Soledad O'Brien - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMarÃa de la Soledad Teresa O'Brien
[1](b.
September 19,
1966) is an
American television journalist. She is an anchor of
American Morning, the marquee morning newscast on the North American
CNN television service.
Her common surname with her co-anchor Miles O'Brien is a coincidence.Contents[
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1 Personal life2 Broadcasting career3 Honors and recognitions3.1 The Colbert Report4 References5 External links[
edit] Personal life
O'Brien's father is an
Australian of
Irish descent and her mother is
Afro-Cuban. Her parents met at
Johns Hopkins University in
Maryland in
1958. In 1959, when they married,
interracial marriage was illegal in
Maryland—as it was in all southern states until the
United States Supreme Court decided in
Loving v. Virginia (1967) that interracial marriage bans were
unconstitutional—so they married in
Washington, D.C., and moved to the community of
St. James in
Smithtown, New York on
Long Island, where Soledad was born and raised. On the NPR quiz show Wait, Wait, Don't tell Me O'Brien explained that in Spanish her full name means, "The Blessed Virgin Mary of Solitude." When she started working in TV, many people recommended that she change her name, but she refused. She also revealed that much of her fan mail comes from foot fetishists who request autographed photos of her wearing opened-toe shoes.
[2]Despite her partial
Latina heritage, O'Brien admits she doesn't speak Spanish fluently. That has resulted in some awkward exchanges with people who assume she does, including former vice-president
Al Gore.
[1]She is a graduate of
Harvard University, with a degree in
English language and
American literature.
O'Brien has two daughters, Sofia (born 2000) and Cecilia (born 2002), and twin sons, Charlie and Jackson (born 2004).
[
edit] Broadcasting career
O'Brien began anchoring CNN's flagship morning program from
New York City in July 2003, when she joined the network. Years before, she was a regular correspondent known as the "Cyber Diver" on the
Discovery Channel's show,
The Know Zone.
O'Brien came to
CNN from
NBC News, where she had anchored
Weekend Today since July 1999. During that time, she contributed reports for the weekday
Today Show and for weekend editions of
NBC Nightly News, and covered such notable stories as
John F. Kennedy Jr.'s plane crash and the 1990s school shootings in Colorado and Oregon. In 2003, she covered the
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and later anchored NBC's weekend coverage of the
War in IraqMiles O'Brien (journalist)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to:
navigation,
searchMiles O'Brien (b.
June 9,
1959) is a
news anchor and
reporter for
CNN. He formerly co-hosted
Live From, a weekday afternoon show on CNN's
North American feed, alongside
Kyra Phillips. He became a co-host of
American Morning, alongside
Soledad O'Brien (no relation) on
June 20,
2005.
A licensed
aircraft pilot, O'Brien is widely recognized as CNN's in-house expert on aviation,
space exploration and space technology. He took over from John Holliman who was killed in a car accident in 1998. Prior to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, NASA was reportedly close to announcing that O'Brien would be, or would be a candidate to be, the first American journalist in space. After the destruction of the Columbia and a suspension of the Space Shuttle program, the idea was shelved [1].
O'Brien is originally from the Detroit area and attended the prestigious
University Liggett School in
Grosse Pointe, later graduating from
Georgetown University. He began his career in journalism at
WRC-TV in
Washington, D.C. as an assignment editor in 1982. He would later go on to
KQTV St. Joseph,
Missouri, then to
WNYT-TV in
Albany,
New York. He later went to
WTSP-TV in
St. Petersburg,
Florida, where he won his first
Emmy Award for coverage of the 1984
chlorine gas leak disaster in Bhopal. In 1987, he went to report at
WCVB-TV in Boston.
O'Brien was awarded the Space Communicator Award from the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement for outstanding media coverage of
space reporting.
Miles O'Brien (Star Trek)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, searchMiles O'Brien
Chief Miles O'Brien
Species:
HumanGender:
MaleHair color:
Brown
Eye color:
Blue
Home planet:
EarthAffiliation:
StarfleetPosting:
USS Rutledge tactical officerUSS Enterprise-D helmsman, transporter chiefDeep Space Nine chief of operationsUSS Defiant chief engineerStarfleet Academy instructor
Rank:
Senior Chief Petty OfficerPortrayed by:
Colm MeaneySenior Chief Petty Officer Miles Edward O'Brien, played by Colm Meaney, is a character in the fictional Star Trek universe. He first appears as a flight control officer in Star Trek: The Next Generation's pilot episode, but he subsequently appears as a transporter operator in TNG and as Deep Space Nine's chief of operations in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. In DS9's finale, O'Brien is set to leave the station to teach at Starfleet Academy.
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