President's Award OPC Awards 2023: Christiane Amanpour

OPC President Scott Kraft presented the 2023 President’s Award to Christiane Amanpour, a veteran foreign correspondent and CNN’s chief international anchor.

The following are remarks that Kraft made in his introduction:

"Christiane has covered genocide and war in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. She has reported from every part of the world over the course of three decades, and produced award-winning documentaries and in-depth specials. She also has put numerous world leaders on the spot in tough interviews.
Christiane has said that her desire to be a journalist was kindled by her family’s firsthand experience with trauma. Her father was an Iranian airline executive, and the family fled Iran following the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Her father lost everything he owned in Iran.

"She earned a degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island and worked for an NBC affiliate in Providence before CNN hired her as an assistant on the international news desk. She soon moved to CNN’s New York City bureau as a producer-correspondent and, from there, to the Frankfurt bureau, in the midst of the pro-democracy movement then under way in Europe.

"Most of us remember her illustrious work from her next assignment – covering the Persian Gulf War, from the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait to the victory of the U.S.-led coalition.

"She has won awards for her journalism and her dedication to journalistic freedom. And, yes, she also has won an OPC award – for her work covering the Arab Spring for ABC News – and several citations.

"She is currently chief international anchor for CNN and host of CNN International’s nightly interview program, Amanpour. She is also host of Amanpour & Company, on PBS."

"I am pleased to give this year’s President’s Award to one of the world’s most-respected journalists – Christiane Amanpour."

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