Kiran Chetry anchors American Morning with John Roberts. Since joining CNN's flagship morning program in April 2007, Chetry has covered major breaking news stories such as the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech and interviewed such newsmakers as first lady Laura Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). She also reported for the series Children of War, which examined how American children cope with their parents' deployments in Iraq.
Chetry joined CNN in February 2007 and immediately began anchoring various CNN programs including American Morning, Anderson Cooper 360º, Paula Zahn Now and CNN Newsroom. Previously, Chetry was the anchor of Fox & Friends First and Fox & Friends Weekend for the Fox News Channel. She has covered major breaking news stories including reports from the field during the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster, the invasion of Baghdad and Hurricane Katrina.
Chetry began her journalism career at News 21 in Rockville, Md., in 1995 before moving to WICU-TV in Erie, Penn., to become an anchor and health reporter. At WICU-TV, she earned the Best Enterprise Reporting award from the Pennsylvania Associated Press Broadcasters Association in 1997 for "Young and Hooked," a series about teen smoking. She then served as a morning anchor and reporter for KXTV in Sacramento, Calif., before joining Fox News in 2001.
Chetry received her bachelor of arts in broadcast journalism from the University of Maryland.
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