Anderson Cooper is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator who currently anchors the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360° since 2003. In addition to his duties at CNN, Cooper serves as a correspondent for 60 Minutes, produced by CBS News. He developed a reputation for his on-the-ground reporting of breaking news events, such as his coverage of Hurricane Katrina causing his popularity to sharply increase. For his coverage of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Cooper received a National Order of Honour and Merit, the highest honor granted by the Haitian government. Since April 2023, he also hosts The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, airing Sundays on CNN, which showcases character-driven stories and investigative deep dives from CNN anchors and correspondents.
Cooper has won 18 Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards, as well as an Edward Murrow Award from the Overseas Press Club in 2011. A member of the Vanderbilt family, he came out as gay in 2012, becoming "the most prominent gay journalist on American television". In 2016, Cooper became the first LGBT person to moderate a presidential debate, and he has received several GLAAD Media Awards.
History with the Macy's Parade[]
Cooper only appeared with his mother Gloria Vanderbilt at the 1979 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on the new Dollhouse float form Murjani.