Early life and education

Baldwin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended The Westminster Schools, a private college preparatory school. She graduated with a double bachelor's degree in journalism and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001. She also studied at Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City during her undergraduate years.

Career

Baldwin began her career at WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Virginia, and later became the morning anchor at WOWK-TV in the Huntington, and Charleston, West Virginia, area. She later joined WTTG in Washington, D.C., as lead reporter for the 10 p.m. newscast.

CNN

Baldwin joined CNN and HLN networks in 2008. She was a contributor on Rick's List, hosted by Rick Sanchez, from the show's inception in January 2010. When Sanchez was fired in October 2010 for making what some believed were antisemitic remarks, Baldwin filled in for him, eventually taking the time slot permanently. She now anchors CNN Newsroom from 2 to 4pm ET on weekdays, and is based out of CNN's New York news bureau. She hosted a weekly segment during her newscast hours known as #MusicMonday (named after the Twitter trend), profiling various musicians. Baldwin hosted the central time countdown from Nashville, Tennessee, as part of CNN's 2011 New Year's Eve coverage.

On January 14, 2012, she hosted a half-hour special music program named Soundcheck, which featured Wilco, Mavis Staples, Mumford & Sons, Ben Sollee, and Janelle Monae.

Baldwin and Piers Morgan hosted CNN's coverage of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee on June 3 and 5, 2012 in London.

Some people on Twitter criticized her during the 2015 Baltimore protests when she suggested that veterans were responsible for the unrest, saying soldiers who become police officers "are coming back from war, they don’t know the communities, and they’re ready to do battle." Baldwin initially pushed back the criticism, claiming she was just repeating something a city official had told her. She later apologized via Twitter and on-air the next day.

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