Pamela Ashley Brown (born November 29, 1983) is an American television reporter and newscaster. Brown works as a weekend anchor and senior Washington Correspondent for CNN. She formerly worked for ABC Washington, D.C., affiliate

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, and she is also fill-in and substitute anchor for CNN's ''At This Hour With Kate Bolduan'', ''The Lead With Jake Tapper'', ''The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer'', and ''Erin Burnett OutFront''. Brown occasionally provided the lead-in to "

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's Video Playback"—a daily recap of the previous night's U.S.

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Biography

Brown was born in

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, the daughter of businessman and former

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and former

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and businesswoman Phyllis George (1949-2020). George took maternity leave from her duties on

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' NFL pregame show, ''

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'', to give birth to Pamela. Brown is the granddaughter of politician John Y. Brown Sr. and the half-sister of former

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John Y. Brown, III. Her parents divorced in 1996 after 17 years of marriage, when Brown was 13.Lexington Herald leader: "CNN's Pamela Brown is planning her wedding at her old Kentucky home" by Cheryl Truman
November 21, 2016 Brown graduated from

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in Lexington and the

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with a degree in broadcast journalism. While at the University of North Carolina, Brown was a reporter on the university's ''Carolina Week''. After college, she worked for ABC-affiliate

in Washington. Brown is currently pursuing a Master of Laws (LL.M) degree from the

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School of Law. In January 2021, CNN announced that Brown would move to Senior Washington Correspondent and would host three hours of ''

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'' on weekends.

Personal life

Brown has an older brother, Lincoln (born 1980) and three half-siblings from her father's prior marriage. Brown was named after her aunt Pamela Brown, who died in 1970 at the age of 28 together with her husband Rod Anderson and balloonist Malcolm Brighton, in an ill-fated attempt to cross the

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in a

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, '' Free Life''. Brown married Adam Wright on June 5, 2017. In June 2018, their son Ben was born, followed by daughter Vivienne in February 2020.

References

External links

Pamela Brown's biography on CNN's websitePamela Brown's biography at WJLA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Pamela Ashley 1983 births Living people American women television journalists Brown family of Kentucky People from Lexington, Kentucky UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media alumni Television anchors from Washington, D.C. CNN people Kentucky women news anchors 21st-century American journalists