Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Amara Walker, a CNN correspondent, will co-anchor the cable-news outlet’s weekend morning program, currently known as “New Day,” filling a role left vacant in June when Christi Paul decided to leave the network.
Walker, who joined CNN in 2012, will work alongside co-anchor Boris Sanchez. The two will also anchor CNN’s 10 a.m. hour on Saturdays.
She will be based in CNN’s Atlanta studio. The current “New Day” airs Saturdays between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. and Sundays between 6 a.m.
and 8 a.m. CNN has announced plans to relaunch morning programming later this year and the weekend show’s name would, presumably, change as part of that move.
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