Susan Rook Biography
Susan Rook is a CNN anchor best known for co-anchoring “Newsnight” with Patrick Emory and later “PrimeNews” and “Evening News,” co-anchoring with Bernard Shaw and later hosting the topical daily talk show “TalkBack Live.”
How old is Susan Rook? – Age
She is 60 years old as of 2021. She was born in 1961 in the United States of America.
Where did Susan Rook go to School? Family
Susan is the daughter of Bill, a CIA psychologist, and Edie, a teacher; her brother Bill was born a year before Susan. She was homeschooled for the majority of her childhood and skipped the sixth and twelfth grades. As a result, when she started at George Mason University, she was a year younger than usual.
Is Susan Rook Married? – Husband
In 1993, Rook married Ed Turner, a former CNN executive vice president. In 1994, they divorced. Turner passed away from cancer in 2002.
Susan Rook Net Worth
Her wealth records are not revealed making it difficult to calculate her net worth.
Susan Rook Career
Rook began anchoring overnight news cutins before progressing to more visible anchoring roles, such as co-anchoring “Newsnight” with Patrick Emory and later PrimeNews and “Evening News,” co-anchoring with Bernard Shaw and later hosting the topical daily talk show TalkBack Live. Rook was one of three panelists in the third 1992 United States presidential election debate, alongside Helen Thomas and Gene Gibbons, with then-president George H.W. Bush and future president Bill Clinton. Before joining CNN, she worked as a general assignment reporter in New Orleans and Ft Myers, Florida. She is a George Mason University graduate. She initially declined the offer to be a CNN anchor.
She accepted the position after her investigative story about political corruption was spiked by the News Director in New Orleans. Ron Ridenhour was given the story by her. Ridenhour was the soldier who wrote the letter to Congress that sparked the My Lai Massacre investigation.
For his articles beginning with “Tax Dodge: Millions Go Uncollected; City Hall Protects The Favored Few,” Ridenhour won the Polk Award. The Louisiana Supreme Court heard Ridenhour’s refusal to hand over confidential sources. “Those who persevere in acts of truth-telling that protect the public interest, promote social justice or illuminate a more just vision of society,” according to the Ridenhour Prizes.
