milder than most other parts of the UK.

The summer of 2006 also saw flash floods hit many parts of the town, causing major roads through the town to become temporarily impassable, and severe damage to many properties around the town. As a result, the council is reviewing its flood defences and drainage systems.^{[citation needed]}

People from Harlow[link]

For a full list, see Category:People from Harlow

Twin towns[link]

• Havířov, Czech Republic
• Stavanger, Norway
• Vélizy-Villacoublay, France
• Tingalpa, Australia

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Harlow

• Visit Harlow - a website from Harlow District Council

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Coordinates: 51°46′44″N 0°07′41″E / 51.779°N 0.128°E / 51.779; 0.128

Kiran Chetry
Kiran Chetry captured on June 9, 2010
Born	Kiran Carrie Chetry (1974-08-26) August 26, 1974 (age 37) Kathmandu, Nepal
Education	University of Maryland, College Park
Occupation	News anchor
Years active	1995–present
Spouse	Chris Knowles
Children	Maya Rose Knowles (b. February 8, 2006) Christopher Chetry Knowles (b. April 17, 2008)

Kiran Carrie Chetry (born August 26, 1974) is a Nepalese American television broadcast journalist anchor who, until 2011 she was a cable news anchor for CNN's early morning program. From 2001 to 2007 she reported – and then anchored – cable news at Fox News.

Biography[link]

Personal[link]

Early life[link]

Kiran (Sanskrit: किरण, kiraņ) means "ray of light".^[1] Chetry (Nepali: छेत्री, Chhetrĩ) refers to the large traditional caste of rulers and soldiers among Hindus in the Middle Hills of Nepal. Kiran's father Hom Chetry belongs to this caste and uses it as his surname. Kiran's mother Nancy is of Ukrainian, Dutch and German ancestry.^[2] The couple met while Nancy was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nepal.

Kiran was born in Patan Hospital (Shanta Bhawan), Kathmandu. Seven months later her parents moved their new family to America. Kiran grew up in Gaithersburg, Maryland and attended Montgomery Blair High School (Silver Spring, Maryland) where she served in student government, danced on the pom squad,^[3] and competed on the swim team.^[4] Upon graduation she enrolled at the University of Maryland, College Park's College of Journalism, where she joined the Alpha Pi chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority^[5] and received her bachelor of arts in broadcast journalism.

Family[link]

Chetry is married to Chris Knowles, a former Fox News Channel and erstwhile New York City WPIX-TV weekend weatherman.^[6] On February 8, 2006, Chetry gave birth to their 6 lb. 10oz. daughter, Maya Rose. (Chetry has included her in special segments on Fox & Friends and American Morning.) On October 24, 2007, Chetry announced that she and Knowles were expecting their second child in an exclusive interview published by People magazine:^[7] Kiran gave birth to their first son, Christopher Chetry Knowles, on April 17, 2008 at 10:45pm weighing 7 pounds.

Career[link]

Chetry began her career in 1995 at News 21 in Rockville, Maryland. The next year she moved to WICU-TV in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she was the main anchor and health reporter. (She met her future husband Chris Knowles there who was the prime time news anchor.) She received the Best Enterprise Reporting award from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association in 1997 for her series "Young and Hooked," which looked at teen smoking. In 1999 Chetry went from WICU-TV to KXTV in Sacramento, California to work as a morning anchor and reporter until joining Fox News Channel.^[8]

In 2001 Chetry joined the cable news network Fox News Channel as a general reporter, first appearing on March 8, 2001, in a story about eating ice cream. The next year Chetry was honored with the Making our Mark (MOM) Award from the Association of Nepalis in the Americas.^[9] During her time at Fox News, she worked as a rotating anchor for Fox News Live and the early morning news program Fox & Friends First. In late 2005, she became a regular co-host on the network's weekend morning news program, Fox & Friends Weekend.

Departure from FNC[link]

In early 2007, as Chetry's contract with Fox News neared the end of its term, the network negotiated with Chetry's agent to renew her contract. Her contract was expected to be renewed with her continuing to co-host Fox & Friends Weekend. However, talks ended when Fox News claimed in a February 15, 2007, letter to Chetry's agent, that Chetry had demanded "that Fox News include a clause in her new agreement that would have been detrimental to other Fox News Talent." The cable news network added that it would not renew her contract and that she was free to leave before the expiration of her contract:^[10] Chetry exercised that option. Allegedly, Chetry wanted a clause in her contract that would have had Gretchen Carlson, a co-anchor of Fox & Friends, fired.^[11][12] Chetry's agent countered that the allegation of Chetry's wanting Carlson fired was "absolutely false".^[13] Another source said that the clause in question merely requested a written clarification of whether Chetry would become a "Fox & Friends" co-host and, if so, when. If that were not to happen by a certain date, then Chetry would have a window to exit her new contract.^[14]

American Morning co-anchor[link]

Reportedly, CNN signed Chetry within an hour of her release from the Fox News Channel. After the deal had been inked, Chetry stated, "CNN is the gold standard when it comes to journalism, and I am thrilled to be part of the team."^[15] On February 16, 2007, Chetry began work as a CNN anchor and correspondent. That very day she served as a co-host on American Morning in the morning, and anchored Anderson Cooper 360 that evening. She went on to substitute as an anchor for Paula Zahn Now and CNN Newsroom.^[8]

On April 4, 2007, CNN's President Jonathan Klein officially announced Chetry as the new co-anchor. Her first American Morning broadcast was on April 16, 2007, the same day as the Virginia Tech Massacre. Initially, Chetry co-hosted from New York whereas John Roberts did so from Washington: eventually both generally co-anchored from CNN's New York bureau. John Roberts later left CNN to become an Atlanta-based correspondent for FOX News Channel. In addition to her American Morning duties, Chetry co-hosted with Roberts two CNN prime-time previews of the 2007 YouTube Democratic debate and the 01/07/08 CNN Election Center analysis of the post Michigan-primary presidential race. Moreover, she served as the iParty correspondent on CNN's 2008 New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper.

Kiran's last day on American Morning and at CNN was July 29, 2011.^[16]

Sex symbol[link]

In 2006 Kiran made Maxim magazine's top ten list of TV's Sexiest News Anchors, placing third on the list: Kiran was ranked as America's sexiest female anchor and the world's second sexiest female anchor.^[17] On September 24, 2007, on American Morning, CNN's medical correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen, used Kiran's photo to illustrate a study on the biological reasons that people gaze longer at attractive individuals: the segment on an American Morning was entitled, "Who's Hot to You? Why You Can't Look Away." A mere month later, Kiran was featured in Esquire's "Women We Love: The Newsgirls."^[18] As to the attention to her physical beauty, Kiran stated, "It's not my primary focus." She added, "It's nice, it's a compliment, [and] sometimes, it's a little out of control." [Kirthana Ramisetti, "Kiran Chetry: A Ray of Light in Morning News," East West Magazine, June 15, 2007, 44]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kiran Chetry

	Biography portal
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• Kiran Chetry on Twitter
• Kiran Chetry on Facebook
• Kiran Chetry at the Internet Movie Database
• Kiran Chetry at the Notable Names Database
• Q&A: Kiran Chetry: On Career Transition, Nepal and Journalism, Nepal Monitor, July 8, 2007
• FNC loses Kiran: Fox to CNN, Carpe Diem
• Yahoo Groups Kiran Chetry
• SAJAforum coverage of Kiran Chetry
• Kiran Chetry unofficial website

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