Kaylee Hartung joins CNN as a news correspondent based in Atlanta effective immediately, the network has announced.
She will report for all of CNN’s television and digital platforms.
Prior to joining CNN, Hartung was a sports reporter for ESPN, where she worked live events, regularly appeared on SportsCenter and contributed to the network’s coverage of the College Football Playoffs, the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments and the College World Series. In 2016, she reported on the death of Vanderbilt University baseball pitcher Donny Everett and the flooding of her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During her five years with ESPN, she also hosted and reported for SEC Network and Longhorn Network.
Before ESPN, Hartung spent five years in the CBS News Washington bureau. She produced, photographed and edited reports for CBSNews.com. She also worked as an associate producer for Face the Nation and assistant to the program’s then-host Bob Schieffer, preparing research for Schieffer’s 2008 presidential debate and campaign coverage in 2008 and 2012.
Hartung earned two Lone Star EMMYs for a feature on University of Texas super fan Brandon Puente and for hosting a women’s history month edition of Longhorn Extra.
Hartung graduated from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism and politics.
