Fredricka Whitfield is a news room reporter for CNN

CNN

Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...

. She anchors the weekend versions of CNN Newsroom

CNN Newsroom

CNN Newsroom is an American news program on CNN/US.Broadcasting throughout the week, Newsroom features live and taped news reports, in addition to analysis from experts on the issues being covered, and headlines throughout each hour. The program tends to focus on softer news than their hard news...

 and sometimes substitutes for anchors during weekdays. She is the daughter of Olympian Mal Whitfield

Mal Whitfield

Malvin "Mal" Greston Whitfield is a former American athlete, a double winner of 800 m at the Olympic Games...

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Whitfield attended Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Maryland, graduating in 1983. Ms. Whitfield earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Howard University

Howard University

Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...

’s School of Communications in 1987. While attending Howard she served as a news anchor for campus radio station WHBC.
Prior to joining CNN, Whitfield was a correspondent for NBC News

NBC News

NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...

 and served as an Atlanta-based correspondent for NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News and broadcasts. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is located in the center...

 from 1995 to 2001.