Candy Crowley
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 Crowley in February 2008, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. |
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| Born | Candy Alt Crowley December 26, 1948 Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | Randolph-Macon Woman's College |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist, anchor |
| Notable credit(s) | Inside Politics Anchor of State of the Union |
| Title | Chief Political Correspondent |
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| CNN biography | |
Candy Alt Crowley (born December 26, 1948) is an American news anchor currently employed as CNN's chief political correspondent, specializing in U.S. presidential, gubernatorial, and Senate elections. She is based in CNN's Washington bureau and is the anchor of their Sunday morning talk show State of the Union with Candy Crowley. She has covered elections for over two decades.
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Early life and education [edit]
Crowley was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on December 26, 1948. Her family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, when she was six months old and later lived in Creve Coeur, Missouri.[1] Candy's family moved to Chappaqua, NY during her teen years and she graduated from Horace Greeley High School. She attended Principia College in Elsah, Illinois for two years before transferring to Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[2]
Career [edit]
Crowley started her career as a newsroom assistant with the Washington, D.C.-based radio station WASH‑FM. She was an anchor for Mutual Broadcasting and the White House correspondent for the Associated Press.[2] She moved from NBC to CNN in 1987.[3] She hosted Inside Politics in place of Judy Woodruff before the show was replaced with The Situation Room.[4] In February 2010, Crowley succeeded John King as the anchor of the Sunday morning political talk show State of the Union.[5]
Her career has been characterized by the Los Angeles Times as "sophisticated political observation, graceful writing, and determined fairness," and her style characterized as "no-nonsense" and "straight shooter." Because of this, the L.A. Times article says that criticism of her reporting is equally distributed between the Democratic and Republican parties.[3]
Crowley has won numerous awards, including the Broadcasters’ Award from the Associated Press, the 2003 and 1998 Dirksen Awards from the National Press Foundation, the 1997 and 2005 Joan Shorenstein Barone Award, a 2003 Emmy Award for her work on CNN Presents Enemy Within, the 2004 Gracie Allen Award for her war coverage, a National Headliner and a Cine award, the 2005 Edward R. Murrow Award, and the 2012 William Allen White Foundation National Citation from the school of journalism at the University of Kansas for her expertise on "politics, politicians, and the events that have changed the world."[6]
Crowley served as the moderator for the second presidential election debate between President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney.[7] She received both criticism and praise over her decision to interject a response over the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi during the debate.[8] She was the first woman to moderate a presidential debate since ABC's Carole Simpson in 1992.
On March 17, 2013, following their CNN report on the guilty verdict of two Steubenville, Ohio, high school football players for the rape of an unconscious sixteen-year-old, Crowley and fellow journalist Poppy Harlow were criticized for giving too much coverage to how the verdict would affect the defendants' lives.[9][10][11]
Personal life [edit]
Crowley is a vegetarian and practices Transcendental Meditation.[3][12] Crowley is divorced,[13] and has two children and two stepchildren. Her older child is a neurosurgeon and her younger son plays in a band.[14]
References [edit]
- ^ Angel, Traci (January 2005). "Catching Up With...Candy Crowley". St. Louis Magazine.
- ^ a b "Anchors & Reporters: Candy Crowley". CNN. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
- ^ a b c Rainey, James (November 18, 2009). "She's lighter 'in a lot of ways'". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Saying Goodbye To Inside Politics". TVNewser. August 5, 2005.
- ^ "Crowley to take over State of the Union anchor chair". CNN. January 31, 2010.
- ^ Veseer, Natasha (January 25, 2012). "Political correspondent Candy Crowley to receive William Allen White citation". Unknown parameter
|publication=ignored (help) - ^ Blake, Aaron (13 August 2012). "Presidential Debate Moderators Announced: Crowley Is First Woman in 20 Years". Washington Post.
- ^ "Candy Crowley Defends Her Libya Comment During Presidential Debate - ABC News". ABC. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
- ^ David Knowles, "Petition blasting CNN for allegedly sympathetic coverage of Steubenville, Ohio, rape convicts garners more than 180,000 signatures," March 18, 2013 "[1]" Accessed March 19, 2013
- ^ Dylan Stableford, "CNN criticized for Steubenville verdict coverage," March 18, 2013, "[2]" Accessed March 19, 2013
- ^ Erik Wemple, "CNN is getting hammered for Steubenville coverage," March 18, 2013, "[3]" Accessed March 19, 2013
- ^ McCarthy, Ellen (August 24, 2010). "Candy Crowley, veteran CNN reporter, takes on competitive Sunday morning slot". The Washington Post.
- ^ "CNN Host Candy Crowley anchored in nuance". The Penisula Qatar.
- ^ http://www.policymic.com/articles/16584/candy-crowley-first-female-debate-moderator-in-20-years-has-faced-discrimination-throughout-her-career
External links [edit]
- Official website
- Candy Crowley on Twitter
- Candy Crowley at the Internet Movie Database
- Citizen Jane Politics interview
- Media Bistro interview
- Candy Crowley Q & A
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