Alisyn Camerota Quits CNN After 10 Years

Emmy-winning anchor Alisyn Camerota announced her departure from CNN during her final broadcast, Ron Dicker reported for HuffPost. “Before we go on this very busy news day, I just want to take a moment to share some personal news,” Camerota said as she signed off from CNN Newsroom.

During her tenure at CNN, Camerota received Emmys for her coverage of the police killing of George Floyd and the arrest of Roger Stone. I Photo: Alisyn Camerota Facebook

“This is my last day on air at CNN. I’ve had such incredible opportunities here these past 10-plus years. I’ve interviewed presidents, heroes, and extraordinary people—the kind of peak career experiences that I had dreamed of since I was a teenager. The journalists at CNN are the very best in the entire news business, and it’s been an honor to have been their colleague. It’s also an honor to have been in your homes this past decade through some of the biggest stories of our lifetimes.”

Camerota, 58, thanked her colleagues and received heartfelt praise from Wolf Blitzer, who called her a “good friend” and “outstanding journalist.” She broke the news of her departure on Instagram prior to the broadcast.

During her tenure at CNN, Camerota received Emmys for her coverage of the police killing of George Floyd and the arrest of Roger Stone. She also won the Edward R. Murrow Award for her reporting on Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

Camerota is noted for her pointed commentary about supporters of now-President-elect Donald Trump, saying at one point: “I think at this point, the smartest thing the rest of us could do is no longer give warped Trump supporters a platform and no longer lend them our ears. It’s time to turn off their microphones.”