Anchor, CNN Newsroom
2020 John Jay Award Honoree
Poppy Harlow ’05 is a New York City-based journalist who currently anchors the weekday 9–11 a.m. ET edition of CNN Newsroom alongside Jim Sciutto. She also hosts the CNN podcast BossFiles with Poppy Harlow, and has hosted guests such as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg LAW’59, Warren Buffett BUS’51, Howard Schultz, Melinda Gates and Jay-Z, as well as the heads of the largest banks.
Harlow previously anchored CNN Newsroom Weekend on Saturdays 3–6 p.m. ET and 7–8 p.m. ET, and Sundays 5–8 p.m. ET. She was also a correspondent for CNN, covering breaking news and investigative reporting.
Prior to that Harlow was an anchor for CNNMoney.com, acting as the primary host for the site’s video network, as well as a business correspondent on CNN covering business and economic news and how it impacts policy and people around the globe.
Harlow covers major international business events including the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting. Harlow also focuses her reporting on female leaders in business as well as the growing income and opportunity gap through her digital and TV series American Opportunity.
Harlow has been nominated twice for an Emmy, and her reporting has won numerous industry awards, including the Gracie Award for Best online investigative feature on financial fraud, and the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing’s Best in Business award for online video.
