Suzanne Malveaux | |
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 Malveaux in 2008 | |
| Born | Suzanne Maria Malveaux[1] (1966-12-04)December 4, 1966 (age 59) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
| Partner | Karine Jean-Pierre (2012–2023) |
| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Suzette M. Malveaux (sister) Julianne Malveaux (cousin) |
Suzanne Maria Malveaux (/suːˈzɑːnmɑːlˈvoʊ/; born December 4, 1966) is an Americanbroadcast journalist. After joiningCNN fromNBC News in 2002, she co-anchored the CNN international news programAround the World and editions ofCNN Newsroom and also served as the network'sWhite House correspondent and as primary substitute toWolf Blitzer onThe Situation Room. She departed the network in 2023.
Malveaux was born inLansing, Michigan, into aNew Orleans–based family, with parents both ofLouisiana Creole origin: their roots are ofFrench,Spanish,Native American, andAfrican descent.[2] Malveaux has stated that different members of her family identify as white, biracial, and/or black, and that she considers herself black.[1] Her father, Floyd Joseph Malveaux, was a doctor who became thedean of the College of Medicine atHoward University; he was the executive director of theMerck ChildhoodAsthma Network and a founder of Howard University's NationalHuman Genome Center.[3][4] Her mother, the former Myrna Maria Ruiz, is a retired schoolteacher.[5] In an episode ofFinding Your Roots, it was revealed to Malveaux that her French roots trace back to a 17th-century French-Canadian fur trader fromQuebec, that a seventh-great-grandmother on her father's side (the fur trader's wife) was a Native American of theKaskaskia tribe, and that one of her ancestors in Louisiana was a free black man who himself owned slaves.[1]
Malveaux graduated fromCentennial High School inEllicott City, Maryland, in 1984, thenHarvard College with aB.A. degreecum laude insociology, writing a senior thesis based on a semester she spent atHoward University.[6] She graduated with a master's degree in broadcasting from theColumbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1991.[7] Malveaux is an honorary member ofAlpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Malveaux's first television job was with New England Cable News as a general assignment reporter inBoston, from 1992 to 1996.[8] She then moved toWashington, D.C., and worked forNBC affiliateWRC-TV from 1996 to 1999 as a self-described "rock-and-roll" reporter reporting local and crime news.[9]
In 1999,Meet the Press hostTim Russert recruited Malveaux to join NBC News.[10] She reported for three years in Washington, including as aPentagon correspondent, then in Chicago.[citation needed] She covered national stories such asBill Clinton's impeachment,Elián González, theKosovo War, the2000 presidential election,the 9/11 attacks, and the2001 war in Afghanistan.[citation needed]
In August 2007, Malveaux was the moderator of the 31st annual convention of theNational Association of Black Journalists.[11] She had served on various panels at previous conventions of the NABJ, of which she is a member.[12]
In advance of the Democratic and Republican national conventions, Malveaux anchored a 90-minute documentary on SenatorBarack Obama as part of a two-part series on the 2008 general election presidential candidates. Additionally, she served as a panelist questioning the candidates in the Democratic presidential primary debate in South Carolina sponsored by CNN and theCongressional Black Caucus in January 2008. She also played a key role in CNN's 2004 election coverage and itsEmmy Award-winning 2006 election coverage.
Malveaux later augmented her White House reporting by serving as the primary substitute anchor forThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, a two-hour-long program that airs every weekday on CNN hosted byWolf Blitzer. In 2011, she was named dayside anchor ofCNN Newsroom.[13] In 2012, she became host ofAspire's eight-part series, "The Root 100".[14]
In 2014, Malveaux showAround the World was cancelled and she returned toWashington, D.C., to better care for her mother, who hadALS.[15] Malveaux left CNN in January 2023 for her family.[16]
As White House correspondent, Malveaux has interviewed former presidentsGeorge H. W. Bush,Bill Clinton, andGeorge W. Bush, as well as former first ladyLaura Bush. Her coverage of presidential trips overseas has taken her to Europe, theBalkans, Southeast Asia, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and the Middle East.[citation needed] In 2022, Malveaux traveled toUkraine, thenunder attack byRussia, to report for CNN fromLviv.[17]
Malveaux has three siblings, one of whom is an identical twin,Suzette M. Malveaux, a professor at theUniversity of Colorado Law School.[18][19] Columnist and formerBennett College presidentJulianne Malveaux is a distant cousin.[20]
Her family lived in New Orleans and laterHoward County, Maryland, and she attendedCentennial High School inEllicott City, Maryland.
Malveaux was in a relationship with former White House Press SecretaryKarine Jean-Pierre from 2012 until September 2023.[21] They share an adopted daughter.[22]
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