Soledad O'Brien
American broadcast commentator and producer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien[1] (born September 19, 1966)[2] is an American broadcast journalist and executive producer.[3] Since 2016, O'Brien has been the host for Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien, a nationally syndicated weekly talk show produced by Hearst Television. She is chairwoman of Starfish Media Group, a multiplatform media production company and distributor that she founded in 2013.[4] She is also a member of the Peabody Awards[5] board of directors, which is presented by the University of Georgia's Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Soledad O'Brien | |
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Born | María de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien (1966-09-19) September 19, 1966 (age 57) |
Education | Harvard University (AB) |
Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
Spouse |
Brad Raymond (m. 1995) |
Children | 4 |
O'Brien co-anchored CNN's American Morning from 2003 to 2007,[6] and was the anchor of CNN's morning news program Starting Point from 2012 to 2013.[7][8] In 2013, O'Brien became special correspondent on the Al Jazeera America news program America Tonight,[9] and was also a correspondent on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel[10][11] until the show's final episode in December 2023.[12]