Anchors & Reporters

Judy Fortin is a news anchor for CNN Headline News, based in CNN's world headquarters in Atlanta.

Fortin began her career with CNN in 1990 as a national correspondent for CNN Newsource, during which time she traveled the world for eight years doing live shots for affiliate stations. Fortin has covered presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing in 1994, the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995, the 50th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy in 1994 and the Pope's historic visit to Cuba in 1998.

Before joining CNN, Fortin worked as a general assignment reporter for WCVB-TV, the CNN and ABC affiliate in Boston. She spent three years as a weekend anchor and general assignment reporter for WMUR-TV, the CNN and ABC affiliate in Manchester, N.H., earning several Associated Press awards for her work. Fortin also worked as news director for WPNH-FM and AM in Plymouth, N.H.

Fortin earned a bachelor of arts degree in government and French from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.