Day in the life | CNN anchor and Carolina alumna Brooke Baldwin
Commencement Speaker Brooke Baldwin, anchor of “CNN Newsroom,” is a 2001 Carolina graduate who puts in a full day while striving for a balanced life.
To many Americans, Brooke Baldwin’s day begins at 2 p.m., but when she addresses the CNN studio camera at that moment, her day is already several hours underway.
Baldwin, anchor of “CNN Newsroom” from 2 – 4 p.m., a 2001 Carolina graduate and the 2017 UNC Spring Commencement speaker, begins preparing for her show the moment she wakes up around 6 a.m. Even with the long hours involved in the work she does, Baldwin knows she’s fulfilling a lifelong goal.
“It’s totally a dream to be here at CNN,” Baldwin said. “I’m an Atlanta girl, who went to Carolina, who went to journalism school, who thought ‘maybe would it be possible one day to actually work at CNN?’ It’s a total dream.”
Baldwin’s day includes several conference calls and meetings to prepare for her show. After she gets off the air at 4 p.m., she heads from CNN’s studios near Central Park in New York City to her home in lower Manhattan. Keeping a healthy balance between her professional life and her personal life is important.
“I need my alone time,” Baldwin said. “I’ve got to keep my head screwed on right, and I need as much balance as I possibly can doing this job.”
