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United States Brooke Baldwin has transitioned from a prominent CNN anchor and journalist to an author, speaker, and host of Netflix's 'The Trust: A Game of Greed'.
Brooke Baldwin hosted her own live daily news show 'CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin' and partnered with corporate sponsor Buick to elevate women's voices, particularly around sports.
Baldwin hosted the AK100 Club event for the travel agency Abercrombie and Kent, where she also gave a speech about her climb up Mount Kilimanjaro in March 2015.
In 2016, Baldwin presented an award at the L'Oréal Paris 11th Annual Women of Worth Celebration, alongside other notable presenters.
In 2017, Baldwin spoke at the 7th annual Neighbor Celebration for Blue Star Families in Washington, D.C., where former First Lady Rosalynn Carter was honored.
Baldwin hosted Mother Nature Network's White House Correspondents' Jam in April 2017, which featured The Boxmasters with Billy Bob Thornton and Chuck Leavell.
Lauren Brooke Baldwin was born on July 12, 1979, in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended The Westminster Schools for her early education. She later pursued higher education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree. Her academic focus included a double major in Spanish and Journalism, with undergraduate studies also at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. Baldwin began her career in journalism in 2001 at WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Virginia, before moving to WOWK-TV in Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia, where she worked as a morning anchor. She then joined WTTG in Washington, D.C., as a lead reporter for their 10 p.m. newscast.
Baldwin joined CNN in 2008, initially based at their Atlanta headquarters, before moving to New York City in 2014. During her 13 years at CNN, she anchored “CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin.” Her notable assignments included co-anchoring CNN’s special coverage of the final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-135) in 2011 and covering President Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. In 2012, her documentary “To Catch a Serial Killer” received a Silver World Medal for Best Investigative Report at the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards. She was also nominated for an Emmy for her coverage of the New York City chokehold death protests in 2014. In 2015, she was a Peabody Award finalist for hosting a town hall on gun violence. She covered significant events like the Orlando nightclub shooting in 2016 and President Trump’s inauguration in 2017. From 2010 to 2020, Baldwin also co-hosted segments of CNN’s “New Year’s Eve Live.
After leaving CNN in April 2021, Baldwin expanded her career into new ventures. Her book, “Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power,” was published in April 2021, featuring interviews with prominent women like Ava DuVernay, Stacey Abrams, and Gloria Steinem. In 2017, she developed the CNN series “American Woman,” interviewing notable figures such as Sheryl Crow, Betty White, and Diane von Fürstenberg. More recently, in December 2023, Baldwin was announced as the host of the Netflix reality TV series, “The Trust: A Game of Greed,” which premiered in January 2024. She also engages in public speaking, having given the commencement address at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2017 and hosted events for organizations like Abercrombie and Kent and L’Oréal Paris.
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