Kyra Phillips

Kyra Phillips is an award-winning correspondent for the CNN investigative and documentary units, based at the network's world headquarters in Atlanta. Phillips joined CNN in 1999 and moved to HLN in 2012 to anchor Raising America with Kyra Phillips. Prior to that, Phillips served as an investigative reporter and anchor for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. She was a weekend anchor and reporter for WDSU-TV in New Orleans and prior to that, anchored and reported for WLUK-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Phillips has also served as morning anchor and reporter for KAMC-TV in Lubbock, Texas, and as a field producer for CNN-Telemundo in Washington, D.C. Since 1992, Phillips has been a Big Sister with national Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America mentoring program. She participates on the board of The Brain Tumor Foundation for Children, The Fisher House Foundation, and serves on the Honorary Board for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. She received the National Global Down Syndrome Foundation's Quincy Jones Exceptional Advocacy Award in 2013 and is now a Global Ambassador. Phillips is also the co-author of "The Whole Life Fertility Plan" published in 2015. Phillips earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Southern California. She is married to fellow journalist John Roberts and are proud parents of twins.