Prior to joining CNN, Brown worked with NBC News for 11 years. Brown served as NBC News' White House correspondent during President George W. Bush's first term. From 1996 to 1998, Brown was a correspondent for the NBC News Channel. Brown started her career in local news as a political reporter covering Kansas politics for KSNT-TV, the NBC affiliate in Topeka, Kan. She then moved to WWBT-TV, the NBC affiliate in Richmond, Va. Brown also reported for WBAL-TV in Baltimore and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., before joining the network. Brown graduated from Regis College in Denver with a bachelor of arts degree in political science. After graduation, she spent a year teaching English in the former Czechoslovakia.