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Poppy Harlow, the longtime CNN anchor who most just lately co-helmed “CNN This Morning,” introduced Friday that she’s going to exit the community.
“The almost twenty years since have been a present,” Harlow wrote in an electronic mail to colleagues. “I’ve been impressed by you and realized a lot from you – who’re (and can stay) pricey associates.”
“I grew up right here: as a journalist and as an individual,” Harlow added. “I used to be allowed to stumble, to falter, after which to strive once more with the assist and care of this CNN household. This place has formed me as a pacesetter, taught me resilience, proven me the worth of perspective and how one can make onerous choices.”
Mark Thompson, CNN’s chief govt, praised Harlow as a “distinctive expertise who combines formidable reporting and interviewing prowess with a human contact that audiences have at all times responded to.”
“She’s been an exquisite colleague at CNN, and we all know she can have a lot success in her future endeavors,” Thompson stated.
Amy Entelis, govt vp of expertise and content material, additionally praised Harlow in an announcement, saying she “leaves CNN after greater than 16 memorable years, 1000’s of hours within the anchor chair and tons of of stories from the sphere.”
“Poppy is a superb journalist who units the usual for reporting with compassion and humanity, and we’ll miss her,” Entelis stated.
Harlow joined CNN in 2008 and labored in quite a lot of roles on the community. Throughout her time, she reported internationally on a few of the largest and most consequential information tales, together with the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and 2015 Paris terror assaults.
Harlow, who has a background in enterprise journalism, hosted the “Boss Recordsdata” podcast and likewise usually landed notable executives for interviews, together with Warren Buffet, Mark Zuckerberg, Invoice and Melinda Gates, Susan Wojcicki, Jamie Dimon and others.
In 2022, then-CNN chief Chris Licht tapped Harlow to assist relaunch the community’s flagship morning present. Harlow turned co-host with Kaitlan Collins and Don Lemon. The present, nevertheless, struggled to seize an viewers and behind-the-scenes drama fueled tabloid headlines. Lemon was finally dismissed from the community and Collins was moved to helm a solo prime time present.
Thompson, after taking up from Licht, introduced in February that he would reconfigure CNN’s morning lineup. “CNN This Morning” modified time slots and moved to Washington, D.C., the place it’s now hosted by Kasie Hunt.
The brand new morning present lineup left Harlow with out an anchor slot. CNN engaged in discussions with Harlow, however finally she determined to exit the community.
In her electronic mail to colleagues, Harlow stated that within the speedy future she appears ahead to spending extra time with household.
“For now, my plan is to stroll our youngsters to highschool and choose them up (hopefully they gained’t get sick of me!), and to assist the evolution of journalism in each manner I can, whereas preserving the human(ity) in it,” Harlow wrote. “I’m excited for what’s forward – and I shall be rooting for CNN at all times.”