Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN next year after 43 years
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Christiane Amanpour will leave CNN next year after 43 years at the network. Her departure marks the end of a long career as one of its best-known international journalists, whose reporting has covered major conflicts and shaped CNN’s coverage of world affairs.
Amanpour joined CNN in 1983 as an assistant on its international news desk and has presented a nightly interview programme on CNN International since 2009. She cited reporting on the Gulf and Bosnian wars, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran, and thanked the teams and crews she worked with. CNN chairman Mark Thompson said the network would celebrate her work before she leaves; Amanpour said she hopes to pursue new projects.
- Christiane Amanpour will leave CNN next year after 43 years.
- She joined the network in 1983 and became a leading international correspondent.
- CNN plans to celebrate her career before her departure.
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CNN is a US-based news network with domestic and international services. Christiane Amanpour joined in 1983 and built her career reporting from conflict zones and interviewing political figures.
She is CNN’s chief international anchor and has presented a nightly interview programme on CNN International since 2009. Her reporting has covered wars and crises in places including Bosnia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Iran, making her one of the network’s most recognisable journalists.
Her departure will mark the end of a long career at CNN and a change for its international news coverage. CNN chairman Mark Thompson has said the network will recognise her work before she leaves.
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Originally published by BBC Entertainment as “CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour to leave network after 43 years”.