Alisyn Camerota
Alisyn Camerota | |
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Camerota in 2016 | |
| Born | Alisyn Lane Camerota June 21, 1966 Shrewsbury, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | American University |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
| Employer(s) | Fox News (1998–2014) CNN (2014–2024) |
| Spouse |
Tim Lewis
(m. 2001; died 2024) |
| Children | 3 |
Alisyn Lane Camerota (born June 21, 1966) is an American broadcast journalist and former political commentator for CNN. She was an anchor of CNN's morning show New Day, co-host of the afternoon edition of CNN Newsroom, and host of CNN Tonight from 2022 to 2023. Prior to CNN, she was a presenter at Fox News. Camerota has covered stories nationally and internationally and has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award for news reporting.
Camerota covered the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the Paris and Brussels terror attacks and the Parkland school shooting. She interviewed the Parkland student survivors and representatives of the National Rifle Association of America in the hours after the shooting. Camerota has held dozens of panels with Donald Trump supporters. Camerota has also covered the Me Too movement. Outside of her role anchoring New Day, Camerota anchored a number of primetime specials, including Tipping Point: Sexual Harassment in America and The Hunting Ground: Sexual Assault on Campus.
During her many years at Fox News, she was notably a part of the Fox & Friends franchise and as co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend.
Her first novel, Amanda Wakes Up, about an idealistic young journalist who finds herself with a plum spot at a cable news channel during a crazy presidential race was published by Viking in 2017 and was selected by NPR as one of the best books of the year, and by O, The Oprah Magazine as "a must read."