Carol Costello

Carol Costello anchors the 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. (ET) edition of CNN Newsroom each weekday. She is based in the network's New York bureau. Costello joined CNN in October 2001 from WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C., where she'd worked five years as an anchor and investigative reporter. Before that, she spent three years at WBAL-TV in Baltimore as an anchor and co-anchor. She began her career as a weekend anchor and reporter for WAKR-TV in Akron, Ohio, then moved to WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio, to work as the station's principal weeknight anchor. Costello earned a degree in journalism from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.