Suzanne Malveaux Biography
Suzanne Malveaux is an Award-winning journalist from the United States working as the network’s national correspondent, covering politics, national news, international events, and culture.
How old is Suzanne Malveaux? – Age
The CNN journalist is 55 years old as of December 4, 2021. She was born in 1966 in Lansing, Michigan, United States.
Who are Suzanne Malveaux’s parents? – Family and Parents
She is one of the three children born to Floyd J. Malveaux and Myrna Maria Ruiz. Her sister is Suzette M. Malveaux, a professor at the Columbus School of Law, the Catholic University of America, and her brothers Gregory F. Malveaux an associate professor of English at Montgomery College, and Courtney M. Malveaux, Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry. Her mother is a retired teacher while her father was a doctor currently serving as the Dean of the College of Medicine at Howard University, Executive Director of the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, and Founder of the Howard University’s National Human Genome Center.
Who is Suzanne Malveaux married to? – Partner
She is openly lesbian. She is in a relationship with Karine Jean-Pierre. The couple has a daughter who lives in the Washington, D.C. area. In June 2015, the London gay pride parade featured the ISIL spoof banner, replacing the Arabic letters with dildos and butt plugs. Malveaux described the appearance of what she wrongly believed was a true ISIS flag at a gay pride parade as “unnerving” and had a seven-minute live interview with CNN’s “terrorism expert” in London.
Suzanne Malveaux Education
Malveaux studied and graduated from Centennial High School in Ellicott County, Maryland, in 1984, then from Harvard College to A.B. Cum laude in history, writing a senior thesis based on a semester she spent at Howard University. At Harvard, she was one year behind future CNN correspondent Soledad O’Brien. In 1991, she graduated with a master’s degree in broadcasting from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Suzanne is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
Is Suzanne Malveaux still with CNN? – Career
Previously, she co-anchored CNN’s Around the Globe and co-anchored the network’s Emmy-winning coverage of the Egyptian revolution and the network’s Peabody Award-winning coverage of the Arab Spring. Malveaux has covered the White House for more than 10 years as White House correspondents, including Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, who traveled to Europe, Africa, the Balkans, Latin America, South East Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. She interviewed all five living Presidents and other First Ladies.
In March 2012, Malveaux returned to Rwanda—-the former civil war-torn African country that she had covered 14 years earlier with then-President Clinton, and revised the efforts of reconciliation. Later in October, she flew to South Africa, where she met Nelson Mandela’s family and covered Soweto’s ’36 years out of the student uprising.’ In September 2011, Malveaux embarked on the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with U.S. forces in Afghanistan, leading international reports of the Taliban militant assault on the U.S. The Consulate.
Malveaux was praised by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism for covering ‘One of the top 50 stories of the Century’ for reporting on Senator Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. At that time, Malveaux reported and created a 90-minute documentary on Senator Barack Obama and acted as a panelist interviewing candidates at the Democratic Presidential Primary Debate in Charlotte, North Carolina in January 2008 and the Democratic Presidential Debate in Las Vegas in November 2007. She has played a central role in CNN’s Emmy-winning 2006 and 2004 election coverage.
Malveaux covered President Obama’s inauguration in Washington, D.C. in 2013. The Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. In September 2005, Malveaux returned to her family’s hometown of New Orleans, where she wrote on the aftermath and rehabilitation of Hurricane Katrina. She was part of the news team that received the CNN Peabody Award for Katrina reporting and the DuPont Award for CNN’s coverage of the tsunami tragedy in South East Asia.
Among the news Malveaux has broken for CNN are Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s resignation, lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s plea bargain, and White House staff shifts. Before joining the network in May 2002, Malveaux was a reporter for NBC News based in Chicago and Washington, D.C. During her career, Malveaux traveled around the country reporting news releases for MSNBC on 9/11, the Pentagon, policy, the 2000 Vote recount, and Clinton’s conviction hearing.
Malveaux began as a general assignment reporter for WRC-TV in Washington, D.C., and WFXT-TV and New England Cable News in Boston. Until entering the news industry, Malveaux produced films in Egypt and Kenya and collaborated on a one-hour series on the Great Depression for Boston-based Blackside Inc. Malveaux was elected Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, a fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, an Honorary Member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and holds 4 Honorary Bachelor’s degrees.
She participated in several panels at the Aspen Institute Ideas Festival and the Brainstorming Summits. She is on the Board of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. In May, Malveaux received a Gracie Award from the Alliance for Women for its 2013 ALS series. She was also listed as ‘One of America’s Most Powerful Players Under 40’ by Black Business, Ebony’s ‘Outstanding Women in Marketing & Communications’ The Root.com 100’s ‘Most Influential Young African Americans’ and Essence Magazine’s ‘2009 Journalist of the Year’ Malveaux is committed to promoting understanding and research on ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease). She loves taking part in marathons and triathlons. Malveaux returned to Washington, D.C. to take proper care of her mother who had ALS. Malveaux outlined her mother’s struggle against the disease in a series of CNN interviews last year.
