Former CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin is launching a new independent journalism project titled "America, Tell Me Everything," which will focus on reporting stories about women from diverse backgrounds across the country.
Baldwin, who left CNN in 2021 after 13 years, stated that this new endeavor allows her to practice journalism on her own terms. "After twenty-plus years in mainstream media, I’m doing journalism on my terms," Baldwin told The Post. She plans to tell stories "with and about women whose lives and experiences may look nothing like mine or each other’s." Filming for the project is scheduled to begin in two weeks.
This professional development follows recent personal reflections shared by Baldwin, 47. In a recent Substack post, she discussed her desire for "more intimacy" in her relationships, contrasting it with past experiences where she sometimes lost sight of her own needs. "I love being deeply known, and knowing someone deeply in return," she wrote, adding, "Instead I crave spaciousness — in partnership or out of it."
Baldwin's candid discussions have included revelations about turning down opportunities for casual encounters, even with notable figures. She previously disclosed that she declined advances from a man who "used to run a country" and another who "literally flew in just to take me to dinner," while affirming her enjoyment of sex itself.
Her reflections on intimacy and boundaries have been shaped by solo travel and her experiences in television news. Baldwin noted that her demanding career, which included daily live television, once provided a sense of independence that she now seeks through solitude and a more deliberate approach to relationships. "For twenty years, I had a job that gave me something that was all mine. A camera. A deadline," she wrote. "That daily grind of TV news gave me somewhere I always had to come back to — or, if I’m being honest, somewhere to hide." She added that this "hiding place is gone. The Universe took it away from me."
Baldwin also touched upon her departure from CNN, previously alleging in a 2024 essay that her exit was not entirely voluntary. She described a deteriorating relationship with an executive producer that led her to request a change from then-CNN president Jeff Zucker. Baldwin claimed Zucker rejected her request, which she considered "the beginning of the end," and that her agent later informed her "Jeff wanted me out."
With her new project, Baldwin aims to move away from the constant demands of cable news, seeking a more fulfilling connection to her work and the stories she tells. The attention surrounding her personal revelations, she stated, has "reaffirmed my beliefs and my fire."