Rahel Solomon
Sudanese-American television journalist
Rahel Solomon is an Ethiopian-American television journalist. She previously worked for CNN serving as a business reporter, and anchor of the early-morning program Early Start with Rahel Solomon.
Early life
Solomon was born in Sudan to parents of Ethiopian origin. She moved to the United States at the age of three where her parents first settled in West Philadelphia. Solomon was raised in Delaware County and is a graduate of Archbishop Prendergast High School in the Drexel Hill neighborhood of Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania. In 2010, she graduated with a B.S. in finance from St. John's University in Queens, New York City; and then with a M.A. from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Solomon has lived in various places, including West Virginia, Colorado, France, Spain and Italy, where she resided while partaking in a study-abroad program. She has lived most of her life in the Greater Philadelphia area.
Career
After school, Solomon worked as a multimedia journalist for WSAZ-TV in Charleston, West Virginia; and then in January 2014, she accepted a position as a reporter and fill-in anchor at CBS-affiliate KCNC-TV in Denver, Colorado.
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