- Erica Hill
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name = Erica Hill
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birthname = Erica Ruth Hill
birth_date = birth date and age|1976|7|20
birth_place =Clinton, Connecticut ,United States
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education =Boston University
occupation = News presenter
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gender = Female
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spouse = David Yount
children = Weston Robert
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credits = "Anderson Cooper 360° " (2008 - present)
"The Early Show (Saturday edition)" (2008 - present)
"Prime News with Erica Hill " (2005-2008)
TechTV
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URL =Erica Ruth Hill (born
July 20 ,1976 , inClinton, Connecticut cite episode |title=Episode dated2008-01-10 |series=Prime News with Erica Hill |network=Headline News |airdate=2008-01-10] ) is an American TVnews presenter who currently works forCNN . OnFebruary 1 ,2008 , Hill joined "Anderson Cooper 360° " on CNN as a correspondent and 'sub-anchor' based inNew York City .cite press release |url=http://turnerinfo.turner.com/newsitem.aspx?P=CNN&CID01=11c63a8d-b08d-4a39-8344-98481a6a6886 |title=Erica Hill Joins CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360°" |publisher=Turner Pressroom |date=2008-01-22 |accessdate=2008-01-25] She is also the co-anchor of the Saturday edition ofThe Early Show onCBS .Hill began her journalism career as a production assistant for "PC Week Radio", the online news program for "PC Week" magazine. She later worked for
TechTV (previously ZDTV) as the anchor of its "TechLive " program and its earlier incarnation "TechTV News"/"ZDTV News". Hill is noted for her live reporting of theSeptember 11 ,2001 terrorist attacks when she was working forTechTV . She has previously hosted "Prime News with Erica Hill " onHeadline News as part of the network's "Headline Prime" primetime lineup, and also contributed news updates to "AC360°" on CNN and "Glenn Beck" on Headline News.She graduated "" with a BA in
Journalism fromBoston University . She is also fluent in French. Hill married David Yount onOctober 15 ,2005 ,cite journal |url=http://www.esnips.com/doc/24a7645b-0e8d-466d-acb8-831ad969bf78/Georgia-Featured-Wedding-Erica-Hill--David-Yount |title=Erica Hill & David Yount |first=Amy |last=Meadows |journal=I Do For Brides |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=64–65 |format=PDF |date=Summer 2006 |accessdate=2006-12-12] and onNovember 25 ,2006 , gave birth to her first son, Weston Robert.cite news |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0612/08/acd.01.html |title=Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees (transcript) |work=CNN |date=2006-12-08 |accessdate=2006-12-09] Hill returned from maternity leave onFebruary 12 ,2007 .In 2006, Hill was listed at #35 in "People Magazine"
' s 100 Most Beautiful People issue.On September 22, 2008; Hill was named the new co-anchor of the Saturday edition of
The Early Show onCBS after filling in on a temporary basis six weeks earlier. Her first show as the permanent anchor was on September 27, 2008.cite news|author=Michele Greppi|url= http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/09/cnns_hill_to_coanchor_cbs_earl.php|title=CNN's Hill to Co-Anchor CBS' 'Early Show' on Saturdays |publisher=TV Week |date=2008-09-22 |accessdate=2008-09-22]References
*cite web |url=http://www2.townonline.com/somerville/entertainment/view.bg?articleid=581398 |title=A view of the Hill: Is the CNN anchor the future of broadcast news? |work=Somerville Journal |first=Ed |last=Symkus |date=
2006-09-27 |accessdate=2006-10-21External links
* [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/hill.erica.html Erica Hill bio at CNN.com]
* [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/prime.news/ Prime News official website]
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