Melanie Bromley (born September 30, 1974) is an American-based British-born
entertainment journalist and broadcaster who is currently Head of News Operations & Chief News Correspondent for
E! News
''E! News'', previously known as ''E! News Daily'' and ''E! News Live'', is the infotainment, entertainment news operation for the cable network E! in the United States. Its former on-air weekday newscast debuted on September 1, 1991, and prima ...
, where she covers celebrity news.
Early life and education
Bromley attended the
University of Wales, Swansea where she earned a Bachelor of Science undergraduate degree in Geography. She then continued her education at
City University, London attaining a master's degree in Broadcast Journalism, specializing in financial journalism.
Career
Bromley became the European Bureau chief for
Us Weekly
''Us Weekly'' is an American weekly celebrity and entertainment magazine based in New York City. ''Us Weekly'' was founded in 1977 by The New York Times Company, which sold it in 1980. It was acquired by Wenner Media in 1986, and sold to Ameri ...
in 2003, overseeing all international news coverage for the magazine. In 2007, she moved to
Los Angeles, California
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to take up the role of West Coast Bureau Chief.
In 2012, Bromley joined
E! News
''E! News'', previously known as ''E! News Daily'' and ''E! News Live'', is the infotainment, entertainment news operation for the cable network E! in the United States. Its former on-air weekday newscast debuted on September 1, 1991, and prima ...
and
E! Online
E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable television network. It is owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of Comcast's NBCUniversal. The channel focuses primarily on pop culture, celebrity based reality shows and movies. ...
as Senior Correspondent, overseeing newsgathering across both platforms. Four months after joining
E!, she was promoted to Senior Managing Correspondent. In 2014, Bromley was promoted again to Chief News Correspondent.
In her role Bromley regularly appears on a variety of shows across the network from
E! News
''E! News'', previously known as ''E! News Daily'' and ''E! News Live'', is the infotainment, entertainment news operation for the cable network E! in the United States. Its former on-air weekday newscast debuted on September 1, 1991, and prima ...
, Live From E! and E! News specials. She helped spearhead coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and the birth of Prince George.
Bromley also appears as a pop culture expert on other U.S. networks and in her native UK. She has been featured on
CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable ne ...
,
Good Morning America
''Good Morning America'', often abbreviated as ''GMA'', is an American breakfast television, morning television program that is broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends wit ...
,
The Today Show
''Today'' (also called ''The Today Show'') is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952. It was the first of its genre on American television ...
,
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
,
Sky News
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and
Daybreak among many others. Bromley has also been quoted in the
Washington Post
''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...
,
Financial Times
The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic Current affairs (news format), current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by a Jap ...
, The
Sunday Times
''The Sunday Times'' is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of N ...
of London,
Vanity Fair and other international print publications.
References
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Living people
1974 births
Alumni of City, University of London
Alumni of Swansea University
Journalists from London
British reporters and correspondents