What is Aaron Brown?
{{orphan|date=October 2016}} '''Aaron Brown ''' (November 10, 1948 &ndash; December 29, 2024) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] [[journalist]]. He [[news presenter|anchored]] ''Newsnight with Aaron Brown'', CNN's main newscast. He was known for his [[Journalist|reporting]] of the [[September 11 attacks]] on the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/09/11/140365073/how-aaron-brown-became-cnns-voice-of-sept-11 |title=How Aaron Brown Became CNN's Voice Of Sept. 11 |publisher=NPR |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref> Before, he worked at [[ABC News]] as a weekend news anchor. He was a local television [[Journalist|reporter]] in [[Seattle]] before this.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/services/presents.opk/av.2004/cnnopk_talentbios_brown.html Aaron Brown biography, CNN] Retrieved 16 February 2015</ref> Brown was a [[professor]] of journalism at [[Arizona State University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2012/04/11/aaron-brown-feels-no-embarrassment/personalities/in-the-green-room/|title=Aaron Brown Feels No Embarrassment |publisher= ZÓCALO PUBLIC SQUARE |access-date=18 February 2015}}</ref> Brown was born in [[Hopkins, Minnesota]]. Brown died on December 29, 2024 in [[Washington, D.C.]] at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/31/us/aaron-brown-death-cnn-anchor-hnk/index.html|title=Aaron Brown, former CNN anchor and influential newsman, dies at 76|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=December 31, 2024|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/business/media/aaron-brown-dead-911.html|title=Aaron Brown, CNN Anchor During the Sept. 11 Attacks, Dies at 76|publisher=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 31, 2024|accessdate=December 31, 2024}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, Aaron}} [[Category:CNN people]] [[Category:2024 deaths]] [[Category:American television news anchors]] [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:Arizona State University faculty