Brooke Victoria Anderson (born May 13, 1978) is co-host of The Insider

The Insider (TV series)

The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...

. Previously, she was a culture and entertainment anchor and producer for CNN

CNN

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 and served as co-host for Showbiz Tonight

Showbiz Tonight

Showbiz Tonight is an American entertainment news program on HLN .Showbiz Tonight is hosted by A.J. Hammer at CNN New York. The show reports and debates celebrity entertainment news stories and controversies, along with social networking segments involving viewer interaction via social networks and...

on HLN. Based in CNN's Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 bureau, Anderson joined the network in July 2000.

Anderson graduated in 2000 with honors from the University of Georgia

University of Georgia

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's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

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 with a bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 in broadcast journalism

Broadcast journalism

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. She is a member of Kappa Delta Sorority.

She has covered numerous events for CNN and Headline News, including the 2006 Cannes film festival

Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...

, the Academy Awards

Academy Awards

An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...

, the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

, the MTV Video Music Awards

MTV Video Music Awards

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, the NBA All-Star Weekend

NBA All-Star Weekend

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, Fall Fashion Week in New York City

New York City

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 and Atlanta's Music Midtown

Music Midtown

Music Midtown was a large music festival held in Atlanta, Georgia from 1994 to 2005. It is once again resurrected for 2011.The festival ran on one weekend each year from 1994 to 2005. The event drew in excess of 300,000 attendees per year during its peak years. Music Midtown started as a two-day...

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In February 2003, she received the Daily Point of Light Award for volunteerism from President George W. Bush

George W. Bush

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She is married to James Arthur "Jim" Walker, III and had her first child in May 2009, a girl named Kate Victoria Walker.

External links

• Brooke Anderson profile on CNN.com