Amara Walker

Amara Sohn-Walker ( /ˈæmərə/; née Sohn) is an American journalist and news anchor.[1] She previously anchored CNN International's CNN Today[2][3] with colleague Michael Holmes.[4] Since 2019, Walker is a correspondent & fill-in anchor for CNN U.S..[5]

Amara Walker
Amara Walker, in 2014.
Born
Amara Sohn

(1981-11-30) November 30, 1981
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Other namesAmarа
OccupationJournalist
EmployerCNN
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Spouse(s)Thomas Walker (m. 2012)
Children2

Early life and education

Walker was born and raised outside Los Angeles.[4] In 2003, she graduated from the University of Southern California with a double degree in broadcast journalism and political science.[3]

Career

Walker started her career at KMIR-TV in Palm Springs.[6] In 2005, Walker joined the NBC-owned WTVJ in Miami, Florida where she worked as a news anchor and a general assignment reporter.[7]

In July 2012, Walker transferred her roles as a news anchor and a general assignment reporter to the Fox-owned WFLD in Chicago, Illinois after moving there with her husband.[1] In December 2013, Walker departed WFLD and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband where she joined CNN International.[2] As of November 2014, Walker co-anchors CNN Today with Michael Holmes.[4]

Personal life

In April 2012, Walker married plastic surgeon Thomas Walker in Austria.[7][8] Aside from her native English and Korean, she also speaks Spanish.[4]

gollark: That image has the feet cut off, so he's actually hiding government secrets.
gollark: No, it's from the birdsaren'treal thing.
gollark: At least use lossless compression.
gollark: I mean on the ban *page* it has a "funny" GIF or something. There was that thing with scanning a QR code to log in a while ago which was also made worse by them being unclear.
gollark: It's bad UX to make people have to try and search for useful features. Same with the "fun" messages on bans and whatnot instead of useful usable descriptions.

References
  1. "Weekend anchor Amara Walker leaving Fox 32 Chicago". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  2. "Amara Walker jumps from Fox hole to CNN". Robert Feder. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  3. "Alumni: Amara Sohn - ATVN". atvn.org. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  4. "CNN Profiles - Amara Walker - Anchor - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  5. https://www.cnn.com/profiles/amara-walker
  6. Eck, Kevin (November 26, 2013). "Amara Walker Leaving Chicago's WFLD". Adweek. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. "Amara Sohn Leaves WTVJ for Chicago". WSFL-TV. June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  8. "Amara Sohn Lands at CNN as Anchor". WSFL-TV. March 29, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
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