Brianna Keilar joins ‘New Day’ in CNN daytime-lineup shuffle

Brianna Keilar will be a part of John Berman as co-anchor of CNN’s “New Day,” the cable information channel’s morning program, beginning April 1.

Keilar, 40, will succeed Alisyn Camerota, 54, who strikes to a two-hour afternoon newscast alongside Victor Blackwell, the community introduced Wednesday. Camerota has been on the morning shift since 2014, when she joined CNN from Fox Information.

Keilar most lately anchored “CNN Proper Now” from 1 to three p.m. weekdays. Earlier than that, she was CNN’s White Home correspondent throughout the Obama administration and coated Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential marketing campaign.

In 2020, Keilar offered CNN with its greatest noon scores efficiency within the 25-to-54 age group in 15 years, in keeping with Nielsen knowledge. The demographic is favored by advertisers who purchase time on information programming.

Keilar joined CNN as a correspondent in 2008.

Longtime afternoon anchor Brooke Baldwin introduced she was leaving the community amid the programming strikes. Baldwin, who joined CNN in 2008, advised viewers Tuesday of her deliberate departure.

The Australian-born Keilar is among the many CNN information anchors who provide commentaries on the air. She has obtained consideration on social media for calling out misstatements and hypocrisy by the Trump administration and its supporters within the media.

Keilar is married to an Military Particular Forces officer. She has used her platform at CNN to debate the challenges dealing with army households.

CNN additionally introduced Ana Cabrera, who has anchored CNN’s weekend newscasts for the final 4 years, will be a part of the community’s weekday lineup, dealing with “CNN Newsroom” weekdays from 1 to 2 p.m. Japanese.

Jim Acosta, who coated the White Home for CNN for the final seven years, strikes to a weekend anchor position. Viewers will see him on “CNN Newsroom” on Saturdays and Sundays from 3 to six p.m. Japanese.