The Highest-Paid Female News Anchors of All Time

Brooke Baldwin: $1.3M

Brooke Baldwin is best known for hosting CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin from 2008 until 2021 when she announced her departure from the show. Baldwin won a Silver World Medal for Best Investigative Report at the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards in 2012 for her documentary To Catch a Serial Killer. She also covered both President Obama and President Trump's inaugurations.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.