Aaron Brown

Aaron Brown was born on November 10, 1948, in Hopkins, Minnesota, U.S. to a Jewish family. He has three brothers and one sister. His father was in the junk business.

Bright and precocious as a child, he developed an early fascination with broadcast journalism. As a little boy he would walk around the house using a soda pop can as a microphone. Once his father took him to the local paper’s newsroom to visit a friend and the incident greatly impressed the lad. He decided that very day that he would be a journalist when he grew up.

Despite being intelligent and talented, he did not perform well in school and brought homes bad grades. His parents were worried for his future.

After graduating from high school he enrolled at the University of Minnesota as a political science major. However he didn’t stay to complete his degree and dropped out to sign up for active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard.

Aaron Brown had already started doing radio talk shows as a teenager. Following his discharge from Coast Guard duties, he resumed his radio career and found a job as a talk show host in Minneapolis. Later on he moved to Los Angeles to try his luck.

Brown found considerable success in Los Angeles which motivated him to set his aims higher. Wishing to transition to television as well, he moved to Seattle where he was employed at a public television station.

In 1976, he was appointed as an assignment editor in KING-TV. His impressive work led to a quick promotion to the post of a reporter and later, an anchor. After a decade of working there, he moved to KIRO-TV where he stayed until late 1991. At KIRO-TV his primary responsibility was to anchor the evening newscast.

His career saw an unprecedented growth upon his move to New York City. Finding employment with ABC, he became the founding anchor of the late-night news program ‘World News Now.’

During his stint at ABC, he got the opportunity to work with the famed journalist Peter Jennings on ‘World News Tonight.’ Aaron Brown eventually became the substitute anchor for Jennings and the permanent anchor of ABC's ‘World News Tonight Saturday’ and ‘Good Morning America Sunday.’

Aaron Brown is famous for his live international news broadcast, ‘NewsNight with Aaron Brown’, which appeared on the CNN and CNN International network from 2001 to 2005. Based on investigative journalism, the show had segments like ‘The Whip’ and ‘On the Rise’ which were very popular with the audiences.

He was the host of the popular documentary television series ‘Wide Angle’ from 2008 to 2009. The weekly one-hour series covered international current affairs and was dedicated exclusively to provide in-depth reporting on international issues.