Amara Walker

Amara Walker, born Amara Sohn, was raised outside Los Angeles, California. She pursued her higher education at the University of Southern California, graduating in 2003 with a double degree in broadcast journalism and political science. Her career in journalism began at KMIR-TV in Palm Springs, California. In 2005, she transitioned to WTVJ in Miami, Florida, an NBC-owned station, where she served as a news anchor and general assignment reporter. In April 2012, Walker married otolaryngologist and facial plastic surgeon Thomas Walker.

In July 2012, Walker moved to Chicago, Illinois, and joined the Fox-owned WFLD as a news anchor and general assignment reporter. Her tenure there concluded in December 2013 when she joined CNN International in Atlanta, Georgia. From 2015 to 2020, she anchored “CNN Today,” a three-hour daily news program on CNN International, alongside Michael Holmes. Throughout her career at CNN, Walker worked across nearly all of its platforms, including CNN, CNN International, and CNN Max, also serving as a correspondent.

Walker reported on anti-East Asian insults in March 2021 and published an opinion piece on violence against East Asian-American women in February 2022. On October 8, 2022, she was officially named co-anchor of “New Day Weekend,” which later became “CNN This Morning Weekend.” She won an Emmy Award for her breaking news coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. In February 2025, after more than ten years with the network, Walker announced her departure from CNN to pursue other professional interests. Throughout her career, she has covered major events including the Atlanta spa massacre in 2021, Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud in Georgia in 2020, the crisis in Venezuela, demonstrations in Hong Kong, and the Notre Dame Cathedral fire.