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Related: About this forumBrooke Baldwin bids an emotional farewell on CNN Friday
Brooke Baldwin chose a crowded news day to say goodbye on air on CNN. After 13 years, she bid farewell to the place where she had dreamed of working since her time as a student at the University of Georgia.
This job, my show here on CNN, was not originally to be mine, Baldwin said. More than a decade ago, there was an anchor who suddenly departed CNN, leaving this gaping hole in the afternoon and the then-bosses quickly turned to me and said, Brooke, were going to need you to keep the seat warm just for a week until we actually find the person to take over the show. Well, okay, I have kept this seat warm for nearly 11 years.
I am filled with emotion and gratitude, she said on air during the final minutes of her last broadcast Friday afternoon. A decade ago, I didnt even know this show would become mine. A decade later, I find myself in a similar situation not totally knowing whats next. And Im OK with that because what I do now is that I am a journalist and a storyteller for life.
She said in an interview with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last month that she has no new job. She just decided after writing a book about womens empowerment called Huddle that it was time to forge out on her own and do long-form storytelling on her own terms.
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madaboutharry
(41,243 posts)I watched her as often as I could. She was always so accessible and vulnerable. She gave great interviews and never let anyone bullshit her.
Sometimes a person just needs to do something different.
sheshe2
(87,075 posts)I am going to miss her.
HUAJIAO
(2,547 posts)..which was the only place I saw TV....
Strong, honest, caring, perceptive, highly intelligent, wry sense of humor.... she has it all...
lastlib
(24,740 posts)I've only been able to watch her the past two years, when I've been off work. She was everything you said, and a beautiful lady to boot! I love her! I really appreciate her journalistic skills--many times, she kept me from ruining my TV hurling a rock at Chuck Toad!
And did I mention that she's beautiful?