Soledad O'Brien

Soledad O’Brien is an award-winning anchor and special correspondent for CNN. O’Brien’s documentary unit, “In America,” has explored the complex issues of underreported communities in the groundbreaking series. These include “Latino in America” and “Black in America”. O’Brien, the author of The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities and Latinos in America, has been on several major stories since she joined CNN in 2003, from Hurricane Katrina to the earthquake in Haiti.

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    CNN Presents: Black in America

    Soledad O'Brien explores the varied experiences of black women and families and investigates the disturbing statistics of single parenthood, racial disparities between students and the devastating toll of HIV/AIDS. O'Brien reports on the progress of black women in the workplace and the status of the black middle class. CNN investigates the most critical issues and obstacles affecting African-American men today, dispelling myths and taking a hard look at some disturbing statistics

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    CNN Presents: Black in America 2

    In 2008, CNN took a hard look at the myths, the facts, the stereotypes and the realities of being black in America. The response was overwhelming and created a dialogue across the country.

    This July, CNN continues its investigation with "Black in America 2." You'll meet people who are using ground-breaking solutions to transform the black experience and making big progress.

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    Latino in America

    The definitive tie-in to one of the most heavily anticipated CNN documentaries ever, Latino in America, from top CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien.Top CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien brings readers closer to today’s Latino experience as well as her own journey in the definitive tie-in to one of the most heavily anticipated CNN documentaries ever, Latino in America. The Latino in America book will deliver more personal and revealing accounts than the documentary and will contain never-before-seen moving interviews, photos, and exclusive insights from O’Brien’s travels across the U.S.

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    The Next Big Story: My Journey Through the Land of Possibilities

    O’Brien is the child of a black Cuban mother and white Australian father, and her mixed-race heritage informed every step of her personal and professional voyage, one that took her from an isolated suburban Long Island childhood to the catbird’s seat at CNN’s anchor desk. Acknowledging the distinctive sensibility she brings to her coverage of the day’s most divisive and dramatic events, O’Brien chronicles her early years in broadcast journalism as well as her present position as one of cable news’ most respected correspondents. To reveal how her story affects her approach to the people and subjects she covers, O’Brien shares a worldview that is rooted in diversity and communicated with compassion. By breaking down cataclysmic events such as hurricanes, tsunamis, and earthquakes into individual episodes of suffering, strength, and survival, O’Brien swiftly transforms the overwhelming into the understandable. Impassioned yet intimate, O’Brien’s electrifying memoir demonstrates her instinctive responsibility to present each crisis as a sacred opportunity to illuminate and educate her viewers. --Carol Haggas