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
team anchors issues
I'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.
boys tea wanted
I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but I quickly announced, innocently but very ambitiously, that I wanted to be, I was going to be, a foreign correspondent.
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.
Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league.
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.