CNN's Brooke Baldwin Says Journalism Is Alive and Well in 2017

Posted May 13, 2017
On Sunday, Peabody Award finalist and CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin is adding something exciting to her plate as she heads to her alma mater, University of North Carolina, to address a commencement crowd of over 30,000. Read on as Baldwin discusses the state of journalism today and why we must leave our respective “bubbles” to truly know what’s happening in our country. (Parade Magazine)

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