Randi Kaye

Kaye is the daughter of Joyce (née Taffer) and Gilbert D. Kaye.{{Cite web|title=Gilbert D. Kaye |publisher=Sun Sentinel|date= November 19, 2002|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sunsentinel/obituary.aspx?n=gilbert-d-kaye&pid=605367&fhid=3841 }} She graduated cum laude from Boston University in 1989 with a degree in broadcast journalism.{{cite web |title=Randi Kaye |url=http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/kaye.randi.html |publisher=CNN.com |access-date=2011-05-18}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bu.edu/alumni/informed/class-notes/past-notes/submitted-2006/fall-2006/classes-from-the-1980s/ |title=Classes from the 1980s » Alumni Web | Boston University |website=www.bu.edu |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212023519/http://www.bu.edu/alumni/informed/class-notes/past-notes/submitted-2006/fall-2006/classes-from-the-1980s/ |archive-date=12 December 2012 |url-status=dead}} While an undergrad there, she joined the sorority Alpha Epsilon Phi.{{cite web|url=http://www.aephi.org/story/default.asp?page=famous_phis|title=Alpha Epsilon Phi – Famous Phis|publisher=Alpha Epsilon Phi|access-date=2007-03-13|archive-date=2007-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929164201/http://www.aephi.org/story/default.asp?page=famous_phis|url-status=dead}}

She began her television career at ABC, working for Nightline and then Peter Jennings.

She moved to KATV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Kaye also worked for WFAA-TV in Dallas as a reporter and anchor; KMSP-TV in the Twin Cities, where she hosted Everyday Living; WWOR-TV in New York/New Jersey; and WCCO-TV in the Twin Cities as anchor of the 5pm and 10pm newscasts.

Kaye joined CNN in December 2004. In addition to being a national correspondent,{{cite web |title=CNN Student News Transcript - August 15, 2011 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/studentnews/08/14/transcript.mon/ |publisher=CNN.com |access-date=15 August 2011}} she is an investigative reporter for Anderson Cooper 360°. She previously anchored the 1:00–2:00 pm ET weekday slot on CNN Newsroom. After several changes at the network and the departure of previous weekend mornings anchor T. J. Holmes, she took over as permanent weekend anchor.{{cite news |title=CNN's Costello to Atlanta |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc/cnns-costello-to-atlanta_b66005 |publisher=FishbowlDC |date=2012-02-27 |first=Betsy |last=Rothstein |access-date=2012-02-27}} In April 2013, Kaye left CNN Newsroom and returned to her role at AC360°.

Kaye received criticism from Donald Trump and some of his supporters for what they claimed was bias in the manner in which she reported a campaign event held by Trump in South Carolina during the 2016 Presidential election primary campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1509/23/acd.01.html |website=CNN |title=Transcript ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES |date=23 September 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/24/donald-trump-says-he-didnt-speak-to-a-half-empty-room-but-he-did/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=24 September 2015 |title=Donald Trump says he didn't speak to a half-empty room. But he did |url-access=subscription |first=Philip |last=Bump}} In her report that aired on CNN on September 23, 2015, Kaye pointed out that more than half of the seats were not filled in the event and that Trump only emphasized polls that favored him rather than polls that disfavored him. The Washington Post fact checked Kaye's reporting, and citing pictures of empty seats, found it to be correct.

Kaye won an Emmy for Outstanding Coverage of a Current Business News Story for her reporting on black market infertility in 2006. The story, which was broadcast on Anderson Cooper 360°, reported infertile couples choosing risky and sometimes illegal ways to have children because of the soaring cost of in-vitro medications.{{cite web |title=Winners of the 4th Annual Emmy Awards for Business and Financial Reporting |url=http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/4th_biz_winners_list.html |publisher=emmyonline.org |access-date=2011-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526015933/http://www.emmyonline.org/emmy/4th_biz_winners_list.html |archive-date=2011-05-26 |url-status=dead }}

She is married to Ross Holland.{{Cite web|last= Johnson |first= Cheryl |title= 'CCO's Randi Kaye says adios to the single life; In Mexico and speaking Spanish, her beau, Ross, popped the question. |publisher=Star Tribune|date=March 18, 2013 |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98951017.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103131514/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98951017.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2018 }}{{Cite web|title= Lloyd Taffer |publisher=Tampa Bay Times|date=September 21, 2014 |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tampabaytimes/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=172527448 }} Her father died by suicide in 2002, and she spoke about his death publicly with Anderson Cooper, detailing her struggles and to promote suicide awareness.{{Cite web|last=Cooper |first= Anderson |author-link=Anderson Cooper |title= CNN reporter discusses father's suicide |publisher=CNN|date=November 2, 2018 |url=https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2018/11/02/jeff-bezos-amazon-hq2-alexa-orig.cnn-business/video/playlists/stories-worth-watching/ }}

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