Award-winning veteran journalist Ashleigh Banfield is the host of the popular news program "Banfield" on NewsNation, which airs weeknights at 10 p.m. ET, offering in-depth coverage of the day's top news stories, as well as featuring Banfield interviewing newsmakers, politicians, and celebrities.
Before joining NewsNation, Banfield, an accomplished journalist with a long list of prestigious awards, including an Emmy, Telly, Iris, Gracie, and National Headliner Award, served as a legal analyst and host for Court TV, as well as a regular contributor to Investigation Discovery's ID "Murder Mystery" series.
Throughout her 30-year career, Banfield has held various roles, including hosting the A+E prime-time series "Live Rescue," hosting "Primetime Justice with Ashleigh Banfield" on HLN, anchoring "Legal View with Ashleigh Banfield" on CNN, and co-anchoring the CNN morning news show "Early Start."
She has also served as a correspondent for ABC News, reporting for "Good Morning America," "20/20," "ABC World News Tonight," and "Nightline." Prior to ABC, Banfield anchored and hosted three programs on TruTV, including the daily legal news program "Banfield and Ford: Courtside," the weekly evening show "Hollywood Heat," and the prime-time special series that she created and co-produced "Disorder in the Court."
As a correspondent for NBC News, Banfield reported for "The Today Show," "NBC Nightly News," and "Dateline." During this time, she also anchored several prime-time series on MSNBC, including "A Region in Conflict and Ashleigh Banfield: On Location."
