List of CNN personnel explained

The following is a list of notable current and past news anchors, correspondents, hosts, regular contributors and meteorologists from the CNN, CNN International and HLN news networks.^[1]

Executives

• Ken Jautz — Executive Vice President of CNN, responsible for CNN/US
• Amy Entelis — Executive Vice President for talent and content development of CNN Worldwide
• Rachel Smolkin — Vice President and Executive Editor of CNN Politics
• Mark Thompson — Chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide

Former executives

• Allison Gollust – Chief marketing officer of CNN Worldwide
• Tony Maddox – Executive Vice President and Managing Director of CNN International
• Andrew Morse – Executive Vice President & General Manager of CNN Digital Worldwide
• John Stankey – CEO, WarnerMedia
• Jeff Zucker – President of CNN Worldwide

Hosts and anchors

Weekdays

• Jim Acosta — CNN Newsroom
• Dana Bash — Inside Politics (weekday edition)
• John Berman — CNN News Central (with Kate Bolduan and Sara Sidner)
• Wolf Blitzer — The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and CNN Newsroom
• Kate Bolduan — CNN News Central (with John Berman and Sara Sidner)
• Erin Burnett — Erin Burnett OutFront
• Abby Phillip — CNN NewsNight
• Kaitlan Collins — The Source with Kaitlan Collins
• Anderson Cooper — Anderson Cooper 360°
• Laura Coates — Laura Coates Live
• Kasie Hunt — CNN This Morning with Kasie Hunt
• Brianna Keilar — CNN News Central (with Boris Sanchez)
• Boris Sanchez — CNN News Central (with Brianna Keilar)
• Sara Sidner — CNN News Central (with Kate Bolduan and John Berman)
• Jake Tapper — The Lead with Jake Tapper
• Chris Wallace — Who's Talking to Chris Wallace

Weekend

Saturday and Sunday

• Victor Blackwell  - CNN This Morning Weekend (with Amara Walker)
• Jessica Dean  - CNN Newsroom
• Amara Walker  - CNN This Morning Weekend (with Victor Blackwell)
• Fredricka Whitfield — CNN Newsroom
• Michael Holmes - Friday through Monday, midnight to 4:00am

Saturday

• Michael Smerconish — Smerconish
• Victor Blackwell — First of All
• Chris Wallace — The Chris Wallace Show
• Christiane Amanpour — The Amanpour Hour

Sunday

• Dana Bash  - State of the Union with Dana Bash (alternating with Jake Tapper)
• Anderson Cooper  - The Whole Story
• Manu Raju - Inside Politics (weekend edition)
• Jake Tapper — State of the Union with Jake Tapper (alternating with Dana Bash)
• Fareed Zakaria — Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN International

See main article: CNN International.

• Christiane Amanpour — Amanpour (Chief International Anchor)
• Becky Anderson — Connect the World (CNN Abu Dhabi)
• Guillermo Arduino — Encuentro (CNN en Español)
• Zain Asher — One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga
• Kim Brunhuber — CNN Newsroom (Europe morning Editions)
• Julia Chatterley - First Move with Julia Chatterley (Europe / Middle East / Africa)
• Tony Ngache — CNN Travel journalist (Africa, kenya travel Editions)

CNN on Max

• Jim Acosta  - CNN Newsroom
• Kasie Hunt  - State of the Race
• Jim Sciutto  - CNN Newsroom
• Rahel Solomon  - CNN Newsroom
• Amara Walker  - CNN Newsroom
• Fredricka Whitfield  - CNN Newsroom

Current personalities

• Jim Acosta (CNN)^[2]
• Jane Akre (CNN)
• Christiane Amanpour (CNN International)
• Shahira Amin (CNN International)
• David A. Andelman (CNN)
• Becky Anderson (CNN International)
• Desi Anwar (CNN Indonesia)
• Zain Asher (CNN)
• David Axelrod (CNN)
• Robert Baer (CNN)
• Dana Bash (CNN)
• Paul Begala (CNN)
• Katie Benner (CNN)
• William Waack (CNN Brazil)
• Peter Bergen (CNN/CNN International)
• John Berman (CNN)
• Carl Bernstein (CNN)
• Nadia Bilchik (CNN/CNN International)
• Joan Biskupic (CNN)
• Jim Bittermann (CNN International)
• Phil Black (CNN/CNN International)
• Victor Blackwell (CNN)
• Derek Blasberg (CNN International)
• Wolf Blitzer (CNN)^[3]
• Wojciech Bojanowski (CNN/TVN24)
• Kate Bolduan (CNN)
• Max Boot (CNN)
• Gloria Borger (CNN)
• Andrew Brown (CNN)
• Pamela Brown (CNN)
• Ron Brownstein (CNN)
• Kim Brunhuber (CNN/CNN International)
• Frank Bruni (CNN)
• Isabel Bucaram (CNN en Español)
• Samuel Burke (CNN & CNN en Español)
• Erin Burnett (CNN)
• Diego Bustos (CNN en Español)
• Dylan Byers (CNN)
• Alisyn Camerota (CNN)
• Maria Cardona (CNN/CNN en Espanol)
• Amanda Carpenter (CNN)
• Jason Carroll (CNN)
• Jean Casarez (CNN/HLN)
• David Chalian (CNN)
• Matthew Chance (CNN/CNN International)
• Lanhee Chen (CNN)
• Rosemary Church (CNN International)
• Laura Coates (CNN)
• Elizabeth Cohen (CNN)
• Kaitlan Collins (CNN)^[4]
• Shanon Cook (CNN/CNN International)
• Anderson Cooper (CNN; also at CBS News)
• Anna Coren (CNN International)
• Ahmet Hakan Coskun (CNNTurk)
• Roger Cossack (CNN)
• Adrianna Costa (CNN)
• Catherine Crier (CNN)
• S. E. Cupp (CNN)
• Stephanie Cutter
• Daniel Dale (CNN)
• Amanda Davies (CNN International)
• Andy Dean (CNN)
• Jeremy Diamond (CNN)
• Kimberly Dozier (CNN)
• Nima Elbagir (CNN International)
• Harry Enten (CNN)
• Brian Fallon (CNN)
• Ben Ferguson (CNN)
• Karen Finney (CNN)
• Tom Foreman (CNN)
• Max Foster (CNN International)
• Sandi Freeman (CNN)
• Gabriela Frias (CNN en Español)
• David Frum (CNN)
• Tom Fuentes (CNN)
• Scott Galloway (professor) (CNN+)
• Jamie Gangel (CNN)
• David Gergen (CNN)
• Alexis Glick (CNN)
• Hadas Gold (CNN)
• Bianna Golodryga (CNN)
• David L. Grange (CNN/CNN International)
• David Gregory (CNN)
• Sanjay Gupta (CNN)
• Maggie Haberman (CNN)
• Paula Hancocks (CNN/CNN International)
• Jenny Harrison (CNN International)
• Nia-Malika Henderson (CNN)
• Mark Hertling (CNN)
• Fred Hickman (CNN)
• E. D. Hill (CNN)
• Erica Hill (CNN)
• John Holliman (CNN)
• Jessica Holmes (CNN)
• Michael Holmes (CNN/CNN International)
• Elie Honig (CNN)
• Margaret Hoover (CNN)
• Scottie Nell Hughes (CNN)
• Kasie Hunt (CNN)
• Steve Israel (CNN/CNN International)
• Patricia Janiot (CNN en Español)
• Omar Jimenez (CNN)
• Doug Jones (CNN)
• Van Jones (CNN)
• Nefise Karatay (CNNTurk)
• Randi Kaye (CNN)
• Brianna Keilar (CNN)
• Donna Kelley (CNN)
• Joe Kennedy III (CNN)
• John King (CNN)
• Lynda Kinkade (CNN International)
• Sally Kohn (CNN)
• Tal Kopan (CNN)
• Nicholas Kristof (CNN)
• Jackie Kucinich (CNN)
• Kyung Lah (CNN International)
• Josh Levs (CNN)
• Matt Lewis (CNN)
• Oren Liebermann (CNN International)
• Katie Linendoll (CNN)
• Ryan Lizza (CNN)
• Errol Louis (CNN)
• Mia Love (CNN)
• Kevin Madden (CNN)
• Jonathan Mann (CNN International)
• Miguel Marquez (CNN)
• Cathy Marshall (CNN)
• Lola Martinez (CNN International)
• Jim Miklaszewski (CNN)
• Stephen Moore (CNN)
• Jeanne Moos (CNN)
• Sara Murray (CNN)
• Chad Myers (CNN)
• Tim Naftali (CNN)
• Asieh Namdar (CNN International)
• Ana Navarro (CNN), (CNN en Español)^[5]
• Paula Newton (CNN/CNN International)
• Reena Ninan (CNN)
• Robin Oakley (CNN International)
• Miles O'Brien (CNN)
• Donie O'Sullivan (CNN)
• Toluse Olorunnipa (CNN)
• Alejandra Gutierrez Oraa (CNN en Español)
• Elizabeth Perez (CNN/CNN en Español/CNN International)
• Dan Pfeiffer (CNN)
• Abby Phillip (CNN)
• Katrina Pierson (CNN)
• Pedro Pinto (CNN International)
• Frederik Pleitgen (CNN International)
• Kirsten Powers (CNN)
• Bill Press (CNN)
• Mark Preston (CNN/CNN International)
• Shimon Prokupecz (CNN/CNN International)
• Richard Quest (CNN International)
• Manu Raju (CNN)
• Aneesh Raman (CNN)
• Charles H. Ramsey (CNN)
• Paula Reid (CNN)
• David Remnick (CNN)
• Emily Reuben (CNN International)
• Naibe Reynoso (CNN en Español)
• Don Riddell (CNN International)
• Sasha Rionda (CNN en Español)
• Nic Robertson (CNN/CNN International)
• Shirley Robertson (CNN International)
• Jennifer Rodgers (CNN)
• Mike Rogers (CNN)
• David S. Rohde (CNN)
• Susan Rook (CNN)
• Hilary Rosen (CNN)
• Richard Roth (CNN International)
• Ted Rowlands (CNN)
• Angela Rye (CNN)
• Jim Sciutto (CNN)
• Bakari Sellers (CNN)
• Andrew Serwer (CNN)
• Atika Shubert (CNN International)
• Sara Sidner (CNN)
• Michael Smerconish (CNN)
• Rachel Smolkin (CNN)
• Kristie Lu Stout (CNN International)
• David Swerdlick (CNN)
• Sherri Sylvester (CNN)
• Jake Tapper (CNN)
• Fran Townsend (CNN)
• Gary Tuchman (CNN)
• Nina Turner (CNN)
• Bill Tush (CNN)
• John Vause (CNN International)
• Geovanny Vicente (CNN en Español)
• Samantha Vinograd (CNN)
• Amara Walker (CNN International)
• Nick Paton Walsh (CNN International)
• Clarissa Ward (CNN/CNN International)
• Jeff Weaver (CNN)
• Ben Wedeman (CNN International)
• Michael Weiss (CNN)
• Fredricka Whitfield (CNN)
• Coy Wire (HLN/CNN)
• Fareed Zakaria (CNN)
• Jeff Zeleny (CNN)
• Julian E. Zelizer (CNN)

Series and specials hosts

• Reza Aslan — Believer
• W. Kamau Bell — United Shades of America
• Anderson Cooper — CNN Heroes
• Van Jones — The Messy Truth with Van Jones^[6]
• Mark Konkol — Chicagoland
• Lisa Ling — This Is Life with Lisa Ling
• Mike Rogers — Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies
• Mike Rowe — Somebody's Gotta Do It
• Nicki Shields — Saved by the Future
• Kevin Spacey — Race for the White House
• Morgan Spurlock — Morgan Spurlock Inside Man
• Meryl Streep — We Will Rise
• Stanley Tucci - Searching for Italy
• John Walsh — The Hunt with John Walsh
• Bill Weir — The Wonder List with Bill Weir
• Robin Wright - First Ladies
• Fareed Zakaria — The Most Powerful Man in the World

Political and legal analysts

• Jim Acosta — Chief Domestic Correspondent
• Dana Bash — Chief Political Correspondent
• Richard Ben-Veniste — Legal Analyst
• Carl Bernstein — Political Analyst
• Wolf Blitzer — CNN Lead Political Anchor
• Gloria Borger — Chief Political Analyst
• Pamela Brown — Senior Washington Correspondent
• David Chalian — Senior Political Analyst; CNN Political Director
• Laura Coates — Chief Legal Analyst
• Kaitlan Collins — Chief Correspondent
• John Dean — Senior Political Contributor
• Jeremy Diamond — White House Correspondent
• Harry Enten — Senior Data Reporter and Senior Writer
• Jamie Gangel — CNN Special Correspondent
• David Gergen — Senior Political Analyst
• David Gregory — Political Analyst
• Maggie Haberman — Political Analyst
• Brianna Keilar — Senior Washington Correspondent
• John King — Chief National Correspondent
• MJ Lee — Senior White House Correspondent
• Ryan Lizza — Political Analyst
• Wesley Lowery — Political Contributor
• Phil Mattingly — Chief Domestic Correspondent
• Abby Phillip — Senior Political Correspondent
• Mark Preston — Senior Political Analyst; Executive Editor, CNN Politics
• Manu Raju — Chief Congressional Correspondent
• Josh Rogin — Political Analyst
• Sara Sidner — Senior National Correspondent
• Jake Tapper — Chief Washington Correspondent
• Geovanny Vicente — Political Analyst
• Samantha Vinograd — National Security Analyst
• Jeff Zeleny — Chief National Affairs Correspondent

Political contributors

• Ashley Allison
• David Axelrod
• Paul Begala
• Peter Beinart
• Keith Boykin
• Maria Cardona
• S. E. Cupp
• Abdul El-Sayed
• Brian Fallon
• Ben Ferguson
• David Frum
• Margaret Hoover
• Steve Israel
• Van Jones
• Jason Kander
• Sally Kohn
• Matt K. Lewis
• Mia Love
• Kevin Madden
• Jason Miller
• Timothy Naftali
• Ana Navarro
• Kirsten Powers
• Bill Press
• Christine Quinn
• Catherine Rampell
• Hilary Rosen
• Angela Rye
• Bakari Sellers
• David Swerdlick
• David Urban
• Geovanny Vicente
• Andrew Yang
• Julian E. Zelizer

Security and foreign policy analysts

• Christiane Amanpour — Chief International Anchor
• Robert Baer — Intelligence and Security Analyst
• Peter Bergen — Chief National Security Analyst
• Matthew Chance — Senior International Correspondent
• James Clapper — National Security Analyst
• Rick Francona — Military Analyst
• Michael Hayden — National Security Analyst
• Mark Hertling — Military and Defense Analyst
• Juliette Kayyem — National Security Analyst
• Aaron David Miller — Global Affairs Analyst
• Lisa Monaco — Senior National Security Analyst
• Nic Robertson — International Diplomatic Editor
• Mike Rogers — National Security Commentator
• David Rohde — Global Affairs Analyst
• Jim Sciutto — Chief National Security Correspondent
• Clarissa Ward — Chief International Correspondent
• Michael Weiss — National Security Analyst
• Joseph Yun — Global Affairs Analyst
• Fareed Zakaria — Foreign Policy Analyst

Former personalities

• Paolo Abrera — CNN Philippines New Day (CNN Philippines)
• Natalie Allen (CNN/CNN International)
• Roz Abrams
• Brooke Alexander
• Serena Altschul
• Brooke Anderson
• Kelli Arena
• Peter Arnett
• Sharyl Attkisson
• John Avlon (CNN)
• Terry Baddoo
• Rudi Bakhtiar (CNN)
• Brooke Baldwin
• Ashleigh Banfield (CNN then HLN)
• Errol Barnett
• Bobbie Battista
• André Bauer
• Willow Bay
• Bob Beckel
• Ralph Begleiter
• Joy Behar
• Todd Benjamin
• Steve Berthiaume
• Mike Boettcher
• Michelle Bonner
• Anthony Bourdain — Parts Unknown
• Tom Braden
• Donna Brazile
• Andrew Breitbart
• Dave Briggs (CNN)
• Mike Brooks (HLN)
• Aaron Brown
• Campbell Brown
  • Richard Brown Pat Buchanan
• Ana Cabrera
• Jack Cafferty
• Catherine Callaway (CNN/HLN)
• Susan Candiotti
• Richelle Carey
• Margaret Carlson
• Tucker Carlson
• James Carville
• Stan Case
• Helen Casey
• Bob Cain
• Claire Celdran (CNN Philippines)
• Virginia Cha
• Emily Chang
• Mona Charen
• Nick Charles
• Joie Chen
• Allan Chernoff
• Kiran Chetry
• Sophia Choi
• Brian Christie
• Connie Chung
• Chris Cillizza (CNN)
• Jim Clancy
• Leesa Clark
• Stephen Cole
• Heidi Collins
• Reid Collins
• Kellyanne Conway
• David Compton
• Roger Cossack
• Carol Costello (HLN)
• Philippe Cousteau Jr. (CNN International)
• Candy Crowley
• Chris Cuomo (CNN)^[7]
• Robyn Curnow (CNN International)
• Natasha Curry
• Arwa Damon (CNN/CNN International)
• John Defterios (CNN International)
• Laurie Dhue
• Denise Dillon
• Seth Doane
• Lou Dobbs
• Jill Dougherty
• Ayesha Durgahee
• Bud Elliott
• Rowland Evans
• Marc Fein
• Geraldine Ferraro
• Deborah Feyerick (CNN)
• Elizabeth Filippouli
• Adrian Finighan
• Peter Ford
• Judy Fortin
• David French
• John Fricke
• Mike Galanos (HLN)
• Delia Gallagher (CNN)
• Sara Ganim (CNN/HLN)
• Lori Geary
• Courtney George
• Mark Geragos
• Kate Giles
• David Goodnow
• Hala Gorani (CNN International)
• Nancy Grace
• LZ Granderson
• Jennifer Granholm (CNN)
• Jeff Greenfield
• Nick Gregory
• Drew Griffin (CNN; deceased)
• Kimberly Guilfoyle
• Mary Katharine Ham
• Poppy Harlow (CNN)
• AJ Hammer (HLN)
• Leon Harris
• Tony Harris
• Don Harrison
• Lois Hart
• Pat Harvey
• Leon Hawthorne
• Bill Hemmer
• Kara Henderson
• Susan Hendricks (CNN/HLN)
• Ed Henry
• Nicolette Henson-Hizon (CNN Philippines)
• Fred Hickman
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Rico Hizon (CNN Philippines)
• John Holliman
• T. J. Holmes
• Pia Hontiveros (CNN Philippines)
• George Howell
• Eileen Hsieh
• Jim Huber
• Jeff Hullinger
• Al Hunt
• Steve Hurst
• Stella Inger (HLN)
• Christine Jacob (CNN Philippines)
• Laura Jarrett (CNN)
• Pedram Javaheri (CNN International)
• Joe Johns (CNN)
• Micah Johnson
• Phil Jones
• Daryn Kagan
• Jerrold Kessel
• Riz Khan
• Jodie Kidd (CNN International)
• Larry King
• Jack Kingston
• Michael Kinsley
• Elsa Klensch
• Jeff Koinange
• Andrea Koppel
• Alison Kosik (CNN)
• Sachi Koto
• Michelle Kosinski (CNN)
• Amanda Lang
• Nicole Lapin
• Denise LeClair Cobb (HLN)
• Ian James Lee (CNN International)
• May Lee
• Don Lemon
• Corey Lewandowski
• Carol Lin
• Dana Loesch (CNN)
• Melissa Long
• Stuart H. Loory
• Jeffrey Lord
• Bob Losure
• Mary Anne Loughlin
• Bettina Lüscher (CNN International)
• Richard Lui
• Menchu Macapagal (CNN Philippines)
• Tumi Makgabo
• Rima Maktabi
• Shyann Malone (HLN)
• Suzanne Malveaux (CNN)
• Jonathan Mann (CNN International)
• Rob Marciano
• Miguel Marquez
• Roland S. Martin
• Mary Matalin
• Cami McCormick
• Kayleigh McEnany
• Robin Meade (HLN)
• Chloe Melas (CNN)
• Cherie Mercado
• Jim Miklaszewski
• Mary Jo Mitchell
• Tom Mintier
• Jim Moret
• Piers Morgan
• Bruce Morton
• Reynelda Muse
• Octavia Nasr
• Arthel Neville
• Lucia Newman
• Betty Nguyen
• Rachel Nichols
• Robert Novak
• Michael Nutter
• Miles O'Brien
• Soledad O'Brien
• Femi Oke
  • Keith Olbermann Marga Ortigas
• Kris Osborn
  • Christina Park Kathleen Parker
• Christi Paul (CNN/HLN)
• Veronica Pedrosa
• Perri Peltz
• Michaela Pereira (HLN)
• Cal Perry
• Indra Petersons
• Kyra Phillips (CNN/HLN)
• Kitty Pilgrim
• Drew Pinsky (HLN)
• Chris Plante
• Vinnie Politan (HLN)
• Elizabeth Prann (HLN)
• Bill Press
• Jennifer Psaki
• Norma Quarles
• Ash-har Quraishi
• Aneesh Raman
• JJ Ramberg
• Dallas Raines
• Anjali Rao
• Candy Reid
• Jacque Reid
• Maria Ressa
• Kate Riley
• Dan Rivers
• Chuck Roberts
• John Roberts
  • Thomas Roberts Mai Rodriguez (CNN Philippines)
• Susan Roesgen
• Christine Romans (CNN) — Early Start
• Susan Rook
• Lynne Russell (HLN)
• Brent Sadler
• Ines Sainz (CNN en Español)
• Zoraida Sambolin
• Rick Sanchez
• Rick Santorum
• Martin Savidge (CNN/HLN/CNN International)
• Robin Sax (HLN)
• Andreas van der Schaaf
• Bill Schneider
• Suzanne Sena (HLN)
• Laurie Segall (CNN)
• Isha Sesay
• Frank Sesno
• Tara Setmayer
• Bella Shaw
• Bernard Shaw
• Mark Shields
• Daniel Schorr
• Lynn Smith (HLN)
• Kate Snow
• Tony Snow
• Linden Soles
• Martin Soong
• Jim Spellman (CNN/HLN)
• Eliot Spitzer
• Barbara Starr (CNN/CNN International) — Senior Pentagon Correspondent
• Brian Stelter — Reliable Sources
• Linda Stouffer (HLN)
• Kathleen Sullivan
• Fionnuala Sweeney
• Lisa Sylvester
• Manisha Tank (CNN International)
• Jonathan Tasini
• Abbi Tatton
• Felicia Taylor
• Joan Thomas
• Owen Thomas
• Andrea Thompson
• Mary Tillotson
• Jeffrey Toobin (CNN senior legal analyst)
• Nischelle Turner
• J. D. Vance (CNN)
• Bob Van Dillen (HLN)
• Alphonso Van Marsh
• Greta Van Susteren
• Stuart Varney
• Ralitsa Vassileva (CNN International)
• Hannah Vaughan Jones (CNN International)
• Lyn Vaughn
• Jane Velez-Mitchell (HLN)
• Luis Carlos Vélez
• Amelyn Veloso
• Ali Velshi
• Zain Verjee (CNN International)
• Alessio Vinci
• Valerie Voss
• Dave Walker
• Kelly Wallace (CNN)
• Selina Wang (CNN International)
• Michael Ware
• Margaret Warner
• Lou Waters
• Bernard Watson
• Bob Weaver
• Pinky Webb (CNN Philippines)
• Rafer Weigel
• Jennifer Westhoven (HLN)
• Harris Whitbeck
• Liz Wickersham
• Beverly Williams
• Mary Alice Williams
• Gerri Willis
• Reynolds Wolf
• Jack Womack
• Judy Woodruff
• Nick Wrenn
• Van Earl Wright
• Andrew Yang (CNN)
• Jessica Yellin
• Paula Zahn
• John Zarrella
• Charles Zewe

Notes and References

1. https://www.cnn.com/specials/tv/anchors-and-reporters CNN Anchors and Reporters
2. Web site: CNN Profiles - Jim Acosta. CNN.com. July 21, 2019.
3. News: CNN Profiles - Wolf Blitzer. CNN.com. July 21, 2019.
4. Web site: CNN Profiles - Kaitlan Collins. CNN.com. July 21, 2019.
5. Web site: CNN Profiles - Ana Navarro. CNN.com. July 21, 2019.
6. Web site: "The Messy Truth" hosted by Van Jones returns to CNN. TheDreamCorps.org. 2017. 4 April 2017.
7. Web site: Stelter. Brian. 2021-12-04. CNN fires Chris Cuomo. 2021-12-04. CNN.