Alisyn Camerota Biography
Alisyn Camerota is an American anchor and correspondent working for CNN as a political commentator. She joined the CNN news team in 2014, after previously working for Fox News Channel.
Alisyn Camerota Career
She works as an author, CNN anchor, and correspondent in New York, New York. In her 30 years as a journalist, Camerota has covered stories both in the United States and other countries. For her breaking news coverage of the deaths of George Floyd and Roger Stone, she won two Emmy Awards. For her breaking news coverage of Hurricane Maria’s effects on Puerto Rico, she won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award.
Alisyn joined CNN in 2014 and was a co-anchor of the morning show “New Day” for more than six years. She covered the most important news stories of the day, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 election and Trump’s presidency, the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels, and the Parkland, FL school shooting. People across the country talked about gun safety because of the interviews she did with the NRA and the Parkland students who survived the shooting in the hours after it happened.
When Alisyn covered the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, their Voter Panels became popular and were a must-see. The News Literacy Project works to teach kids how to spot false information and fake news. She is on the national advisory board of that project. She also works with Press Forward as an Advisory Member to stop sexual harassment in newsrooms.
Alisyn got a Presidential scholarship to go to American University and graduated with honors in Broadcast Journalism. National Public Radio named Alisyn’s first book, Amanda Wakes Up, one of the best books of the year, and Oprah Magazine called it “a must-read.” She is writing a biography right now. As a correspondent for the network’s Boston bureau, Camerota started in February 1998 and covered a wide range of stories. She also contributed to Fox News Edge, the network’s affiliate service. Since October 2007, Camerota has had a blog on the Fox & Friends page of the Fox News Channel website.
The show “In The Greenroom featured Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy, and Gretchen Carlson, as well as guests or crew members from the cable show and a toy monkey at the end of the Internet segment. You can watch these movies later on the Fox & Friends page of the Fox News Channel website. As well as usually appearing on Fox & Friends 1st on Fridays, Camerota was a co-host of this show on the weekends.
Camerota started co-hosting America’s News Headquarters with Bill Hemmer on September 30, 2013. The show airs Monday through Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET. She was also one of the hosts of Fox & Friends Weekend with Clayton Morris and Dave Briggs. The last time she was on that show was September 28, 2013. She also helped host Fox & Friends First. At the end of the March 14, 2014, afternoon show, Camerota told her viewers goodbye for the last time after 16 years working for the network. Tricia Helfer plays Camerota for a short time in the movie Bombshell. Camerota was sexually harassed by Roger Ailes, head and CEO of Fox News.
At CNN, Scholes works alongside; Fareed Zakaria, Fredricka Whitfield, Bill Weir, Amara Walker, John Avlon, Dana Bash, David Axelrod, John Berman, Victor Blackwell, Wolf Blitzer, Kate Bolduan, Pamela Brown, Kim Brunhuber, Erin Burnett, Julia Chatterley, Rosemary Church, Laura Coates, Anderson Cooper, Audie Cornish, Amanda Davies, Max Foster, Bianna Golodryga, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Laila Harrak, Erica Hill, Michael Holmes, Van Jones, Brianna Keilar, Lynda Kinkade, John King, Melissa Knowles, Christina Macfarlane, John Miller, Veronica Miracle, Bianca Nobilo, Abby Phillip, Brad Parks, Richard Quest, Don Riddell, Michael Smerconish, Boris Sanchez, Tom Sater.
Alisyn Camerota Salary
Camerota earns a salary of about $70,000-$150,000.
Alisyn Camerota Net Worth
Camerota has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which he/she has earned through his/her career as a news anchor and correspondent.
Alisyn Camerota Age
Camerota was born on June 21, 1966, in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, United States. She is 58 years old as of 2024, and she celebrates her birthday on the 21st of June every year.
Alisyn Camerota Height and Weight
Camerota stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches tall (1.6m) and weighs 52 kg (114 lbs).
Alisyn Camerota Family
Camerota was born and raised in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, United States to a single mother who was a teacher and later earned a PhD to become a therapist. Her parents divorced when she was still young. Camerota likes to keep her personal life private hence she has neither disclosed the names of her parents nor those of her siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Alisyn Camerota Husband and Children
Camerota is married to Tim Lewis, a partner with Southfield Capital (Greenwich-based company). He worked at Atlantic Street Capital and CRG Partners, along with other private equity firms. After graduating from Yale in 1988, he went on to get an M.B.A. from the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. The couple tied the knot in 2002 and they reside in Westport, Connecticut. The two have been blessed with three children; In 2005, she and her husband used in vitro fertilization to have fraternal twin girls. In 2007, they naturally had a son. Her experience in fertility made her become a spokesperson and an advocate for infertility.
Alisyn Camerota House
In 2012, Camerota and her husband sold their two-bedroom brownstone co-op apartment at $1.65 million which was a loss since they bought the apartment at $1.79 million back in 2007. They then bought a bigger house which is a six-bedroom apartment since she has a big family now. The apartment has a pool, porches, and soaring ceilings.
Alisyn Camerota Daughters
Camerotas’s fraternal twin daughters were born through IVF (In Vitro Fertilization). She struggled with infertility for the three years they had been together with her husband since they got married. She had two miscarriages and three failed in vitro fertilization before the fourth one became successful.
Alisyn Camerota Social Media Platform
Camerota is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 30.3k followers on Twitter 87.7k followers on Instagram, and 56.2k followers on Facebook.