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Randi Kaye (born November 19, 1967) is an American television news journalist for CNN. She is based in New York and is currently serving as an investigative reporter for Anderson Cooper 360°.
Kaye graduated cum laude from Boston University with a degree in broadcast journalism in 1989.
She began her television career at ABC, working for Nightline and then Peter Jennings. She then moved to KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Kaye also worked for WFAA-TV in Dallas as a reporter and anchor, KMSP-TV in Minneapolis where she hosted Everyday Living, WWOR-TV in New York/New Jersey and WCCO-TV in Minneapolis as anchor of the 5pm and 10pm newscasts.
Kaye joined CNN in December 2004. In addition to being a national correspondent, she is an investigative reporter for Anderson Cooper 360°. She previously anchored the 1:00–2:00 pm ET weekday slot on CNN Newsroom. After several changes at the network and the departure of previous weekend mornings anchor T. J. Holmes, she took over as permanent weekend anchor. In April 2013, Kaye left CNN Newsroom in order to return to her role at AC360°.