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Aaron Brown, the former CNN anchor, is joining the PBS series “Wide Angle,” ending his on-air absence of more than two years. [1]
With more than 25 years of journalism experience to draw from, Aaron Brown is CNN’s lead anchor during breaking news and special events as well as anchor of NewsNight With Aaron Brown, CNN’s flagship, evening newscast. [2]
LOS ANGELES — Aaron Brown, the former CNN anchor, is joining the PBS series “Wide Angle,” ending his on-air absence of more than two years. [1]
Aaron Brown (born November 10, 1948) is an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks, his first day on air at CNN. [3]
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He was a longtime reporter for ABC, the founding host of ABC’s World News Now, weekend anchor of World News Tonight and the host of CNN ’s flagship evening program NewsNight with Aaron Brown. [3]
Less than an hour after the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, Brown began covering the unparalleled event from a rooftop in New York City. [...] His continuing live coverage from several points in New York City, including Ground Zero, provided CNN audiences with constant updates and insight as the crisis turned into a search-and-rescue mission then evolved into a war on terrorism. [2]
As the second tower fell on live television, Brown fell silent, until he quietly said, “…good Lord…there are no words…” and resumed reporting after several seconds. [...] He is currently the anchor of the PBS documentary series Wide Angle, the host of public radio program The Aaron Brown Show and an instructor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. [...] He received international recognition for his reporting of the attacks from CNN’s rooftop in Manhattan, as well as the World Trade Center site and the areas surrounding the remains of the Twin Towers in New York City. [3]
Brown has garnered a number of awards including three Emmy awards, a duPont-Columbia Award, a New York Film Festival World Medal and several Sigma Delta Chi awards for political, general and sports news reporting as well as in the category of Outstanding Documentary. [2]
He’s been teaching at Arizona State University as its first Walter Cronkite Professor of Journalism. [1]
He left World News Now to work as a reporter for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, as well as Nightline and various other ABC programming. [3]
“If I was going to do broadcast journalism again, be a public person again… then it had to be something different from what I’d done,” Brown said. [1]
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[1] Television | Aaron Brown to anchor PBS show | Seattle Times Newspaper
[2] Aaron Brown Biography - TV.com
[3] Aaron Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[4] MySpace.com - Aaron Brown - 60 - Male - Scottsdale, Arizona - www …