Robin Michele Meade came into this world on April 21, 1969. Robin grew up in New London, Ohio and graduated from New London High School. She attended Ashland University and Malone College in Ohio. Having won the title of Miss Ohio, Robin went on to compete in the 1992 Miss America pageant where she was a top ten finalist.
Robin Meade began her career in broadcasting as a reporter at WMFD-TV in Mansfield, Ohio. She then worked as an anchor and reporter at WCMH-TV in Columbus, Ohio, and at WJW-TV in Cleveland. Later, she got a job as the morning news anchor of WSVN-TV's Today in Florida in Miami. She also served as the station's noon anchor and health reporter.
She went on to work at NBC Chicago affiliate WMAQ-TV where she started anchoring the morning newscasts and then co-anchored the weekend newscasts and also served as a general assignment correspondent for the station. During her tenure with the NBC affiliate, she covered the 1996 Olympics, which included special reporting on the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.
Next was CNN, where she works now. Among many other stories, Meade anchored the network's coverage of Operation Enduring Freedom as well as that from Operation Iraqi Freedom in spring of 2003. She is based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta.
Meade currently hosts Morning Express with Robin Meade on CNN Headline News every morning, along with Richard Lui, Bob Van Dillen and Jennifer Westhoven.