Aaron Brown (born November 10, 1948) is an American broadcast journalist most recognized for his coverage of the September 11, 2001 attacks, his first day on air at CNN. He was a longtime reporter for ABC, the founding host of ABC's World News Now, weekend anchor of World News Tonight and the host of CNN's flagship evening program NewsNight with Aaron Brown. He was the anchor of the PBS documentary series Wide Angle from 2008 to 2009. He is currently an instructor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.
Special Classification for Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement - Programs
Music Groups
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Nominations
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming – Long Form
Movies
Holiday in the Sun, Getting There, Jeepers Creepers 2, Going to the Mat, Searching for David's Heart, Attack of the Sabretooth, Headless Horseman, Detention, Halfway, First Night, The Strip, After Christmas
TV Shows
NewsNight with Aaron Brown, Wide Angle, ABC 2000 Today
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Quote
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I'll say 'I don't know' when I don't know. I think the job requires me to be accurate and honest with viewers. [told to Michael A. Lipton and Diane Herbst for People (December 3, 2001)]
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Fact
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Anchor for CNN
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Spent most of the 80s in Seattle, Washington, as anchorman for 2 TV stations; KING 5 and with KIRO 7.
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Daughter, Gabby, born 1988.
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Dropped out of the University of Minnesota during his freshman year to work as a local radio talk show host. Never returned to school.
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Loves golf (has a 7-handicap) and cooking.
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Although he was supposed to start work on a primetime newscast on CNN a few months later, he was pressed into service on September 11, 2001, to report on the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
NewsNight with Aaron Brown
2004-2005
TV Series Anchor - 2 episodes
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Swing Vote
2008
Aaron Brown
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
CNN Presents
2005
TV Series documentary himself - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Breaking the Spectrum
2014
Documentary
Narrator (voice)
Fix America
2012
TV Series
Himself - Host
Wide Angle
2008-2009
TV Series documentary
Himself - Correspondent / Himself - Host
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2006
TV Series
Himself
NewsNight with Aaron Brown
2002-2005
TV Series
Himself - Anchor / Himself - Host / Himself
Iron Chef America: The Series
2005
TV Series
Himself - Judge / CNN anchor
Jeopardy!
2004
TV Series
Himself - Guest Contestant
CNN Presents
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself - Host
Everwood
2003
TV Series
Himself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
2002
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Show
2001
TV Series
Himself
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
2000
TV Series
Himself - Anchor
ABC News Nightline
2000
TV Series
Himself - Substitute Anchor
ABC 2000: The Millennium
1999
TV Movie documentary
Good Morning America Weekend Edition
1993
TV Series
Himself - Host (1997-1998)
World News Now
1992
TV Series
Himself - Anchor (1992-1993)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
30 for 30
2012
TV Series documentary
Himself
911 Amateur
2007
Video documentary short
Himself - CNN New York
September Clues
2007
Documentary
Himself - CNN New York
Shut Up & Sing
2006
Documentary
Himself
Independent Intervention
2006
Documentary
Himself
The West Wing
2004
TV Series
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2000
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement - Programs & Segments
ABC 2000: The Millennium (1999)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story - Long Form
Wide Angle (2002)
2010
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Informational Programming - Long Form
Wide Angle (2002)
Known for movies
World News Now (1992) as Himself - Anchor (1992-1993)
ABC News Nightline (2000) as Himself - Substitute Anchor
Good Morning America Weekend Edition (1993) as Himself - Host (1997-1998)
$9 Million
