Meade named CNN Headline anchor

Robin Meade, co-anchor at NBC Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV is joining CNN Headline News as a news anchor.

At WMAQ, Meade both co-anchored the station's weekend newscasts and served as general assignment reporter. She won a regional Emmy award in 1995 for her coverage of a school bus crash. Prior to joining WMAQ, she was the morning news anchor of WSVN-TV's Today in Miami, Fla.

Meade starts her CNN Headline post in September. - Richard Tedesco