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Bobbie Battista
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During her 20-year career with the cable news company, Battista anchored numerous programs on Cable News Network, Cable News Network Headline News and Cable News Network International. She then joined the Onion News Network. Battista earned a bachelor"s degree in radio, television, and film production at Northwestern University, and after beginning her career at a radio station in Raleigh, North Carolina, she moved on to be an anchor, reporter and producer with WRAL-television She was employed at WRAL before joining Cable News Network in 1981.
On November 17, 2006, Battista returned to WRAL to co-anchor a special "reunion" newscast celebrating the station"s 50th anniversary.
With Cable News Network, Battista started as an anchor on the Cable News Network Headline News station, and was moved to the main network in 1988, where she served as host of numerous daily and regularly scheduled shows as well as handling anchor and reporting duties. She anchored shows: Cable News Network WorldDay, Cable News Network NewsDay, Cable News Network NewsHour, Cable News Network Daybreak (during Gulf War), Cable News Network PrimeNews and Cable News Network WorldNews.
During that time, she also reported on historic events including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, the Gulf War, and the September 11 terrorist attacks. Battista also hosted a regular program CNNI World News (1600 CET) on the Cable News Network International network since 1992, when Cable News Network/United States show Cable News Network WorldDay was canceled due to expanding of Cable News Network Morning News.
Her unique style was often parodied on Saturday Night Live.
She was also very popular in Eastern Europe, especially in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany, while she anchored Headline News. In 1998, Battista was named as the host of the first multi-platform interactive talk show, TalkBack Live, which ran for an hour on weekday afternoons. Battista left Cable News Network after the merger of Cable News Network"s parent company, Time Warner, with America Online in 2001.
In 2009, Battista joined the Onion News Network (ONN), the Web-based video branch of The Onion, a satirical news organization, as an evening news anchor.
She makes periodic, part-time contributions to ONN. Her first report was released in February 2009.
Battista, who currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, is also in the process of starting a new video production company focusing on reality television programming. In 2014 Battista began hosting "On the Story" on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
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Battista remains active in television and is a member of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (American Federation TV and Radio Artists).
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Peabody Award While employed at CNN, Battista was recognized with a number of awards. She wrote and produced a series on youth crime involving five stations, and was the recipient of a Peabody Award for her efforts. She also received a nomination for a CableACE Award. The George Foster Peabody (or simply Peabody ) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, recognizes distinguished and meritorious public service by American radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals.Peabody Award While employed at CNN, Battista was recognized with a number of awards. She wrote and produced a series on youth crime involving five stations, and was the recipient of a Peabody Award for her efforts. She also received a nomination for a CableACE Award. The George Foster Peabody (or simply Peabody ) program, named for American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, recognizes distinguished and meritorious public service by American radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals.