Brianna Keilar Biography
Brianna Keilar (born Brianna Marie Keilar) is an Australian-born American political commentator who presently works for CNN in the Washington, D.C. bureau as a senior political journalist and anchor. She previously worked for CNN in Washington as a White House journalist, Congressional correspondent, and general assignment correspondent.
Brianna Keilar CNN | Wikipedia
Brianna is the host of CNN Right Now, which airs at 1:00 p.m. on weekdays. She’s also the creator of Home Front, a column on military families that aims to bridge the gap between military and civilian life. She joined CNN in 2006 as a CNN Newsource journalist, where she covered breaking news and reported from the nation’s capital for over 800 CNN Newsource partner stations.
Brianna Keilar Career
Brianna Keilar hosts CNN’s morning show “New Day,” which airs from 6 to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday. Keilar was previously the anchor of “CNN Right Now,” which aired weekdays at 1 p.m. and included hard-hitting interviews with important newsmakers as well as reporting on the day’s top stories. Keilar was instrumental in the network’s enhanced coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. Her regular “Roll the Tape” segments on a wide range of political themes and figures have also campaigned for improved government accountability. Keilar is also the author of Home Front, a column on military families that aims to bridge the gap between military and civilian life. Keilar was CNN’s senior Washington correspondent before becoming an anchor in November 2018.
Keilar was the lead reporter covering Hillary Clinton and the Democratic field throughout the 2016 presidential campaign. Keilar also worked for CNN as a senior White House reporter, covering the Obama administration from the White House and around the world. She covered numerous major topics for the network in this role, including the government shutdown and Obamacare, for which she received the White House Correspondents’ Association’s 2014 Aldo Beckman Memorial Award. Keilar also participated to the network’s Emmy Award-winning election night coverage during America’s Choice 2012 coverage, reporting on President Obama’s campaign, the Democratic National Convention, and the network’s Emmy Award-winning election night coverage.
Prior to reporting to the White House, Keilar worked as a congressional correspondent, covering both the House and Senate of the United States. She received the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress from the National Press Foundation for her coverage of the $700 billion bank bailout in the fall of 2008. Prior to covering Congress, Keilar worked for CNN as a general assignment journalist, covering a variety of issues, including the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, when she was the first CNN reporter on the scene.
Keilar began her career at CNN in 2006 as a CNN Newsource correspondent, where she delivered breaking news coverage and reported from the nation’s capital for over 800 CNN Newsource partner stations. She came to Newsource from CBS News, where she was an anchor, reporter, and producer for a CBS broadcast that aired on MTV’s campus network, mtvU. She was also a freelance reporter for CBS Evening News Weekend Edition and a fill-in anchor for CBS News’ overnight program, Up to the Minute.
Prior to joining CBS, Keilar worked as a general assignment correspondent for KIMA-TV, a CNN and CBS affiliate in Yakima, Washington. She also worked in radio as a morning show host and weekend newsreader during that time. Keilar began her career in journalism as a production assistant and intern at KTVU-TV in San Francisco, a CNN and FOX affiliate.
Brianna Keilar Age
How old is Keilar? Keilar is 41 years old as of 2021. She was born on 21 September 1980 in Canberra, Australia.
Brianna Keilar Education
Keilar graduated from Mission Viejo High School in 1998. She earned bachelor’s degrees in mass communications and psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa.
Brianna Keilar Nationality | Ethnicity
What ethnicity is Keilar? she belongs to white ethnicity/heritage. Keilar was born and raised in Canberra, Australia, and she holds Australian nationality and citizenship by birth.
Brianna Keilar Height
Keilar stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches.
Brianna Keilar Family | Siblings | Parents
Keilar was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, she is the daughter of American Miriam Allen Keilar and Australian Glenn Keilar.
Brianna Keilar Mother
Miriam Keilar, her mother, died of acute leukemia in May 2016. She detailed how she lost her mother in a CNN essay titled “Overcoming loss in the thick of a historic campaign” on October 31, 2016.
Brianna Keilar Husband
Keilar is happily married to Fernando Lujan, and the couple married in Las Vegas on December 30, 2016. Fernando works for the White House National Security Council as a director for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dave French was her first husband, whom she married on May 2, 2009, however, the couple split in 2011.
Brianna Keilar Children
Antonio Allen Martinez Lujan is Brianna’s son, who was born on June 8, 2018. Teddy Lujan, Lujan’s oldest son from a previous marriage, is her stepson.
Brianna Keilar Salary
How much does she earn? Keilar earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Brianna Keilar Net Worth
Keilar has an estimated net worth of $1 million – $5 Million which she has earned through being a political correspondent and anchor.
Brianna Keilar CBS
Keilar worked as an anchor, reporter, and producer for a CBS program that broadcast on mtvU, MTV’s student network, before joining CNN. She was also a freelance reporter for CBS Evening News Weekend Edition and a fill-in anchor for CBS News’ overnight program, Up to the Minute. She began her journalism career as a production assistant and intern at KTVU-TV, a CNN and FOX station in San Francisco. She eventually worked as a general assignment reporter for KIMA-TV, a CNN and CBS station in Yakima, Wash. She also worked in radio at the time, as a broadcaster on 107.3 KFFM’s “Billy, Blue, and Brianna Too: The Morning Zoo.”
