Anchor Amara Walker announced on Thursday that she is leaving CNN to “seize on this moment of change in our industry.” The Emmy winner and host of CNN This Morning Weekend told Deadline that she is taking “a hiatus from TV news” after more than a decade on air.

Walker first joined CNN in 2013 as an as anchor for CNN International, where she distinguished herself as one of the lead breaking news anchors having covered a number of live maj

CNN This Morning Weekend co-anchor Amara Walker is leaving the network. Walker has been with the network since 2013, first as a CNN International anchor followed by a move to CNN in 2022 taking over from Christi Paul.