Brian Todd

Brian Todd is a correspondent for CNN, providing reports for The Situation Room. Based in Washington, D.C., Todd has contributed to the network's comprehensive "America Votes 2008" coverage. A CNN veteran of more than two decades, Todd joined the network in 1987 as a copywriter for morning programming and soon also took on production responsibilities in the field and for long-form reports. From 1989 through 1993, Todd served as an anchor and reporter for CNN Newsroom, a news program for high school and middle school students. Todd became a news producer based in Washington, D.C., in 1993 and then an editorial producer for Larry King Live in 1997. He became a senior producer in 2000, eventually becoming the senior producer for Wolf Blitzer Reports, a precursor to The Situation Room. While a producer, Todd began offering on-air reports in January 2004 and became an on-air correspondent full time in 2006. Prior to CNN, Todd had served as a reporter for Guam Cable TV in the Pacific Marianas Islands; a sports producer for WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh and a sports producer for WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. Todd earned a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Miami.