Alisyn Camerota
Alisyn Camerota | |
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Born | Alisyn Lane Camerota June 21, 1966 Shrewsbury, New Jersey, U.S. |
Alma mater | American University |
Occupation(s) | Broadcast journalist, CNN anchor |
Employer | CNN |
Spouse |
Tim Lewis (m. 2002) |
Children | 3 |
Alisyn Lane Camerota (born June 21, 1966)
Camerota covered the aftermath of
Outside of her role anchoring New Day, Camerota anchored a number of
Prior to joining CNN, Camerota worked for many years at Fox News, most notably as part of the Fox & Friends franchise and as co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend. Her first novel, Amanda Wakes Up, about an idealistic young journalist who finds herself with a plum spot at a cable news channel during a crazy presidential race was published by Viking in 2017 and was selected by NPR as one of the best books of the year, and by O, The Oprah Magazine as "a must read."
Early life and education
Camerota is a native of Shrewsbury, New Jersey.[2] She graduated from the School of Communication of the American University in Washington, D.C., with a degree in broadcast journalism.[citation needed]
Career
Early broadcasting career
Before joining Fox, Camerota worked at a number of different stations, including
Fox News
Camerota joined the network in February, 1998 as a
In October 2007, Camerota started a blog on the
Camerota began co-hosting
At the end of the afternoon broadcast on March 14, 2014, Camerota marked the end of her 16-year run with the network in a farewell to her afternoon audience.
Camerota states that she was sexually harassed by Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes,[5] is briefly portrayed by Tricia Helfer in the movie Bombshell.
CNN
On July 14, 2014, CNN and CNN International announced that Camerota had joined the CNN news team to serve as a TV anchor with a time slot to be announced.[6] She co-anchored on CNN's New Day the morning of Friday, July 25, 2014 and Monday, August 25, 2014 and in 2015 became a permanent co-anchor of New Day, whose viewership reportedly increased by 9 percent after she was added to the program.[7]
On Monday, April 19, 2021, Camerota began co-hosting CNN Newsroom from 2-4 pm with Victor Blackwell.[8]
In September 2022, Camerota was selected to serve as an interim host of CNN Tonight along with Jake Tapper and Laura Coates throughout the 2022 midterm elections where she helmed the 10 p.m. hour.[9]
In January 2023 she was selected to permanently host the 11 p.m. hour of CNN Tonight. In August 2023 CNN announced that Camerota would be replaced by Laura Coates in the 11 p.m. ET hour following a major overhaul in weekday/weekend programming.[10]
Amanda Wakes Up
Camerota wrote Amanda Wakes Up, a novel she began writing while taking notes of her interviews of candidates in the 2012 presidential election. The notes developed into a novel based on her 25 years of working for the news business. She wrote the book with the desire to remind readers of the importance of real journalism.[11] Book reviewer Lincee Ray of the Associated Press wrote that the novel offers "a healthy dose of what it means to weigh ambition against truth".[12][13]
Personal life
Camerota is of
See also
References
- ^ Barilla, Chris (April 7, 2021). "Heads up, 'New Day' Fans: Alisyn Camerota Is Leaving the Program". Distractify. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
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- ^ Lauren Green leaves Fox and Friends Archived August 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Inside Cable News
- ^ Weprin, Alex. "'The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson' To Debut At 2 PM On Fox News September 30". mediabistro.com. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
- ^ CNN's Alisyn Camerota: Roger Ailes sexually harassed me CNN Money
- ^ "Alisyn Camerota Joins CNN as Anchor". CNN. July 14, 2014.
- ^ "CNN Ranks Second in Cable News for 13th Consecutive Month". TV by the Numbers. July 28, 2015. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Strohm, Emily (July 9, 2021). "CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Victor Blackwell Say They Had an 'Instant Bond' When They Became Co-Hosts". People.
Camerota, 55, has anchored CNN's morning program...
- ^ "CNN Has Temporary Primetime Assignments for Jake Tapper, Laura Coates, Alisyn Camerota". September 22, 2022.
- ^ Darcy, Oliver (August 14, 2023). "CNN announces sweeping new lineup ahead of 2024 election | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
- ^ Locke, Kaitlyn (July 29, 2017). "CNN's Alisyn Camerota talks new book — and real news". The Boston Globe. John W. Henry. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- ^ "Novel takes energetic look at life of ambitious news anchor". ABC News. American Broadcasting Company. Associated Press. July 25, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- ^ Ray, Lincee (July 29, 2017). "News anchor struggles to balance integrity, ratings". Boston Herald. Patrick J. Purcell. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
- ^ "NOIAW Honors Alisyn Camerota and Jeanne Mariani Sullivan April 16 at the St. Regis New York". We the Italians. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
- ^ "Television". Boston Herald. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ "News Anchor Discusses Heartache of Infertility". Parenting. February 24, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ "BRINGING HOPE TO THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH INFERTILITY - RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association". familybuilding.resolve.org. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ Weiss, Laura (July 27, 2017). "Westporter, CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota on local talking tour with new book". Westport News.