Brianna Keilar Biography
Brianna Keilar is an American anchor working for CNN as a co-anchor of the 1-4pET block of “CNN News Central” out of the Washington, DC bureau. She previously anchored CNN’s “New Day.” She joined the CNN news team in 2006, after previously working for CBS.
Brianna Keilar Career
From her office in Washington, DC, Keilar co-anchors the “CNN News Central” block from 1 to 4 p.m. ET. She used to be the host of CNN’s “New Day.” Keilar used to be the host of “CNN Right Now,” a show that played weekdays at 1 p.m. and had in-depth interviews with major newsmakers as well as coverage of the day’s biggest stories. During 2020, Keilar was very important to the network’s coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. Through her regular “Roll the Tape” segments on a wide range of political issues and figures, she has also pushed for the government to be more open and honest. Keilar also writes a piece called “Home Front,” which is about military families and tries to bring together military and civilian life.
Before she became an anchor in November 2018, Keilar was CNN’s senior Washington reporter, where she covered big stories in Washington about politics, policy, and breaking news. Keilar was the main writer for CNN who covered Hillary Clinton and the other Democrats running for president in 2016. As a senior White House reporter for CNN, Keilar also wrote about the Obama administration from Washington, D.C., and other places around the world.
She wrote about a lot of important stories for the network, from the government shutdown to Obamacare. The White House Correspondents’ Association gave her the 2014 Aldo Beckman Memorial Award for her work. During his time on America’s Choice 2012, Keilar also covered President Obama’s campaign, and the Democratic National Convention, and helped the network’s Emmy Award-winning coverage of election night.
Before covering the White House, Keilar was a congressional reporter, which meant that he covered what the U.S. House and Senate did. The National Press Foundation gave her the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress for her work on the $700 billion bank bailout in the fall of 2008. Before she covered Congress, Keilar worked for the network as a general assignment journalist, covering a wide range of stories. She was the first CNN reporter on the scene of the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.
Keilar joined the network for the first time in 2006 as a correspondent for CNN Newsource. As a reporter, she covered breaking news and reported from the nation’s capital for about 800 partner stations of CNN Newsource. At CBS News, she was an anchor, reporter, and director for a CBS news show that aired on mtvU, MTV’s college network. She then moved on to Newsource. She was also a guest host on Up to the Minute, CBS News’ nighttime news show, and a reporter for CBS Evening News Weekend Edition.
Before she worked for CBS, Keilar was a general assignment reporter for KIMA-TV in Yakima, Wash., which is a CNN and CBS station. At the same time, she worked in radio as a morning show host and a weekend news reporter. Keilar’s first job in journalism was as an intern and production helper at KTVU-TV in San Francisco, which is an affiliate of both CNN and FOX. Keilar got his bachelor’s degrees in psychology and mass communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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, Alisyn Camerota, 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, 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.
Brianna Keilar Salary
Keilar earns a salary of about $10,000-$20,000.
Brianna Keilar Net Worth
Keilar has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $10 Million which she has earned through her career as a news anchor.
Brianna Keilar Age
Keilar was born on September 21, 1980, in Canberra, Australia. She is 44 years old as of 2024, and she celebrates her birthday on the 21st of September every year.
Brianna Keilar Height and Weight
Keilar stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches tall (1.77m) and weighs 64 kgs (141 lbs).
Brianna Keilar Family
Keilar was born in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia to Miriam Allen Keilar (mother) and Glenn Keilar (father). Miriam was 61 years old when she passed away. She died on May 17, 2016, at Saddleback Valley Hospital, with her husband by her side. She was the rock of her family, and people will always remember how smart, loving, creative, intuitive, and tough she was. Keilar and her family moved to Orange County, California, in 1982 when they came to live in the United States.
Brianna Keilar Husband
Keilar was previously married to Dave French, a film producer in 2009 in Sedona, Arizona but did not have any kids together. However, later divorced in 2011 for reasons not known to the public. Later on December 30, 2016, she got married to Fernando Lujan, a Green Beret military officer in Las Vegas, Nevada. They met at the White House during a post-work happy hour. She was reporting at the White House at a defense think tank in Washington between deployments to Afghanistan.
Brianna Keilar Children
Keilar and her husband Fernando Lujan have been blessed with a son named Antonio Allen Martinez Lujan who was born On June 8, 2018. Keilar gave birth to Antonio a month before the due date in Georgetown University Hospital.
Brianna Keilar Pregnant
Keilar is currently not pregnant even though she has gained weight and has a big belly. When more information comes up it will be updated.
Brianna Keilar House
Details concerning their house are not available to the public as of now. This information will be updated when available.
Brianna Keilar Social Media Platform
Keilar is very active on her Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. She has 316k followers on Twitter 77k followers on Instagram, and 59k followers on Facebook.