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Born | Alma Dale Campbell Brown June 14, 1968 |
Status | Married |
Education | Regis University |
Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
Notable credit(s) | Co-anchor of Weekend Today Anchor of CNN Election Center |
Spouse | Dan Senor (2006 - present) 1 child |
Children | Eli James Senor (b. December 18, 2007) |
Awards | Emmy Award |
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.[1]
Early life and Family
Campbell Brown was born Alma Dale Campbell Brown in Ferriday, Louisiana, the daughter of former Louisiana Democratic State Senator, Secretary of State, and Insurance Commissioner James H. "Jim" Brown Jr. who was elected Louisiana state senator 1972 and served two terms. Then he was secretary of state from 1980-1988, and he ran unsuccessfully for governor in the 1987 jungle primary. He was elected insurance commissioner in 1991 and served until he resigned in 2000. Jim Brown's political career came to an end with a six-month prison sentence for lying to the FBI about an insurance scam., 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.[2] She is also known as "Cami".
Brown was reared Roman Catholic, though her father is Presbyterian. She has two sisters.[3] She grew up in Natchez, Mississippi and attended Trinity Episcopal Day School. She was also a cheerleader.
On April 2, 2006, Brown married her second husband Daniel Samuel Senor (born 1971), a Republican consultant who regularly appears on Fox News.[4][5] Brown converted to Judaism, her husband's faith;[6] the two were married in an Orthodox Jewish ceremony.[7]
On June 24, 2007, Brown announced on Weekend Today that she and her husband were expecting their first child.[8] On December 18, Brown gave birth to a son, Eli James Senor, named after his grandfather, James Senor.
Her first marriage was to Peregrine "Pere" Roberts, President of TSC Realty in Bethesda, MD.[citation needed]
Education
She graduated from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, with a bachelor of arts degree in Political Science/International Relations. After graduation, she spent a year teaching English in the former Czechoslovakia.
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 is currently anchoring CNN Election Center which is running in what is supposed to be her future timespot. She is scheduled to begin her new show when CNN Election Center wraps up in November 2008.[9]
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 asserted that Palin had just as much experience as 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. The McCain campaign later alleged that Brown's aggressiveness "went over the line" and canceled McCain's scheduled interview with Larry King in response. CNN defended Brown's approach.[10]
"Free Sarah"
On September 24, 2008, Brown attracted significant 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 should end and stated emphatically "free Sarah", which became a notable quote during the election season of 2008.[11] [12]
Popular culture
Brown is currently parodied by actress/comedienne Tracey Ullman, in her new Showtime series, Tracey Ullman's State of the Union
References
- ^ Dan Senor & Campbell Brown: Greater Talent Network Speakers Bureau
- ^ http://mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a9517.asp Mobile Media News, retrieved 2007-07-25
- ^ NY Times Campbell Brown and Dan Senor , retrieved 2007-07-25
- ^ Campbell Brown and Dan Senor NY Times, retrieved 2007-07-25
- ^ NBC's Campbell Brown Gets Married - Marriage, Campbell Brown : People.comNBC's Campbell Brown to Be a Mom
- ^ Power couple discusses politics, war and marriage
- ^ He said, she said
- ^ [1] People magazine, retrieved 2007-07-25
- ^ Campbell Brown Quietly Begins Her Tenure At CNN retrieved 2008-05-13
- ^ Tucker Bounds interview becomes lightning rod
- ^ Sexist treatment of Palin must end
- ^ [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/arts/television/04brow.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin /Weighing In: An Anchor Tacks Toward Commentary]
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