About this episode

Alisyn Camerota discusses her life experiences, including her career in journalism, personal loss, and the journey of reinvention.

Alisyn Camerota is an award-winning journalist, author and former CNN New Day anchor. Before CNN, she was an anchor and correspondent at the FOX News Channel. In her three+ decades in journalism, Alisyn has covered major stories nationally and internationally, earning two Emmy Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award, and a DuPont-Columbia Award. Alisyn’s debut novel, Amanda Wakes Up, was selected by National Public Radio as one of the best books of 2017, and by Oprah Magazine as “a must read.” Her 2024 memoir Combat Love was an instant Amazon bestseller. On her Substack she writes about the process of having to reinvent life after leaving legacy media and the death of her beloved husband Tim. She now hosts a weekly interview show on the Scripps News network called, “Connected with Alisyn Camerota.” Alisyn's had quite the storied life so far, full of incredible highs and lows. She takes us back to her turbulent childhood; her 'badass adjacent' teenage punk-rock period at CBGB's; when she realized she wanted to be a journalist; the tough decision to leave her coveted CNN anchor position; Tim's illness and eventual death; navigating through unfathomable loss and grief; the power of…

People in this episode

Host: Andy Ostroy

Guest: Alisyn Camerota

Topics covered

• journalism
• grief
• reinvention
• loss
• personal story
• media
• friendship

Keywords

• Alisyn Camerota
• journalism
• grief
• loss
• reinvention
• CNN
• FOX News
• memoir
• friendship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN, FOX News Channel, National Public Radio, Oprah Magazine, Scripps News

Books & works: Amanda Wakes Up, Combat Love

Places: CBGB's

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