Christiane Amanpour: A Journey from Exile to Renowned Journalist

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Christiane Amanpour was born on January 12, 1958, in London, England. Her mother is an English woman and her father is an Iranian man. She is the oldest of four sisters. Amanpour as a child spent time in Tehran, Iran as a renowned child jockey. As an 11 year old she went to a Catholic boarding school in England but her world was destroyed when a revolution toppled the shah of Iran making her an exile and forcing her to move. A few years later during her college years, Amanpour studied journalism and earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Rhode Island. Amanpour first worked behind the cameras as a graphics designer at WJAR-TV in Providence. Leaving Providence to work as an assistant at the international assignment desk of CNN, Amanpour …show more content…

This report won her the Dupont Award. Amanpour’s historical coverage of the Bosnian crisis helped her become the internationally recognized correspondent that she is. Many people from around the world tuned in to watch her as she covered the first war of Iran. Christiane Amanpour later gained enough credibility that she was able to interview not only Britain’s prime minister, Tony Blair, but also France’s prime minister, Jacques Chirac about the attacks of September 11th. Through her career Amanpour has won a number of awards including the infamous Emmys of which she has nine of them. Several Peabody’s, an Edward R. Murry Award, and a recognition from the Library of American Broadcasting. In 2010 Amanpour announced her leaving of CNN news for ABC news. Amanpour was later appointed global affairs anchor of ABC news and made a surprise return to CNN news through …show more content…

Christiane Amanpour has been married James Rubin. James or Jamie as known by his friends has made a career that could be rivaled to his wife. James served as an assistant to Secretary of State and Public Affairs as a spokesperson under President Clinton. James served in other categories of his job, being an informal advisor to former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama. Amanpour and Rubin have known each other since 1993 and both met on a business related trip. It was only in 1997 that they both fell for each other and in 1998 Rubin proposed to Amanpour on a beach in Tobago. The couple has a son named

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