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Politan remained at HLN until 2014 when he chose to leave turning down a contract offer from the HLN Network.
Politan remained at HLN until 2014 when he chose to leave turning down a contract offer from the HLN Network.
He previously anchored "Prime News with Vinnie Politan" on HLN and HLN Special Report. He co-anchors In Session on the cable network truTV. He previously co-anchored Bloom & Politan: Open Court alongside Lisa Bloom, and Both Sides with Kimberly Guilfoyle. Cases covered by Politan include Jodi Arias, Trayvon Martin, Casey Anthony, Doctor Conrad Murray, the murder trial of Michael Skakel, Michael Jackson, the Sean "Puffy" Combs case, the Zacarias Moussaoui trial, the Scott Peterson murder trial, and the Kobe Bryant rape case since joining Court television in January 2001.
Additionally, Politan hosted the morning radio show Maine and Vinnie on Sirius XM radio"s Stars Too station.
In August 2014, he joined the morning broadcast of Atlanta"s local National Broadcasting Company Affiliate WXIA:"11 Alive" as the lead anchor for the morning weekday news. Born in New Jersey in 1975. Politan graduated from West Orange High School in West Orange, New Jersey, and was captain of the school"s basketball team
He attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, receiving an Bachelor of Arts in Communication before attending Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. Politan, the brother of a corporate attorney and son of federal judge Nicholas H. Politan, was a prosecutor in Bergen County, New Jersey, before going into journalism.
Following his time as prosecutor, Politan worked in the private legal sector, including at the Carella-Byrne law firm in New Jersey.
Politan’s final employment as an attorney was as in-house counsel for the supermarket chain Grand Union. Journalism Politan worked at Channel 10 News in New Jersey as a reporter and anchor, covering general news, legal stories, and moderating political debates. He also produced and hosted a weekly legal program, Bergen County Justice with Vinnie Politan.
Politan worked as an Associated Press reporter and then an anchor for Central Florida News 13 in Orlando.
During 2000, Politan covered both Democratic and Republican National Conventions as a correspondent for Time Warner. After his departure from HLN in July 2014, Politan currently is an Anchor of Atlanta"s National Broadcasting Company Affiliate "11 Alive".
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