Randi Kaye is an American

United States

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 television news journalist for CNN

CNN

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. She is currently a national correspondent for the channel.

Early life and career

Kaye graduated cum laude from Boston University

Boston University

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 with a degree in broadcast journalism

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.

She began her television career at ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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, working for Nightline

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and then Peter Jennings

Peter Jennings

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. She then moved to KATV

KATV

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 in Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock, Arkansas

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. Kaye also worked for WFAA-TV

WFAA-TV

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 in Dallas as a reporter and anchor, KMSP-TV

KMSP-TV

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 in Minneapolis where she hosted Everyday Living, WWOR-TV

WWOR-TV

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 in New York

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/New Jersey

New Jersey

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 and WCCO-TV

WCCO-TV

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 in Minneapolis as anchor of the 5pm and 10pm newscasts.

CNN

Kaye joined CNN

CNN

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 in December 2004. In addition to being a national correspondent, she is an investigative reporter for Anderson Cooper 360°

Anderson Cooper 360°

Anderson Cooper 360° is a one-hour television news show on CNN, hosted by the American journalist Anderson Cooper. It is also broadcast around the world on CNN International....

. She also anchored a weekday slot on CNN Newsroom

CNN Newsroom

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until August 2011.

Awards

Kaye won an Emmy for Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story for her reporting on black market infertility in 2006. The story, which was broadcast on Anderson Cooper 360º, covered how infertile couples chose risky and illegal ways to have babies due to the soaring cost of in-vitro medications.

External links

• CNN - Biography
• Randi Kaye CNN on Facebook
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