Campbell Brown

Infobox journalist
name = Campbell Brown
birthname = Alma Dale Campbell Brown
birth_date = Birth date and age|1968|06|14
birth_place = Ferriday, Louisiana, United States
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education = Regis University
occupation = Broadcast journalist
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gender = Female
status = Married
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spouse = Dan Senor (2006 - present) 1 child
children = Eli James Senor (b. December 18, 2007)
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credits = Co-anchor of "Weekend Today"
Anchor of "CNN Election Center"
awards = Emmy Award
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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. [ [http://www.greatertalent.com/speakers/speakers.php?speakerid=667 Dan Senor & Campbell Brown: Greater Talent Network Speakers Bureau ] ]

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., 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. [http://mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a9517.asp Mobile Media News, retrieved 2007-07-25] She is also known as "Cami".

Brown was reared Roman Catholic, though her father is Presbyterian. She has two sisters. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/fashion/weddings/09vows.html?ex=1185508800&en=24a9da1217109c85&ei=5070 NY Times Campbell Brown and Dan Senor ] , retrieved 2007-07-25] 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. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/fashion/weddings/09vows.html?ex=1185508800&en=24a9da1217109c85&ei=5070 Campbell Brown and Dan Senor] NY Times, retrieved 2007-07-25] [ [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1179281,00.html NBC's Campbell Brown Gets Married - Marriage, Campbell Brown : People.com NBC's Campbell Brown to Be a Mom] ] Brown converted to Judaism, her husband's faith; [ [http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2007/10/25/news/local/couple1026.txt Power couple discusses politics, war and marriage] ] the two were married in an Orthodox Jewish ceremony. [ [http://www.jewishhartford.org/page.html?ArticleID=146307 He said, she said ] ]

On June 24, 2007, Brown announced on "Weekend Today" that she and her husband were expecting their first child. [ [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20043649,00.html] "People" magazine, retrieved 2007-07-25] 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.fact|date=August 2008

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. [ [http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/03/31/campbell_brown_quietly_begins_her_tenure Campbell Brown Quietly Begins Her Tenure At CNN] retrieved 2008-05-13]

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. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/05/brown.bounds/Brown: Tucker Bounds interview becomes lightning rod] ]

"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. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/campbell.brown.palin/?iref=hpmostpop/Commentary: 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] ]

Popular culture

Brown is currently parodied by actress/comedienne Tracey Ullman, in her new Showtime series, "Tracey Ullman's State of the Union"

References

External links

* [http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/brown.campbell.html Campbell Brown profile] at CNN.com
* [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3688776 Campbell Brown - Today, Weekend Edition - MSNBC.com]
*Imdb name|1226428|Campbell Brown
* [http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/zahn_is_losing_now_dobbs_could_get_new_timeslot_as_campbell_brown_joins_cnn_61101.asp TVNewser confirmation of move to CNN]