John Berman

Name	John Berman
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Birth Date	1972-3-21
Education	Harvard University (BA)
Occupation	Broadcast journalist
Years Active	1995–present
Spouse	Kerry Voss
Children	2
Credits	ABC News (1995–2012) ABC World News Tonight head writer (1997–1999) CNN Early Start co-anchor (2012–2017) CNN Newsroom co-anchor (2017–2018) CNN New Day (TV program) co-anchor (2018–2022) CNN News Central (2023-present)

Early life

Berman is of Sephardic Jewish descent. Berman was educated at Phillips Academy Andover, an independent co-educational, boarding and day, university-preparatory school in the town of Andover in Massachusetts, which he left in 1990, followed by Harvard University, from which he graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social studies.

Career

After leaving Harvard, Berman joined ABC News in a junior office post, rising to become Chief Writer for Peter Jennings, the long-term newscaster of ABC World News Tonight. After the inauguration of President George W. Bush, Berman was assigned to cover the White House. After six months, he asked to be reassigned to New York. On his first week in the job, the towers of the World Trade Center were destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Then, as a general assignment reporter, Berman reported from Iraq, embedded with a United States Marine infantry battalion at the beginning of the Iraq War in Nasiriyah as an on-air correspondent. He says, “It was an incredible personal experience, absolutely terrifying, risky and physically grueling. As a reporter, you always want to be covering the biggest stories, despite the risks".

On September 15, 2022, it was announced that Berman would leave his role on New Day with Brianna Keilar later that year. He would continue to co-anchor the show until the new CNN revamped morning show debuted. He would then be assigned a new anchor role at the network.

In January 2023, CNN announced plans to revamp its daytime programming, Berman was named a co-anchor with Kate Bolduan and Sara Sidner from 9 a.m. until noon on their new program CNN News Central, which debuted on April 3, 2023.

''Jeopardy!''

Berman appeared in a celebrity Jeopardy! episode on May 13, 2015. He defeated other celebrity contestants Mo Rocca and Wendi McLendon-Covey to win $50,000 for children's charity Friends of Karen.

Personal life

Berman is married to Kerry Voss; they have two sons. They live in Armonk, New York.

See also

• New Yorkers in journalism

References

• dead, May 30, 2012, John Berman Joins CNN as an Anchor of Morning Show "Early Start", CNN, August 30, 2015
• Andover Bulletin (page 18) John Berman 90 - Going where the shooting is, Phillips Academy Andover, Paula Trespas, Winter 2005, 21 October 2015, March 10, 2016, dead
• Darcy, Oliver, 2022-09-15, CNN announces it will debut new morning show with Don Lemon, Poppy Harlow, and Kaitlan Collins , , CNN Business, 2022-09-15, CNN, en
• Johnson, Ted, 2023-03-29, CNN Sets April Premiere Dates For Daytime 'News Central', 2023-05-18, Deadline, en-US
• 2015-05-15, CNN Anchor John Berman wins big for local charity Friends of Karen, 2023-05-22, Garden City, NY Patch, en
• Shauna, Levy, Reporting Worldwide from Armonk: An Animated Conversation with CNN's John Berman, The Inside Press, June 1, 2018

External links

• John Berman profile