Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour, CBEis a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief International Correspondent for CNN and host of CNN International's nightly interview program Amanpour. Amanpour is also a Global Affairs Anchor of ABC News. As of 2014, she has been recognized as one of the journalists most world leaders follow on Twitter, according to a report by the PR firm Burson-Marsteller...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth12 January 1958
attention news space stories time wish
I wish that our news organizations would give a lot more attention and time and space to stories from around the world, because it couldn't be more important.
running people stories
I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.
people stories wells
People are interested if you tell stories well and relevantly.
stories driven certain
And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.
believe fight lives profession save win
We, I believe, are in the fight of our lives to save this profession which we love. I believe we can do it, and I believe we can win this battle.
accused
They accused you of being in the KLA?
prepared
the world as a whole is prepared to act.
decided powers
And yet, the powers that be, the moneymen, have decided to eviscerate us.
disagree european expected leaders olive
European leaders are expected to disagree with Bush's olive branch.
demise dreamt journalism knew marriage motherhood
Sadly, marriage and motherhood have coincided with the demise of journalism as I knew it and I dreamt that it would always be.
defiance previous
same kind of defiance as in his previous two appearances.
certain
We are the first eyes, the first ears, the first to tell a certain story because without us who? Without us who?,
married seven son
That was seven years ago. I have been married two years and I have a five-month-old son now.
expected fully hectic road war
I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At the very least I fully expected to keep up my hectic pace, and my passion as a war correspondent.