Christiane Amanpour currently serves as the Chief International Correspondent for CNN News Network. The award winning journalist has gained much praise for her works overseas since the beginning of her career in 1983.
Amanpour was born January 12, 1958 in London, England. Being born to a Muslim father and a Christian mother, living areas of her childhood split in half: age 1-11 she grew up in Tehran, Iran and from the age of 11-18 she attended boarding school in London, England. Both parents continued to make attempts to go back to Iran, but were unable to do so because of the country's several conflicts. Amanpour remained in London.
After completion of elementary and secondary schooling, Amanpour accepted an offer from the University of Rhode Island School of Communications to study journalism and mass media.
Our future journalist accommodated herself in America; working heavily on campus and through her internship with a radio station and the Providence NBC-4 affiliate. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.A in journalism.
Amanpour's first job out of college was at the foreign desk for CNN. She worked heavily on the Iran-Iraq war and climbed her way up until she gained the title as the chief international correspondent for CNN in 1992.
The chief correspondent stayed in her role for almost 20 years, covering everything from out biggest international crises in Afghanistan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and 9/11. Her American coverages include Hurricane Katrina. From 1996-2005. Amanpour was also on contract with 60 minutes, contributing international packages quarterly for 10 years.
After 27 years at CNN, in 2010 Christiane Amanpour announced that she will be leaving CNN and hosting "This Week" on the ABC Network. After a year of terrible ratings, ABC cut the program . Amanpour returned to CNN and through a unique agreement, ABC still has her on contract as a global correspondent, when needed.
Christiane Amanpour continues to be an inspiration for all those interested in foreign affairs and international journalism.
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