Candy Reid

Candida Yda Reid (born 1977 in London, England) is a British journalist who was a sports anchor for CNN International based in Atlanta, GA.

Early life

Reid was an international junior tennis player. She represented England and the United Kingdom many times at Under 18 level and competed at Junior Wimbledon. Reid played on the Satellite Tour after leaving school and achieved a world ranking in both singles and doubles.Reid then went to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville ^[1] on a full-tennis scholarship from 1996–2000 and graduated with a degree in broadcasting and a minor in economics. Beforehand she went to Sutton High school in Sutton, England. Her father was a stock-broker, her mother a former professional dancer.

Broadcasting career

Candy Reid began her career with CNN International^[2] in Atlanta in 2000 as an Associate Producer before becoming a sports anchor in 2002. She has interviewed many huge international sports personalities such as Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal,^[3] Serena Williams,^[4] Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Jenson Button.

References

CNN International personalities

Daily anchors	Amara Walker Becky Anderson Christiane Amanpour Errol Barnett Max Foster Hala Gorani Isha Sesay John Vause Kristie Lu Stout Maggie Lake Michael Holmes Nina Dos Santos Richard Quest Robyn Curnow Rosemary Church Zain Asher

Fill-in and weekend anchors	Jonathan Mann Manisha Tank Natalie Allen George Howell Nick Parker

Sports	Don Riddell Patrick Snell Alex Thomas Amanda Davies Kate Riley Andy Scholes

Meteorologists	Ivan Cabrera Pedram Javaheri Karen Maginnis Derek Van Dam

Correspondents	Jim Bittermann Phil Black Matthew Chance Anna Coren Arwa Damon John Defterios Jaime FlorCruz Paula Hancocks Kyung Lah Maggie Lake Paula Newton Frederik Pleitgen Nic Robertson Richard Roth Sara Sidner Atika Shubert Andrew Stevens Ben Wedeman Nick Paton Walsh Will Ripley

Former personalities	Aneesh Raman Anjali Rao Bobbie Battista Andrew Brown Sharyl Attkisson Hugh Riminton Bernard Shaw Terry Baddoo Ralph Begleiter Joie Chen Jennifer Delgado Jill Dougherty Harris Whitbeck Hillary Andrews Kate Giles Miles O'Brien Satinder Bindra Peter Arnett Guillermo Arduino Hilary Bowker Chris Burns Candy Reid Patricia Chew Pauline Chiou Stephen Cole Daljit Dhaliwal Jason Dasey Lou Dobbs Femi Oke Steven Engel Adrian Finighan Martin Jeannes Graeme Joffe Victoria Jen Michael Ware Jeff Koinange Sohn Jie-Ae Anand Naidoo Octavia Nasr Robin Oakley Veronica Pedrosa Shakuntala Santhiran Bill Schneider Justin Armsden Jerrold Kessel Pedro Pinto Tumi Makgabo Rima Maktabi Tylar Bacome Jill Brown Lola Martinez Patricia Wu Charles Hodson Mari Ramos Jenny Harrison Ralitsa Vassileva Jim Clancy Riz Khan

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