CNN today announced a number of significant appointments within its international newsgathering operations in Asia-Pacific and EMEA. "I am particularly delighted to have been able to make such a large number of strategically important changes from within the CNN family. This is a testament to the depth and expertise of the staff we have working at CNN," said Chris Cramer, managing director, CNN International. Aneesh Raman has been appointed Middle East Correspondent and will be based in Cairo. This new title reflects his role in reporting from across the Middle East. Previously based in Baghdad, Aneesh has reported from numerous places in the past few months including Iran, Syria and Lebanon. CNN's Jerusalem correspondent, John Vause will take on the challenging job of covering China. Based in Bejing, John will bring his extraordinary storytelling talents to this increasingly influential country. John has been CNN's Jerusalem's correspondent since October 2003, reporting from the frontlines on Israel's war with Hezbollah, the Israeli pullout from Gaza and extensively covered the war in Iraq, being the only international TV reporter to visit the destroyed safe house of Al Qaeda leader, Abu Musab al Zarqawi. Atika Shubert, currently CNN's correspondent in Tokyo responsible for the global news network's coverage of Japan, moves to Jerusalem and joins the team led by Bureau Chief, Kevin Flower and correspondent, Ben Wedeman. Atika has covered several major news stories in Japan, including the recent election of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the birth of the new prince, the controversial deployment of Japan's Self Defense Forces to Iraq, among other significant stories. CNN Asia-Pacific managing editor, Jill Dougherty, will now be based in Washington D.C. and will be the U.S Affairs Editor, reporting for CNN International. Jill brings with her a unique global perspective having served as CNN's Bureau Chief in Moscow for many years and previously, was a CNN White House correspondent travelling widely with former U.S. presidents. Taking Jill's place is CNN International's Executive Producer in Asia-Pacific, Ellana Lee. As acting managing editor for CNN Asia-Pacific, Ellana will oversee both the newsgathering and programming output from CNN's Hong Kong production base as well as work closely with advertising sales and distribution. Joining CNN is Frederik Pleitgen who takes up the position as CNN's Berlin correspondent. Frederik comes to CNN from German network broadcaster ZDF where he was the Political Editor. CNN is the world's leading global 24-hour news network and one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information. The CNN brand is available to two billion people via 25 CNN branded TV, internet and mobile services produced by CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System Inc and a Time Warner company. CNN International is the international directorate of CNN Worldwide and distributes news via 14 services in seven different languages. CNN International can be seen in almost 200 million television households and hotel rooms in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide, including more than 30 million across the Asia-Pacific region and online at www.cnn.com/international - end - |
