American journalist
Alisyn Camerota
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Camerota in 2016
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Born
| Alisyn Lane Camerota
(
1966-06-21
)
June 21, 1966
(age 57)
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Alma mater
| American University
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Occupation(s)
| Broadcast journalist, CNN anchor
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Employer
| CNN
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Spouse
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Children
| 3
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Alisyn Lane Camerota
(born June 21, 1966)
[1]
is an American
broadcast journalist
and
political commentator
for
CNN
. She formerly was an
anchor
of
CNN
's morning show
New Day
, a co-host of the afternoon edition of
CNN Newsroom
,
she also served as host of
CNN Tonight
from 2022 to 2023 as well as a presenter at
Fox News
. Camerota has covered stories nationally and internationally and has twice been nominated for an
Emmy Award
for news reporting.
Camerota covered the aftermath of
Hurricane Harvey
in
Houston
, the Paris and Brussels terror attacks and the
Parkland school shooting
. She interviewed the Parkland student survivors and representatives of the
National Rifle Association
in the hours after the shooting. Camerota has held dozens of panels with
Donald Trump
supporters, and is a frequent critic of Trump. Camerota has also covered the
Me Too movement
.
Outside of her role anchoring
New Day
, Camerota anchored a number of
primetime
specials, including
Tipping Point: Sexual Harassment in America
and
The Hunting Ground: Sexual Assault on Campus
.
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
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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
[
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Early broadcasting career
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]
Before joining Fox, Camerota worked at a number of different stations, including
WHDH
in Boston and
WTTG
in
Washington D.C.
, and for
America's Most Wanted
.
She also worked on
Ted Koppel
's primetime documentaries at
Koppel Communications.
[
citation needed
]
Fox News
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Camerota joined the network in February, 1998 as a
correspondent
for its
Boston
bureau
, reporting on a number of different stories and contributing to the network's
affiliate
service,
Fox News Edge
.
[
citation needed
]
In October 2007, Camerota started a blog on the
Fox & Friends
page on Fox News Channel's website called
In The Greenroom
. In November 2007,
Fox & Friends
began an Internet-only segment, "The After the Show Show", which featured
Fox & Friends
anchors
Brian Kilmeade
,
Steve Doocy
and
Gretchen Carlson
, sometimes along with earlier guests or crew members from the cable show and a toy monkey at the end of the Internet segment. These videos are available later on the
Fox & Friends
page on Fox News Channel's website.
[3]
Camerota was a co-host of the weekend edition of this program, in addition to regularly appearing on the Friday edition of
Fox & Friends 1st
.
Camerota began co-hosting
America's News Headquarters
with
Bill Hemmer
on September 30, 2013, in the Monday to Friday 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
ET
time slot.
[4]
She also co-hosted
Fox & Friends Weekend
along with
Clayton Morris
and Dave Briggs. Her final broadcast on that program was September 28, 2013. She was also a co-host on
Fox & Friends First
.
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
.
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
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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
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Camerota is of
Italian American
heritage.
[14]
A native of
Shrewsbury, New Jersey
,
[15]
she and her husband have
fraternal twin
daughters conceived via in-vitro fertilization in 2005 and a son who was conceived naturally in 2007. In 2010, she appeared on
The Today Show
to discuss her infertility issues
[16]
and served as host of the National Infertility Associations "Night of Hope Celebration".
[17]
The couple lives in
Westport, Connecticut
.
[18]
See also
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References
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- ^
Barilla, Chris (April 7, 2021).
"Heads up, 'New Day' Fans: Alisyn Camerota Is Leaving the Program"
.
Distractify
. Retrieved
January 27,
2024
.
- ^
Adubato, Steve
(September 9, 2016).
"CNN's Alisyn Camerota Shares Her New Jersey Roots"
.
PBS
– via
youtube
.
- ^
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
.
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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...
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"CNN Has Temporary Primetime Assignments for Jake Tapper, Laura Coates, Alisyn Camerota"
. September 22, 2022.
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Darcy, Oliver (August 14, 2023).
"CNN announces sweeping new lineup ahead of 2024 election | CNN Business"
.
CNN
. Retrieved
August 14,
2023
.
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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
.
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"Novel takes energetic look at life of ambitious news anchor"
.
ABC News
. American Broadcasting Company. Associated Press. July 25, 2017
. Retrieved
August 2,
2017
.
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Ray, Lincee (July 29, 2017).
"News anchor struggles to balance integrity, ratings"
.
Boston Herald
. Patrick J. Purcell
. Retrieved
August 2,
2017
.
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"NOIAW Honors Alisyn Camerota and Jeanne Mariani Sullivan April 16 at the St. Regis New York"
.
We the Italians
. Retrieved
January 28,
2021
.
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"Television"
.
Boston Herald
. Retrieved
June 5,
2017
.
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"News Anchor Discusses Heartache of Infertility"
.
Parenting
. February 24, 2011
. Retrieved
June 5,
2017
.
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"BRINGING HOPE TO THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH INFERTILITY - RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association"
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familybuilding.resolve.org
. Retrieved
June 5,
2017
.
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Weiss, Laura (July 27, 2017).
"Westporter, CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota on local talking tour with new book"
.
Westport News
.
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