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Ms. Holly Firfer is a news anchor for CNN Airport Network and a freelance anchor for CNN Headline News. She joined the network in 1989.[CR-LF][CR-LF]Firfer served as a correspondent for CNN's award-winning Health Unit. She served as a news anchor on CNN/U.S., CNN Headline News and also co-anchored various live programs, such as "TalkBack Live," "Turner Learning's Field Trips" and a half an hour special for "CNN Newsroom." She was a freelance news producer for the network's Chicago Bureau and in 1989 became part of CNN's Detroit Bureau team. In 1992, she moved to Atlanta to report and produce for CNN's "On The Menu."[CR-LF][CR-LF]Firfer has received numerous honors from health and medical organizations for stories she has produced and written. Recent accolades include being named a finalist for the Freddie Awards for her work on gender differences in the brain and receiving the top award from the American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology for a series on allergies. She has also garnered the American Red Cross "Humanities" Prize, the Georgia Dietetic Association's Media Excellence Award and the 1994 and 1995 James Beard Foundation Awards for the Best TV Food Journalism. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Firfer earned a bachelor's degree in radio, television and film production from Northwestern University.

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