Background
Harlow was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her father, an attorney, James Lee Harlow, died when she was 15, and her mother is Mary Louise Baird.
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She graduated from Columbia University, where she studied political science and Middle Eastern studies.
Career
She is a weekend anchor of Newsroom, and is based out of "s New York news bureau. She was previously a business correspondent at, International and HLN, an anchor for Money.com, and a Forbes.com Video Network anchor, reporter and producer. After interning at Columbia Broadcasting System while still in college, Harlow continued working for Columbia Broadcasting System MarketWatch and as an assistant producer for Columbia Broadcasting System Newspath after graduation.
Harlow then became an anchor and reporter for NY1 News" Local Edition.
While at NY1, Harlow"s news beat covered Staten Island and New Jersey, including reports on local politics, the economy, and local cultural events. In September 2007, Harlow was hired by Forbes.com Video Network, where her area of coverage expanded to fashion, entertainment and business topics.
Harlow was named a New York-based correspondent in April 2012. She joined in 2008 and served as the anchor for Money.com and reported for, International and HLN. Harlow fills in for Richard Quest on International.
On December 28, 2015, Harlow passed out briefly while live on the air from the anchor desk.
She soon reappeared on air and said she had gotten a little hot and was fine. In 2013, while reporting on the conviction of two Steubenville, Ohio, high school football players for the rape of a 16-year-old, Harlow stated that it was "Incredibly difficult, even for an outsider like me, to watch what happened as these two young men that had such promising futures, star football players, very good students, literally watched as they believed their lives fell apart.. when that sentence came down, collapsed in the arms of his attorney.. He said to him, "My life is over.
Number one is going to want me now."" This apparent expression of sympathy for the rapists provoked widespread criticism.
A petition requesting that apologize on the air for sympathizing with the Steubenville rapists received over 250,000 signatures within two days of "s report.
