Susan Rook | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 62–63) |
| Alma mater | George Mason University |
| Known for | CNN PrimeNews Talkback Live (1994–1997, host) |
| Spouse | Ed Turner (1993–1994, divorce) |
Susan Rook (born c. 1961) is a journalist best known for her years as a CNN anchor and original host of CNN's Talkback Live.
Rook started anchoring overnight news cutins, then moved up to more visible anchor assignments: co-anchoring "Newsnight" with Patrick Emory and later PrimeNews and "Evening News" (later renamed to World News), co-anchoring with Bernard Shaw and later hosting the topical daily talk show TalkBack Live.[1] Rook was one of the three panelists, along with Helen Thomas and Gene Gibbons, in the 3rd 1992 United States presidential election debate with then president George H. W. Bush and future president Bill Clinton.[2] She was also a general assignment reporter in New Orleans and Ft Myers, FL before coming to CNN. She is a graduate of George Mason University
She originally turned down the offer to Anchor on CNN. She took the job after the News Director in New Orleans spiked her investigative story about political corruption. She turned the story over to Ron Ridenhour (an investigative reporter for City Business). Ridenhour was the soldier who sent the letter to Congress that sparked the investigation into the My Lai Massacre.
- ^ "CNN USA Schedule". CNN. 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-12-15.
- ^ "Debates:history". CNN. 2001. Archived from the original on 2006-09-09. Retrieved 2006-12-15.