Pamela Ashley Brown (born November 29, 1983) is an American television reporter and newscaster. She is currently CNN's chief investigative correspondent and anchor. Since March 2025, she has served, together with Wolf Blitzer, as the co-host of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown. She also previously had served as host of CNN Newsroom broadcasts. She formerly worked for ABC Washington, D.C., affiliate WJLA-TV, and she is also fill-in and substitute anchor for CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer during its early evening run and Erin Burnett OutFront. Brown occasionally provided the lead-in to "Politico's Video Playback"—a daily recap of the previous night's American late-night talk shows.
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Early life
Brown was born in Lexington, Kentucky, the daughter of businessman and former Governor of Kentucky John Y. Brown Jr. (1933–2022) and former Miss America and businesswoman Phyllis George (1949–2020). Brown is the granddaughter of politician John Y. Brown Sr. and the half-sister of former Kentucky Secretary of State John Y. Brown, III. Her parents divorced in 1996 after 17 years of marriage, when Brown was 13.
Brown graduated from Henry Clay High School in Lexington and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in broadcast journalism. While at the University of North Carolina, Brown was a reporter on the university's Carolina Week. After college, she worked for ABC-affiliate WJLA-TV in Washington. Brown obtained a Master of Studies in Law (MSL) degree at George Washington University Law School.