Danny Freeman Joins CNN as Correspondent

Danny Freeman joins CNN as a correspondent in Philadelphia. He previously worked at WCAU Philadelphia, known as NBC10, where he was an investigative reporter focused on campaign finance, environmental issues and police accountability.

Danny Freeman, CNN correspondent

Danny Freeman (Image credit: CNN)

Before that, Freeman worked at KNSD San Diego as a political reporter, where he hosted the public affairs show Politically Speaking. Both WCAU and KNSD are part of the NBC group. Before that, he worked at KGET Bakersfield. 

From New York, Freeman is Colombian-American and speaks Spanish. His career in journalism began in Medellin, Colombia, where he reported on politics and the country’s 2014 presidential election. Returning to the U.S., he joined the NBCUniversal Page Program in New York, where he worked at MSNBC and the NBC News Decision Desk. He then joined NBC Nightly News and soon after became an embedded reporter covering the 2016 presidential race for NBC News.

“I am thrilled to be joining @CNN as a correspondent later this month,” Freeman wrote on Twitter. “I cannot wait to work with this fantastic news team and I am so glad I can still call Philadelphia home!”

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A Dartmouth grad, Freeman is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors. ■

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.