Victor Blackwell joined CNN August 2012 as an anchor and correspondent based in the network's headquarters in Atlanta, GA. Blackwell anchors the weekend morning edition of New Day and CNN Newsroom. Blackwell comes to CNN from WPBF 25 News in West Palm Beach, Fla., where he served as an anchor for the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. Prior to his tenure at WPBF, Blackwell worked for WTLV/WJXX in Jacksonville, Fla. He broke into journalism writing for the Community Times newspaper in Columbia, Md. He worked as a producer for Radio11 WBAL in Baltimore and as a co-producer for WHUT-TV in Washington. He also worked for WPMT-TV in York, Penn., and WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, Md. He earned a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University in Washington D.C.
| Types | Person, Media Personality |
| Gender | Male |