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Nicole Lapin is an anchor and correspondent on CNN.com Live Video (formerly CNN Pipeline). She anchors “Now in the News,” an hourly news briefing and “.com Desk,” briefings that feature the highlights of CNN.com coverage. She host an interview series called Young People Who Rock where she talks with people under the age of 30 who are doing remarkable things. She has also been on CNN Headline News, CNN Newsroom, CNN Student News, CNN Sunday Morning, and as a host for CNN's "Show and Tell" technology podcast . She has been with CNN since May 2006 and is based in the network’s world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

Biography

Career

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Before Lapin came to CNN, she reported with CBS-2 in Palm Springs, California. There she reported live from San Quentin Prison during the execution of Stanley Williams. She also did a series on possible wrongful convictions in California. She had first explored this subject with the Center for Wrongful Convictions in Chicago, a group whose investigations led to a moratorium on executions in the state of Illinois.

She had also worked with the First Business Network reporting daily from the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Her work with the network included her travels overseas to cover the surging value of the Euro and a position aboard the inaugural trans-Atlantic Wi-FI flight.

Lapin has been a general assignment reporter for KELO-TV in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and WKYT-TV in Lexington, Kentucky. Both stations are CBS affiliates.

Education

Lapin attended the prestigious performing arts high school, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, where she was a ballet and modern dance major. In 2005 Lapin graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University summa cum laude and as valedictorian of her class. Even though Lapin took time off to work professionally, she still was the youngest in her class. She received honors in her double-major, political science. While at Northwestern, she worked as an assignment editor for the Northwestern News Network. Lapin also studied European Union politics at L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, or Sciences Po. She also attended Harvard University and Columbia University. Nicole received many awards for her undergraduate work, including competitive research grants to complete her Honors Thesis in voting trends. Her first experience came from when she interned and field produced at NBC in New York and Chicago.

Charity

Lapin has become a spokeswoman for the Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation, a charity for seriously ill children and their families. She hosts a chat series called "Being Smart is Cool" that focuses on current events, politics, foreign affairs, and hard-hitting stories in both the national and international arena. Lapin was quoted speaking at the organization's gala saying, "With so many days spent in the hospital or at home, seriously ill teens are often isolated. The goal of Being Smart is Cool is to bring the outside world into their world."

Lapin created a one-of-a-kind star made of Swarovski crystals for the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree in 2007. The ornament was auctioned off on eBay with all the proceeds benefiting the charity.

Lapin also is part of the celebrity advisory board of Do Something , an organization started by Andrew Shue that encourages youth to be active in society.

Lapin will be contributing to the book Declare Yourself: Speak. Connect. Vote. 50 Celebrated Americans Tell You Why being put together by the youth voter initiative Declare Yourself.

Quotes

Lapin is quoted in Wired as saying "Anchoring four hours a day, solo, you have to know your stuff. But I do. I'm a real geek."

Lapin is quoted in Men's Health Magazine as saying, “Intelligence is attractive, but so is life experience. You can’t amass it just by reading a ton of books. But you can live a lot of life in a short time. Travel. Talk to everyone. Collect adventures, and use them to understand the world. That’s how you learn to treat people well. And that’s sexy.”

Lapin is quoted in 944 Magazine as saying, "I’m a vegan. But, no one believes it because when you’re out in the field, most of your meal options involve meat with a side of something fried. I’ve learned how to be creative and improvise and can eat anywhere — even a steak house or a gas station."

Personal Life

Lapin is reportedly single, according to LA Confidential Magazine.

References

1. ^ Eric Steuer (2007-06-26). "CNN.com's Nicole Lapin Talks Up Citizen Journalists". Wired. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
2. ^ "CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Nicole Lapin". Retrieved 2008-02-23.
3. Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
4. Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com
5. Allan Madrid (2005-04-27). "7 students receive a total of 9 prizes in annual national writing competition". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
6. Nicole Drummer (2002-09-25). "Tribune Center opens today despite setbacks". The Daily Northwestern. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
7. A Stellar Night Press - Starlight Starbright
8. Swarovski Stars on Ice Opens the Holiday Season in Style
9. http://www.dosomething.org/taxonomy/term/1911
10. "HarperCollins Teams Up With Declare Yourself to Publish Book Empowering Teens to Vote". PRNewswire. 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
11. Remember That In The End Manners Make The Man - Men's Health
12. http://www.944.com/articles/6280
13. LA Confidential Magazine, November 2007, "Black Book" Edition featuring top 100 successful singles in Los Angeles

External links

• CNN Nicole Lapin Bio Page
• CNN blog for Young People Who Rock series
• Nicole Lapin at IMDb

• Living people
• Northwestern University alumni
• Columbia University alumni
• American television news anchors