Kate Bolduan

Katherine Jean "Kate" Bolduan[1][2][3] (   /ˈbɔːldwɪn/; Kate Bolduan  (help·info) ; born July 28, 1983) is an American broadcast journalist. She is the anchor of At This Hour with Kate Bolduan.[4] Bolduan also anchors State of America with Kate Bolduan on CNN International. She was previously a co-anchor for the CNN program New Day,[5] and The Situation Room. She provided feature stories and breaking news reports as well as custom live reports. Previously, she served as congressional correspondent based in Washington, D.C. as well as a general assignment correspondent for the network.

Early life and education
A native of Goshen, Indiana,[6] she is the third of four daughters born to Dr. Jeffrey Bolduan, and to Nadine Bolduan, a nurse.[7] She was educated at Goshen High School, a public high school in her home city, followed by George Washington University, from which she graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 2005,[8]with a bachelor's degree in journalism.[5] During her time at the university, she walked on to the women's volleyball team[9] and acted with the student theatre organization.[10] During her studies she spent time in Madrid, Spain where she learned to speak Spanish.[11]

Post college (2005 - 2007)
From 2005 to 2007 Bolduan worked as a general assignment reporter for WTVD-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. She began her television career as a production assistant for NBC News and MSNBC in Washington D.C. [12] She has worked at House & Garden magazine, Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News.

CNN Newsource
Bolduan began her tenure in 2007 at CNN as a national correspondent for CNN Newsource. She provided breaking news coverage and feature reports for a large number of CNN Newsource affiliates. During her time there, she most notably covered the 2008 United States presidential election and traveled throughout the United States covering other news making headlines including the Minneapolis Bridge collapse, the O.J. Simpson armed robbery case, and the retiring NASA Space Shuttle fleet.

The Situation Room with Wolf BlitzerEdit
Bolduan was previously co-anchor of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzerbefore moving to New York. Alongside Wolf Blitzer, she provided current events, breaking news, political headlines, and reports within lively discussions during the two-hour program.

New Day
New Day is a weekday morning television show on CNN. It premiered on June 17, 2013 and airs from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. ET[citation needed], originating from CNN's Time Warner Center studios in New York City. New Day replaced Starting Point, formerly anchored by Soledad O'Brien, which had aired since January 2, 2012.

At This Hour with Kate Bolduan
Bolduan joined CNN's new morning show, At This Hour, which premièred on January 26, 2015, alongside John Berman. At This Hour covers various news stories of the day with co-hosts Kate Bolduan and John Berman. At This Hourairs weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon ET, and is broadcast live from CNN's New York Studios in Manhattan. On February 6, 2017, Berman moved to 9 a.m. to co-host CNN Newsroom and Bolduan took over as the sole host of At This Hour.[13]

The focus of the show is on daily events with correspondents sending their on-site live reports into the studio. Bolduan then speaks with them about that specific event. At This Hour also presents moderated live interviews and discussions with guests in the studio or via teleconference.[14][15]

State of America with Kate Bolduan
Bolduan was named anchor of State of America with Kate Bolduan, a CNN International program which covered the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign for a global audience. Following the election, the program was renamed and pivoted to focusing on U.S. news and affairs. The show airs on Fridays at 23:00 CET from CNN's New York studios in Manhattan.[16][17]

During the first ten minutes of the show Bolduan discusses the daily news. Following a commercial break a panel, typically consisting of four journalists and analysts from various backgrounds, discusses current affairs.[18]

Kate Bolduan's Roots
In 2014 Bolduan made a feature titled Kate Bolduan's Roots. Bolduan's ancestors arrived in America in 1912. They came from a small town called Chênée in Belgium. Leon Emile Rousselle (Bolduan's great-great-grandfather) arrived in the United States aboard the SS Kroonland. Two months later his pregnant wife Louise Labhaye Rousselle and his two year old daughter travelled to the U.S. aboard the SS Lapland (which returned some survivors - mainly crew members - of the Titanic catastrophe to England). The Rousselles came from a long line of glass manufacturers. In 2014 Bolduan travelled to Liège in Belgium to find out about her family history.[19][20]

Champions for Change
Champions for Change is an annual series at CNN where anchors and staff choose a topic and go out of their regular format. It follows the Champions of Change initiative of the Obama White House.

The Story behind Farm Aid
Bolduan grew up on an apple orchard.[11] In 2017 she went on farms in Virginiato film a feature for the CNN series Champions for Change. It was called The story behind Farm Aid in relation to Farm Aid. She interviewed small and environmentally friendly farmers on their perspective of their situation in America.[21]

Every Mother Counts
In 2018 Bolduan produced another feature for the Champions for Change series. She spend time with the Every Mother Counts organisation which helps pregnant women by giving them information and other support. The organisation is international, working in Asia, Africa, North- and South America.[22][23][24]

Personal life
In May 2010, Bolduan married Michael Gershenson, who works for The Carlyle Group.[25][26] They moved from the Washington D.C. area to New York in early 2013 after Bolduan accepted the anchor position at CNN's morning lineup. The couple’s first daughter was born in September, 2014. Their second in December 2017.[27]

Bolduan advocates for children.[28]

She is left-handed but plays all sports with her right hand. She loves ketchup, cereals and can waterski barefoot.[11]