Anderson Cooper 360°
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Anderson Cooper 360° is a one-hour television news show
News broadcasting
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 on CNN
CNN
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, hosted by the American journalist Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories...

. It is also broadcast around the world on CNN International
CNN International
CNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly...

.

360° is broadcast from CNN's Time Warner Center
Time Warner Center
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 studio
Television studio
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s in New York City
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. The program covers a number of the stories of the day, usually through live or taped news reports from the network's correspondent
Correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator, or more general speaking, an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign...

s. The coverage can also include analysis from experts on the issues, commonly featured in or after the taped reports.

Beginnings

360° launched on September 8, 2003, as a laid-back news
News
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/talk
Talk show
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 program running for one hour at 7 p.m. ET. During Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, CNN executives noticed an impressive ratings boost of NewsNight
NewsNight with Aaron Brown
NewsNight with Aaron Brown was a live international news broadcast, which appeared on the CNN network from 2001 to 2005. It aired at 10 p.m. ET on weeknights, hosted by Aaron Brown. In its final year, it was co-hosted by Anderson Cooper....

due to Cooper's on-site reporting and growing popularity. The executives decided to cancel NewsNight and expand 360° to two hours in length on November 7, 2005. In August 2011, the show was moved-up to 8 pm ET while maintaining a replay of the show at its original 10 pm ET time slot.

Format

The show is simulcast
Simulcast
Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...

 live on both CNN and CNN International
CNN International
CNN International is an international English language television network that carries news, current affairs, politics, opinions, and business programming worldwide. CNN is one of the world's largest news organizations. It is owned by Time Warner, and is affiliated with CNN, which is mainly...

 at 8 p.m. ET which makes the show available to people around the world.

Cooper often anchors the program from the site of a major news story, such as his extensive coverage from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast of the United States
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 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...

 as well as Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

 after the 2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...

.

On September 26, 2007, 360° began broadcasting in high definition
High-definition television
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 on CNN HD.

Frequent analysts and contributors to the show include CNN's Chief National Correspondent John King
John King (journalist)
John King is an American journalist and is the anchor of John King, USA which appears weeknights at 7pm/ET on CNN. He is also the former anchor of State of the Union with John King...

, Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley
Candy Crowley
Candy Alt Crowley is a CNN anchor and Chief Political Correspondent, specializing in U.S. presidential, gubernatorial, and Senate elections. She is based in CNN's Washington bureau, and hosted Inside Politics in place of Judy Woodruff before the show was replaced with The Situation Room. Crowley...

, Senior Political Analyst David Gergen
David Gergen
David Richmond Gergen is an American political consultant and former presidential advisor who served during the administrations of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. He is currently Director of the Center for Public Leadership and a professor of public service at Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen is...

, Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash
Dana Bash
Dana Bash is an American reporter and anchorwoman for CNN who currently covers the Capitol Hill beat alongside Jessica Yellin and her husband John King. Previous to this assignment, she was a White House correspondent for the network.After completing her undergraduate political communications B.A...

, Senior Business Correspondent Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi
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, Washington, DC Bureau Correspondent Joe Johns
Joe Johns
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, David Mattingly, Investigative Reporters Randi Kaye
Randi Kaye
Randi Kaye is an American television news journalist for CNN. She is currently a national correspondent for the channel.-Early life and career:Kaye graduated cum laude from Boston University with a degree in broadcast journalism....

 and Gary Tuchman, Special Investigations reporter Drew Griffin
Drew Griffin
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, and Legal Analyst Jeff Toobin. Other contributors include radio talk show host Roland Martin
Roland Martin
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, truTV's legal analyst Lisa Bloom
Lisa Bloom
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, terrorism expert Peter Bergen
Peter Bergen
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, Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson
Nic Robertson
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, and addiction medicine specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky
Drew Pinsky
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.

Segments

  • "Strategy session" is where Anderson talks to analysts and correspondents about the top political stories of the day. Regulars on this segment include (but are not limited to) political correspondent Candy Crowley, former Presidential adviser David Gergen
    David Gergen
    David Richmond Gergen is an American political consultant and former presidential advisor who served during the administrations of Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. He is currently Director of the Center for Public Leadership and a professor of public service at Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen is...

    , radio talk show host Roland Martin, and CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
  • "Keeping Them Honest" exposes possible issues of government corruption, failed promises, and other anomalies from various sectors.
  • "Crime and Punishment" shows the background and the latest developments on high-profile crimes and Randi Kaye usually contributes to this segment.
  • "360 Bulletin", presented by Isha Sesay
    Isha Sesay
    Isha Sesay is a British journalist of Sierra Leonean descent, and an anchor for CNN International. Based at the network's world headquarters in Atlanta, she anchors BackStory, the program that is revealing a side of the news that is rarely seen. She is also the host and reporter of Inside Africa, a...

    , provides a quick review of other news stories of the day during the 360 Bulletin before the bottom and top of the hour.
  • "The Shot" features light-hearted pictures and video clips usually sent in by viewers.
  • "What Were They Thinking?" features a strange or peculiar story that consists of an awkward idea or event that has made news.
  • "Beat 360" shows a picture to viewers who are invited to provide a humorous caption at AC360.com; one viewer's caption is read on the air at the end of the hour.
  • "Lifestyles of the Rich and Shameless" is a new segment that premiered on the March 23, 2009 broadcast. It showcases the extravagant lives that corrupted top executives of big corporations live in while others are struggling financially.
  • In the early days of the show, there was an end of the year special called AC 365 or AC 366 (during 2004).
  • "Culprits of the Collapse" was a segment that aired at the height of the financial crisis where those responsible for the crisis were identified. Notable figures include Alan Greenspan.
  • "Ridiculist"

Supplements to the TV show

The show's website provides its visitors an overview of the show, what topics the next broadcast will cover, and areas to suggest content for the "Keeping them Honest," "Beat 360" "The Shot" segments. A podcast and videos of previously featured stories are also available at the website.

The website also features a blog which gives viewers an inside look into the stories Anderson Cooper and other CNN correspondents are working on for the show. Visitors can provide feedback to the blog articles, especially the "live blog" which is open during the show. Cooper (or the replacement host when Cooper is away) does "live blogging" where they use the commercial breaks to add entries to the blog during the first hour.

Recognition

In 2006, 360° was nominated twice for a GLAAD Media Award
GLAAD Media Awards
The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives...

 in the category of "Outstanding TV Journalism - News Segment." The nominated segments were "School Outing" and "Secret Sex Lives." In 2006, the show has won the following News & Documentary Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...

s:
  • Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story Long Form for the report Starving in Plain Sight on the famine in Nigeria
  • Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for the report on Charity Hospital


The show also won the following Business & Financial Reporting Emmy Award in 2006:
  • Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story In a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for the report on Black Market Infertility


The show was nominated but did not win in 2007 for the following News & Documentary Emmy Awards:
  • Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story—Long Form for the report on Sago Mines.
  • Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Lighting Direction & Scenic Design for the report High Rise Crash


The show was nominated but did not win in 2007 for the following Business & Financial Reporting Emmy Awards:
  • Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for the report on Keeping Them Honest ‑ Hidden Spending.


The show received two more nominations in 2008 but did not win:
  • Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for the report Unapproved Drugs
  • Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for the report Chicago Police Brutality


In 2010, Anderson Cooper 360° was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award
GLAAD Media Awards
The GLAAD Media Award is an accolade bestowed by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation to recognize and honor various branches of the media for their outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives...

 for "Outstanding TV Journalism - Newsmagazine" for the episode "Bullied to Death?" during the 21st GLAAD Media Awards
21st GLAAD Media Awards
The 21st GLAAD Media Awards was the 2010 annual presentation of the media awards presented by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The awards seek to honor films, television shows, musicians and works of journalism that fairly and accurately represent the LGBT community and issues...

.

In 2011 AC360 won two Emmys for their coverage of the earthquake in Haiti:
  • Outstanding coverage of a breaking news story in a regularly scheduled newscast, Haiti in ruins
  • Outstanding live coverage of a current news story - long form, crisis in Haiti

External links

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