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In addition to her current position as host of the evening news, Brooke Baldwin hosts the station's Healthwatch13. Baldwin previously was a statewide anchor and co-anchored West Virginia's inaugural statewide newscast. She made her national television debut during Bridge Day 2004, where she co-anchored three hours of live coverage from the largest extreme sports event in the world. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Baldwin is an executive editor of Modern Woodworking. She has covered crafts, furniture manufacturing, timber issues, and woodworking. She speaks at conferences and conventions, including having spoken at the 2004 Woodworking Industry Conference and 2005 Carolinas Industrial Woodworking Expo.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Before moving to West Virginia, Baldwin spent several years anchoring and reporting at the NBC affiliate in Charlottesville, Virginia. There she covered the aftermath of 9/11, the D.C. Sniper Shootings and the University of Virginia. Before that, Baldwin worked at the ABC affiliate in Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina. While there, she traveled to Washington, D.C. for the 2001 Presidential Inauguration. Brooke has also worked in newsrooms in Miami and Atlanta, where she was born, and where she began her broadcast career at CNN. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Brooke lived and studied Spanish in Mexico D.F. at La Universidad Iberoamericana. She earned a dual-degree in Journalism and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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