Anderson Cooper
When: Oct. 9
Where: Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
-Cooper is currently an anchor on CNN.
-He studied political science and international relations at Yale. Cooper had no formal journalistic education despite his involvement with journalism now.
-Cooper had an internship with the CIA.
-Cooper’s mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, was a great-great granddaughter of railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt. The Vanderbilt family is one of the most wealthy and well-respected families in New York.
-His first TV appearance was at 3 years old, when he accompanied his mother on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.”
Martha Raddatz
-Raddatz currently serves as ABC’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent and co-anchor of “This Week.”
-She attended the University of Utah before dropping out to work at a local news station.
-Raddatz’s cell phone went off during a White House press briefing with Tony Snow on Jan. 9, 2007… Her ringtone was ‘Ridin’ by Chamillionaire.
-Raddatz published a book called “The Long Road Home: a Story of War and Family,” which became a New York Times Bestseller.
-Barack Obama attended her wedding in 2001.