Post college (2005–2007) From 2005 to 2007, Bolduan worked as a general assignment reporter for
WTVD-TV in
Durham, North Carolina. She then became a production assistant for
NBC News and
MSNBC in
Washington D.C. She has worked at
House & Garden magazine,
Dateline NBC and
NBC Nightly News.
CNN (2007–present) CNN Newsource Bolduan began her tenure in 2007 at CNN as a national correspondent for
CNN Newsource. She provided breaking news coverage and feature reports for a large number of CNN Newsource affiliates. During her time there, she most notably covered the
2008 United States presidential election and traveled throughout the United States covering other news making headlines including the
Minneapolis Bridge collapse, the
O. J. Simpson armed robbery case, and the retiring NASA
Space Shuttle fleet. She delivered CNN's initial misreporting on the
Supreme Court's decision to uphold "Obamacare" on June 28, 2012, and her future at the network seemed uncertain at the time. However, CNN immediately made her co-anchor with Wolf Blitzer.
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer Bolduan was previously co-anchor of
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer before moving to New York. Alongside
Wolf Blitzer, she provided current events, breaking news, political headlines, and reports within lively discussions during the two-hour program.
New Day New Day is a weekday
morning television show on
CNN. It premiered on June 17, 2013, and airs from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
ET, originating from CNN's
Time Warner Center studios in New York City.
New Day replaced
Starting Point, formerly anchored by
Soledad O'Brien, which had aired since January 2, 2012.
At This Hour with Kate Bolduan Bolduan joined CNN's new morning show,
@This Hour, which premiered on January 26, 2015, alongside John Berman.
At This Hour covered various news stories of the day with co-hosts Kate Bolduan and John Berman.
At This Hour aired weekdays from 11 a.m. to noon ET, and was broadcast live from CNN's New York Studios in Manhattan. On February 6, 2017, Berman moved to 9 a.m. to co-host
CNN Newsroom and Bolduan took over as the sole host of the show as it changed name to
At This Hour. The show was eventually removed from the CNN lineup but returned in April 2021. The focus of the show is on daily events with
correspondents sending their on-site live reports into the studio.
At This Hour also presents moderated live interviews and discussions with guests in the studio or via
teleconference. On April 3, 2023, she joined the program's successor,
CNN News Central, alongside Berman and
Sara Sidner.
State of America with Kate Bolduan Bolduan was named anchor of
State of America with Kate Bolduan, a
CNN International program which covered the
2016 U.S. Presidential campaign for a global audience. Following the election, the program was renamed and pivoted to focusing on U.S. news and affairs. The show aired Fridays at 23:00 CET from CNN's New York studios in Manhattan. During the first ten minutes of the show, Bolduan discussed the daily news. Following a commercial break a panel, typically consisting of four journalists and analysts from various backgrounds, discussed current affairs. The last Episode was aired on September 20, 2019.
Features ''Kate Bolduan's Roots'' In 2014, Bolduan made a television feature documentary titled ''Kate Bolduan's Roots''. Some of Bolduan's ancestors arrived in America in 1912. They came from a small town called
Chênée in
Belgium. Leon Emile Rousselle (Bolduan's great-great-grandfather) arrived in the United States aboard the . Two months later, his pregnant wife Louise Labhaye Rousselle and his two-year-old daughter travelled to the U.S. aboard the (which returned some survivors – mainly crew members – of the
Titanic catastrophe to England). The Rousselles came from a long line of
glass manufacturers. In 2014, Bolduan travelled to
Liège in Belgium to find out about her family history.
Every Mother Counts In 2018, Bolduan produced another television feature for the
Champions for Change series. She spent time with the
Every Mother Counts organisation which helps pregnant women by giving them information and other support. The organisation is international, working in
Asia,
Africa,
North- and
South America.
Offering shelter from a violent world In a 2019 television feature, Bolduan visited the non-profit Organisation
KOB (Kids Off the Block) in Chicago, founded by Diane Latiker. Bolduan spoke with her for the first time ten years ago.
KOB exists since 15 years and supports children and teenager by offering them a place and education in informatics.
KOB is located in Roseland, one of Chicago's most underfunded districts.
Podcast Since April 2019, Kate Bolduan,
John Avlon as well as
Harry Enten produce the audio-only podcast
The Forecast Fest. It is about the presidential election of 2020 in the US and other political topics. The last episode was produced March 19, 2020. During the
COVID-19 crisis in 2020, she spoke with her colleague
Sanjay Gupta on how to talk with (her own) children about the
consequences and the measurements to curb the spreading speed. She also wrote an article on that topic.
Independent activities Bolduan advocates for children, namely at the Free Arts NYC society. She also intercedes for protection of mothers and newborn and their medical well-being.
Moderation outside of television Occasionally, Bolduan works as a freelance presenter and speaker. She is a presenter for the
Fashion Tech Forum. Founded by Karen Harvey FTF supports innovators in this field since 2014. In 2016, she moderated a discussion at the 2016
United Nations Global Compact Private Sector Forum. The Forum tries to encourage businesses all around the world to follow rules of fair trade and production. In October 2018, Bolduan moderated a conversation lasting two days at the
Marie Claire Power Trip Conference guesting
Theresia Gouw and
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy in
San Francisco. The purpose of the conference was to "create more and better opportunities for women in tech and venture capital, two predominately male-run industries." In September 2019, Bolduan spoke with
Michael Bloomberg,
Mary Nichols (chairwoman of the
California Air Resources Board (CARB)), Will Marshall (the CEO of
Planet Labs, a private firm, which provides services in
satellite imaging for environmental protection reasons with
small satellites for example to detect emitters from orbit) and the president of Finland
Sauli Niinistö at the 2019
Bloomberg Global Business Forum. == Personal life ==