Anderson Cooper
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| Organization: | CNN | ||
| Role: | Anchor | ||
| Location: | New York, N.Y. | ||
| Expertise: | Journalism | ||
| Education: | Yale University (B.A. political science, 1989) | ||
| Website: | Official website | ||
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Anderson Cooper is the anchor of "Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees" on CNN. He has been awarded several awards for his journalism. He is also a regular contributor to CBS' "60 Minutes."
On September 28, 2015, CNN announced that Cooper moderated the October 2015 Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Nev., along with Don Lemon, Juan Carlos López and Dana Bash.
Career
In 1992, Anderson Cooper began his journalism career with Channel One News, a school-oriented news network, as a chief international correspondent. As a correspondent for the network, he had the freedom to cover various types of stories, including conflicts in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and elsewhere.[1]
After Channel One, Cooper joined ABC News; he was a reporter and anchor on several shows, including "The Mole," "World News Now," "World News Tonight" and "20/20."[1][2]
In 2001, Cooper joined CNN; at CNN he covered a variety of news events from the ground, including the conflicts in the Middle East, the NSA surveillance debate, Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti, among others. He has also covered elections, including moderating the Republican presidential debates in 2012.[1]
In 2007, Cooper authored a memoir entitled Dispatches from the Edge, which was a New York Times' bestseller.[3]
Cooper has won several awards, including the DuPont Award for his coverage of tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004, and a Peabody Award for CNN's coverage of Hurricane Katrina. He has also received eight Emmy awards and the Edward R. Murrow Award.[1]
Cooper is a regular contributor to CBS' "60 Minutes."[1]
Presidential debates (2015–2016)
- See also: Presidential debates (2015-2016)
On September 28, 2015, CNN announced that Anderson Cooper would moderate the October 2015 Democratic debate in Las Vegas, Nev., along with Juan Carlos López, Don Lemon and Dana Bash.[4] Cooper has moderated presidential debates in the past; he moderated the 2012 Republican presidential primary debate in Las Vegas.[1]
On September 2, 2016, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced the moderators for the 2016 general election debates between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The moderators were Lester Holt (September 26 debate) of NBC News, CNN's Anderson Cooper (October 9 debate), Martha Raddatz (October 9 debate) of ABC News, and Chris Wallace (October 19 debate) of Fox News Sunday. The vice presidential debate was moderated by Elaine Quijano (October 4) of CBS News.[5]
Media
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See also
- CNN
- Dana Bash
- Juan Carlos López
- Don Lemon
- Presidential debates (2015-2016)
- CNN Democratic debate (October 13, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 CNN, "Anderson Cooper," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ New York Magazine, "Mole Man," January 15, 2001
- ↑ Harper Collins, "Dispatches from the Edge," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "CNN debate criteria would allow Joe Biden to participate," September 28, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Presidential debate moderators announced," September 2, 2016
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