For other persons named Pamela Brown, see Pamela Brown (disambiguation).
Pamela Ashley Brown (born November 29, 1983), is an American television reporter and newscaster. Brown works as Justice Correspondent for CNN. She formerly worked for ABCWashington, D.C., affiliate WJLA-TV.[1][2][3] Brown occasionally provided the lead-in to "Politico's Video Playback"—a daily recap of the previous night's U.S. late-night talk shows.
Brown was born in Lexington, Kentucky and is the daughter of businessman and former Governor of KentuckyJohn Y. Brown Jr. and former Miss America and businesswoman Phyllis George. George took maternity leave from her duties on CBS' iconic NFL pregame show, The NFL Today, to give birth to Pamela. She is also the granddaughter of politician John Y. Brown, Sr. and the half-sister of former Kentucky Secretary of StateJohn Y. Brown, III.
Brown graduated from Henry Clay High School in Lexington and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in broadcast journalism. While at the University of North Carolina, Brown was a reporter on the University’s Carolina Week.
Brown was named after her aunt, Pamela Brown,[1] who died in 1970 at the age of 28, along with her husband Rod Anderson and balloonist Malcolm Brighton, in an ill-fated attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a Rozière balloon dubbed "The Free Life."[4]
Brown interned for former SenatorHillary Clinton[citation needed] and was one of the initial stockholders of Roadhouse Grill, a Florida-based casual dining restaurant chain co-founded by her father.
Name | Brown, Pamela Ashley |
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Short description | American Tv reporter/newscaster |
Date of birth | November 29, 1983 |
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