Candy Crowley | |
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 Crowley in February 2008, at theToyota Center inHouston, Texas | |
| Born | Candy Alt Crowley (1948-12-26)December 26, 1948 (age 76) |
| Education | The Principia School Randolph-Macon Woman's College |
| Occupation(s) | Broadcast journalist, anchor |
| Notable credit(s) | Inside Politics Anchor ofState of the Union with Candy Crowley |
| Title | Chief political correspondent |
| Children | 2 |
Candy Alt Crowley (born December 26, 1948) is an Americannews anchor who was employed asCNN's chiefpoliticalcorrespondent, specializing in American national and state elections. She was based in CNN'sWashington, D.C. bureau and was the anchor of its Sunday morning talk showState of the Union with Candy Crowley. She has covered elections for over two decades.[citation needed]
Crowley was born inKalamazoo, Michigan, where her family had moved briefly fromSt. Louis, Missouri. Her family moved back to St. Louis when she was a toddler and she grew up in the St. Louis County suburb ofCreve Coeur, Missouri.[1] She attended kindergarten through high school atThe Principia School, a private school for children ofChristian Scientists in St. Louis County, where she graduated in 1966. After high school she attendedRandolph-Macon Woman's College inLynchburg,Virginia, where she graduated with aBachelor of Arts degree inEnglish.[2]
Crowley started her career as a newsroom assistant with theWashington, D.C.–based radio stationWASH-FM.[citation needed] She was ananchor forMutual Broadcasting and the White House correspondent for theAssociated Press.[2] She moved fromNBC toCNN in 1987.[3] She hostedInside Politics in place ofJudy Woodruff before the show was replaced withThe Situation Room.[4] In February 2010, Crowley succeededJohn King as an anchor of the Sunday morning political talk showState of the Union.[5]
Crowley has been characterized by theLos Angeles Times as a "straight shooter", her career as "sophisticated political observation, graceful writing, and determined fairness," and her style as "no-nonsense". TheL.A. Times article says that because of this criticism of her reporting is equally distributed between the Democratic and Republican parties.[3]
Crowley has won several awards, including the Broadcasters' Award from theAssociated Press, the 2003 and 1998 Dirksen Awards from theNational Press Foundation, the 1997 and 2005 Joan Shorenstein Barone Award, a 2003Emmy Award for her work on CNN Presents Enemy Within, the 2004Gracie Allen Award for her war coverage, a National Headliner and a Cine award, the 2005Edward R. Murrow Award, and the 2012 William Allen White Foundation National Citation from the school of journalism at the University of Kansas for her expertise on "politics, politicians, and the events that have changed the world."[6]
Crowley served as the moderator October 16, 2012, for thesecond presidential election debate between PresidentBarack Obama and hisRepublican opponentMitt Romney.[7] She received criticism for her contradicting Romney and seemingly confirming Obama's statement during an exchange with Romney over the language the President used regarding theattack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi.[8][9][10][11] CNN noted that "conservative critics have launched an attack Crowley"...but "Crowley was right."[12] Crowley later stated that Romney "was right in the main, I just think that he picked the wrong word."[13]
On March 17, 2013, following their CNN report on the guilty verdict of twoSteubenville high school football players for therape of an unconscious sixteen-year-old, Crowley and fellow journalistPoppy Harlow were criticized for giving too much coverage to how the verdict would affect the defendants' lives.[14][15]
CNN announced on December 5, 2014, Crowley's decision to leave the network after 27 years. CNN Worldwide PresidentJeff Zucker said Crowley "has made the decision to move on, so she can embark on the next chapter of her already prolific career. As difficult as it is for us to imagineCNN without Candy, we know that she comes to this decision thoughtfully, and she has our full support."[16] Her last broadcast was onState of the Union on December 21, 2014.[17]On August 17, 2015, Politico reported that CNN correspondentDana Bash would replace Crowley as chief political correspondent.
In fall 2015, Crowley became a fellow at theHarvard Institute of Politics.[18]
Crowley is avegetarian and practicesTranscendental Meditation.[3][19] She is divorced,[20] and has two children, two stepchildren and four grandchildren. Her elder child is a neurosurgeon and her younger son a musician.[21]
