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Campbell Brown
Born
Alma Dale Campbell Brown

(1968-06-14) June 14, 1968 (age 56)
Ferriday, Louisiana, United States
StatusMarried
EducationRegis University
OccupationBroadcast journalist
Notable credit(s)Co-anchor of Weekend Today
Anchor of CNN Election Center
Anchor of Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull
SpouseDan Senor (2006 - present)
ChildrenEli James Senor (b. December 18, 2007)
AwardsEmmy Award
Websitehttp://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/brown.campbell.html

Campbell Brown (born June 14, 1968) is an American television news reporter, currently an anchor and political pundit for CNN and a former co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today. She won an Emmy award for her reporting on Hurricane Katrina while with NBC.Cite error: The <ref> tag has too many names (see the help page).

Early life and family

Campbell Brown was born Alma Dale Campbell Brown on June 14, 1968 in Ferriday, Louisiana, the daughter of former Louisiana Democratic State Senator, Secretary of State, and Insurance Commissioner James H. "Jim" Brown Jr., and Brown's first wife, artist Dale Campbell Brown. Brown explains her name by stating "Alma Dale" was her grandmother's name, while "Campbell" was her mother's birth surname.[1]

Brown was raised Roman Catholic, though her father is Presbyterian. She has two sisters.[2] She grew up in Natchez, Mississippi and attended Trinity Episcopal Day School. She was also a cheerleader.

Her first marriage was to Peregrine "Pere" Roberts, President of TSC Realty in Bethesda, MD.[citation needed]

On April 2, 2006, Brown married her second husband Daniel Samuel Senor (born 1971), a Republican consultant who regularly appears on Fox News.[2][3] Brown converted to Judaism, her husband's faith;[4] the two were married in an Orthodox Jewish ceremony.[5]

On June 24, 2007, Brown announced on Weekend Today that she and her husband were expecting their first child.[6] On December 18, 2007, Brown gave birth to a son, Eli James Senor, named after his grandfather, James Senor.

On October 27, 2008, during a guest appearance on The Daily Show, Brown announced her second pregnancy.[7]

Education

Brown graduated from Regis University. After graduation, she spent a year teaching English in the former Czechoslovakia.[8]

Career

She began her career in local news reporting for KSNT-TV, the NBC affiliate in Topeka, Kansas, and then for WWBT-TV, the NBC affiliate in Richmond, Virginia, and also reported for WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland, and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. Brown joined NBC News in 1996. She was later assigned to The Pentagon and covered the war in Kosovo. Before Weekend Today, she was the White House correspondent for NBC News.

Presidential election coverage in 2000

During the 2000 Presidential campaign, she covered George W. Bush as well as the Republican National Convention and Republican primary. She eventually became the primary substitute anchor for Brian Williams on NBC Nightly News. In March 2006, she was named as one of five women who might replace Katie Couric when she would leave The Today Show, but the vacancy was filled by Meredith Vieira.

Leaving NBC for CNN

Brown announced July 22, 2007, on Weekend Today that she would be leaving NBC News after 11 years to devote time to her family and expected baby. CNN confirmed it had hired Brown, and that Brown would start work for CNN in February 2008 (originally November 2007), filling the spot previously held by Paula Zahn, who left the network in turn. Brown began anchoring CNN Election Center, which ran from February through October 2008.[9] The show was renamed Campbell Brown: No Bias, No Bull in October 2008, right before the election in order to ensure a smooth transition when the election is over.

Interviews during the 2008 election season

Tucker Bounds

On September 1, 2008, Brown conducted a controversial interview with Tucker Bounds, a spokesman for Republican Presidential candidate John McCain concerning vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Brown questioned Palin's executive experience and asked for examples of decisions Palin had made as commander-in-chief of the Alaska National Guard. Bounds did not name an example, but stated that Palin had more executive experience than Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama. Brown accused Bounds of sidestepping with his answers and repeated some of the same questions. Brown asserted that Senator McCain had made a point of wanting a vice president with a lot of experience, including foreign policy experience, and that his selection of Palin seemed to abandon that principle. She asked Bounds to explain the decision on that basis. Bounds contended that Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin together had more executive experience than Senator Obama and Senator Joe Biden combined. Brown also asked, out of context, if Palin should accept the Republican vice-presidential nomination given that her teenage daughter is pregnant out of wedlock - which is totally unrelated to someone becoming a public office holder. And that is the question that unquestionaly made her a controversial biased media interviewer. The McCain campaign later accused Brown of anti-Republican/McCain bias, alleging that she had "gone over the line." In response, the campaign canceled McCain's scheduled interview with Larry King, but then rescheduled it. [10]

"Free Sarah"

On September 24, 2008, Brown attracted attention for beginning her program on a personal note to protest what she perceived as a lack of press access to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. She asserted that sexist treatment of Sarah Palin by the McCain campaign should end and stated emphatically "free Sarah".[11][12]

Brown has been parodied by actress/comedienne Tracey Ullman in her Showtime comedy series Tracey Ullman's State of the Union as well as by Kristen Wiig on Saturday Night Live.

References

  1. ^ Clehane, Diane (February 26, 2007). "So What Do You Do, Campbell Brown?". Mobile Media News. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Brady, Lois Smith (April 9, 2006). "Weddings & Celebrations: Campbell Brown and Dan Senor". New York Times. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help) Cite error: The named reference "NYT_Brady_20060409" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  3. ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (April 2, 2006). "NBC's Campbell Brown Gets Married". People. People.com.
  4. ^ "Power couple discusses politics, war and marriage". Cleveland Jewish News. October 25, 2007.
  5. ^ Jacobson, Judie. "He said, she said: Media power couple talk politics and get personal at 'VOICES'". Connecticut Jewish Ledger. United Jewish Communities.
  6. ^ Silverman, Stephen M. (June 25, 2007). "NBC's Campbell Brown to Be a Mom". People. {{cite magazine}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/campbell_brown_pregnant_98688.asp
  8. ^ "Anchors & Reporters: Campbell Brown". CNN. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  9. ^ "Campbell Brown Quietly Begins Her Tenure At CNN". StarPulse.com. March 31, 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessmonthday= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Brown, Campbell (September 5, 2008). "Brown: Tucker Bounds interview becomes lightning rod". CNN.
  11. ^ Campbell, Brown (September 24, 2008). "Commentary: Sexist treatment of Palin must end". CNN.
  12. ^ Steinberg, Jacques (October 4, 2008). ["Weighing In: An Anchor Tacks Toward Commentary". New York Times. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
Preceded by Weekend Today Co-Anchor with Lester Holt
2003 - July 22, 2007 		Succeeded by
Amy Robach (Saturday)
Jenna Wolfe (Sunday)
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