abstract:Ann Leslie Brown (1943–1999) was an educational psychologist who developed methods for teaching children to be better learners. Her interest in the human memory brought Brown to focus on active memory strategies that would help enhance human memory and developmental differences in memory tasks.
Vieira bested a host of internal candidates for the role alongside Matt Lauer, including weekend "Today" anchor Campbell Brown, "Today" newsreader Ann Curry and newswoman Natalie Morales.
CNN's Tim Lister, Paul Cruickshank, Deborah Feyerick, Pamela Brown, Julian Cummings, Barbara Starr, Ann O'Neill, Melissa Gray, Susan Candiotti, Tom Watkins, Jake Tapper, Shannon Travis and Drew Griffin contributed to this report.
Scored by Graham Brown and Geoff Meads and written by playwright Francis Ann Bartram, "Joined at the Heart" will be performed by a cast of 30 at the Junction Theatre in Cambridge, England.