CAMPBELL BROWN

:''For the Australian rules footballer, see Campbell Brown (footballer).''
'Campbell Brown' (born June 14, 1968, Ferriday, Louisiana), is an American television news personality and former co-anchor of ''Weekend Today.''

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Biography

Career

References

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Biography

She was born 'Alma Dale Campbell Brown' to former Louisiana Democrat state senator, secretary of state, insurance commissioner, and later convicted felon James H. "Jim" Brown, Jr., and Brown's first wife, artist Dale Campbell Fairbanks^[1]. Brown was raised Catholic.^[2]
Brown explains her name by stating "Alma Dale" was her grandmother's name, while "Campbell" was her mother's maiden name.^[3]
Brown graduated from Regis University in Denver, Colorado with a B.A. in Political Science/International Relations. After graduation, she spent a year teaching English in the former Czechoslovakia.
On April 2, 2006, she married Daniel Samuel Senor (born 1971), a Republican consultant who regularly appears on Fox News.^[2]
On June 24, 2007, Brown announced on ''Weekend Today'' that she and her husband are expecting their first child.^[5]

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.
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.
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. The next day, CNN confirmed it had hired Brown, and that Brown would start work for CNN in November, filling the spot previously held by Paula Zahn, who is leaving the network in turn.^[6]

References

1. http://www.dalefairbanks.com/biograph.htm retrieved 2007-07-25
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/fashion/weddings/09vows.html?ex=1185508800&en=24a9da1217109c85&ei=5070 NY Times, retrieved 2007-07-25
3. http://mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a9517.asp Mobile Media News, retrieved 2007-07-25
4. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/09/fashion/weddings/09vows.html?ex=1185508800&en=24a9da1217109c85&ei=5070 NY Times, retrieved 2007-07-25
5. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20043649,00.html People, retrieved 2007-07-25
6.
http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/07/24/2007-07-24_brown_will_drop_anchor_at_cnn.html?ref=rss New York Daily News, retrieved 007-07-25

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★ TVNewser confirmation of move to CNN