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United Kingdom Clarissa Ward is CNN's Chief International Correspondent, a distinguished role earned through her extensive career reporting from global conflict zones. Her work consistently delivers in-depth coverage of critical international events.
Clarissa Ward is CNN's chief international correspondent, based in London. She reports for all of CNN's platforms, covering conflicts and crises around the world.
Clarissa Ward participated with Chris Licht, chairman and CEO of CNN, in a discussion at Cannes Lions, exploring the future vision for CNN and its role as a news brand.
CNN International Correspondent Clarissa Ward was welcomed to an IPG Mediabrands #Cannes2022 kickoff dinner, sharing her insights.
Clarissa Ward partnered with INARA to spread awareness about conflict-impacted children and the life-altering medical care they provide.
Clarissa Ward participated in an event titled "On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist" at Columbia University, discussing her book and career as a conflict reporter.
Clarissa Ward was born on January 31, 1980, in London to a British father and American mother. She spent her early years between London and New York City, attending Godstowe and Wycombe Abbey boarding schools in England, and later graduated from Yale University in 2002. Her journalistic career began in 2003 as an overnight desk assistant at Fox News. From 2004 to 2005, she served as an assignment editor for Fox News in New York City, coordinating coverage for major global events such as the capture of Saddam Hussein, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and the deaths of Yasir Arafat and Pope John Paul II. In 2006, as a field producer for Fox News, she covered the Israeli-Lebanese war, the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, and the subsequent Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip. She also reported on the trial of Saddam Hussein and the 2005 Iraqi constitutional referendum, conducting interviews with significant figures like Gen. David Petraeus and embedding with the U.S. military in Iraq, notably in Baqubah.
From October 2007 to October 2010, Ward served as an ABC News correspondent based in Moscow, covering events such as the Russian intervention into Georgian territory and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Her work also included reporting from the war in Afghanistan. She joined CBS News in October 2011 as a foreign news correspondent, contributing to “60 Minutes” and serving as a fill-in anchor for “CBS This Morning” starting in January 2014. Her extensive reporting from various international hotspots cemented her reputation as a formidable conflict reporter.
In September 2015, Ward joined CNN, continuing her impactful international reporting from London. She delivered a significant address at the United Nations Security Council in August 2016 regarding the humanitarian situation in Aleppo during the Syrian civil war. By July 2018, she was named CNN’s chief international correspondent, succeeding Christiane Amanpour. Her notable achievements at CNN include being one of the first Western journalists to report from Taliban-controlled areas in Afghanistan in 2019. In 2020, she co-reported an investigation with The Insider and Bellingcat, revealing that Russian Federal Security Service members had tracked Alexei Navalny before his poisoning. In February 2022, she provided extensive coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reporting from Kharkiv and Kyiv, detailing the advance of Russian troops and the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Her December 2023 reports from Gaza highlighted the severe conditions faced by civilians, describing it as the worst she had witnessed in her two decades of reporting.
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