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CNN anchorBrooke Baldwinis voicing her issues withthe network’s gender disparitiesamid her departure from her longtime employer.
TheCNN Newsroomhost then addressed how the gender disparities impacted the rollout of stories about women. While she said that she has long advocated for women’s stories, she noted that she “got told no a lot” but still managed to overcome such roadblocks.
A rep at CNN did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Baldwin announced in February thatshe planned to leave CNN after 13 years. The broadcast journalist, who began her journey at the network as a freelancer in 2008, said she would conclude her duties in April.
“For a decade, I’ve never taken for granted the enormous responsibility and privilege I’ve had to work with some of the most talented producers and photojournalists out there as we covered our era’s most urgent and important stories,” she said while on-air. “Conflicts, terrorism, environmental and natural disasters, the wrath of gun violence, human interest stories and royal weddings, my American Woman series, social justice movements that define our culture and a pandemic that changed the world … and politics. Lots of politics.”
She continued, “You have been here with me every step of the way, nevermore so when I was incredibly sick with COVID last year. I am so grateful for your loyalty and passion for the world we cover, and so grateful to my show team. You know who you are, you know who you are.”
Baldwin said that her next chapter will see her continuing to do what she loves most about her work as a journalist — “amplifying the lives of extraordinary Americans” and making “good use” of her love for storytelling.
On Tuesday, Baldwin opened up to PEOPLE about how her new book, titledHuddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power, helpedinfluence her decision to leave CNN.
“I don’t know if it was a combination of turning 40 or having done this job for a decade or it was being in the deep end with these women, interviewing them — it was different from my day job,” she said of the project. “A lot of the people come on my show, but you do these interviews, you’re given four or five minutes [and then you] move on to the next.”
Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Poweris out now.
source: people.com
