| Poppy Harlow | |
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| Born | Katharine Julia Harlow May 2, 1982 Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupation | News Anchor Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | CNNMoney.com Anchor |
Katharine (Poppy) Julia Harlow (May 2, 1982) is an American news anchor and reporter, best known for her journalism at Forbes.com and her work with CNN on television and online. She is currently a business correspondent and anchor at CNNMoney.com based in New York City where she has worked since leaving Forbes.com in 2007, and where she worked as an anchor, reporter and producer. Harlow is a rising star in the cable news industry, going from a modest job at CBS as an intern to appearing on CNN's CNNMoney.com and on its regular cable program in only three years.
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Early life and education
Harlow was born May 2, 1982 in the Twin Cities, Minnesota area. Harlow enrolled in the exclusive college prep school, the Blake School of Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduating in 2001. Upon graduation, Harlow attended Columbia University where she majored in Political Science and also studied Middle Eastern Studies. She was Phi Beta Kappa and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2005.[1]
Early career
After beginning as an intern at CBS while still in college, Harlow worked for CBS MarketWatch and as an assistant producer for CBS Newspath. Leaving CBS after graduation, Harlow was an anchor and reporter for NY1 News' Local Edition. From January to August 2007, while at NY1, Harlow's news beat covered Staten Island and areas west of New York City area and including TV reporting on local politics, the economy and the local cultural life.
In September, 2007, Harlow was hired by Forbes.com Video Network. Harlow's area of coverage expanded to an international scope as she travelled coast to coast making over 500 video spots covering the fashion, entertainment and business industry. Harlow interviewed notables including business leaders and Fortune 500 CEOs and also covering the financial markets, luxury, travel, technology and energy. Harlow also covered New York City's Broadway district. She also reported on the growing participation of fashion and entertainment people in public service and non-profit organizations to raise public awareness of such issues as AIDS and poverty in Africa.
Career at CNN
Harlow joined CNN in 2008 where she is currently an anchor for CNNMoney.com and is based in New York City. Borrowing on the success of Forbes.com as well as one of its stars, Harlow, CNNMoney produced 30 original video reports a day and played them on its site along with the content it gets from the CNN television network. For this initiative, CNN built a new television studio and hired Harlow and a staff of 11 people. It also brought in stories produced for the site from regular CNN reporters and camera crews. This is the format from which Harlow broadcasts cable-style financial headline reports. Harlow has also appeared on CNN's Larry King show, discussing the effects of the skyrocketing cost of oil.[2]
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