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Christiane Amanpour is a journalist of British Iranian descent. She is currently working and based in New York. Her official job title is the chief international correspondent of CNN. CNN is a major new station in the United States, making Amanpour’s role very prestigious among the field of journalists. Amanpour also hosts her own show, the foreign affairs program, ‘Amanpour on CNN International’, which is a nightly half an hour show. There’s not too many huge accomplishments that a journalist can obtain like being the host of show that has your name in the title. Shows like Real Time with Bill Maher or Last Week with John Oliver are just examples of how having your own show can increase your visibility in the news market. Amanpour’s show isn’t a household name like the most popular shows but she diversifies her hosting to increase her output and news commentary.

Amanpour also anchors the global affairs show “This Week for ABC News”. Being on CNN would already be enough for most journalists but Amanpour also has ABC in her list of credits which further adds to her credibility as a news journalist. Christiane Amanpour practices religion but the interesting thing is she chose Christianity even though she grew up in an Islamic community. The contrast is surprising to most people especially because of the conflict between the two religious groups. To add on to her unusual religious background, she got married and took in a Jewish man to be her husband.

The name of the man Amanpour married is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rubin">James Rubin</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rubin">James</a> was not an average person walking the streets or tied up all day in an office setting. He came from a similar cloth as Amanpour. He wasn’t a journalist like her but their fields do intertwine constantly because his career path is in politics. Rubin is the informal adviser for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton">Hillary Rodham Clinton</a>, the former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton">Secretary of State</a> and he was also the adviser for the former <a href="/biography/barack-obama">President</a> of the United States, <a href="/biography/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>. Assisting two power houses like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton">Clinton</a> and <a href="/biography/barack-obama">Obama</a> gave him useful political experience and might have given Amanpour some insight that he would only share with a spouse. Before he became an informal adviser, he proudly held the post of Assistant Secretary of State. Amanpour and Rubin gave birth to a son named Darius John. The whole family resides in New York City, a hot center for politics and media which matches the careers of the parents.

Amanpour comes from a strong academic background as she graduated summa cum Laude in Journalism from the University of Rhode Island. She didn’t just drop into journalism while working part time at an unrelated job. Her goal was always journalism and she took a carefully planned route with a methodical strategy to achieve her goals. While Amanpour was working on completing her journalism course at the University of Rhode Island, she shared a house with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Jr.">John F. Kennedy, Jr.</a> and a few of his friends in Providence. There’s not much available publicly on the relationship Amanpour shared with the late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Jr.">John F Kennedy, Jr.</a> but most assume that they were just college acquaintances. Usually journalists have to grind and establish their connections by networking and building mutually beneficial relationships. Amanpour would have been lucky to have someone in her family with an interesting profession.  Amanpour is related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Jahanbani">General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Jahanbani">Nader Jahanbani</a>, who was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Jahanbani">commander</a> of Imperial Iranian Air Force for two decades until he was executed in 1979. Unfortunately for Amanpour, the general’s untimely death prevented him from giving Amanpour useful insight that she could put to use in her news reporting. His death occurred four years before Amanpour would get her start in the field of journalism.

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Amanpour’s journalist career spans over nearly three decades. She got started with her profession in the year 1983 when she joined the CNN network as entry level assistant. Most journalists have to fight to get a spot in their local news station when they are first starting out in the industry. Amanpour secured a spot on a national news giant to begin her path in journalism. Beginning in such a high profile spot as a rookie might intimidate a lot of people. That did not happen to Amanpour though as she empowered herself and used the fortunate position to develop a well decorated career. It took her only seven years to be earn a promotion to the position of international correspondent in the year 1990. She has reported major news from all around the world including Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, Pakistan, Israel, Libya, Egypt, Europe, and the United States. She has had the privilege of interviewing many top leaders of the world including the Presidents of Iran (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Khatami">Mohammad Khatami</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</a>), Afghanistan, Palestinian Authority and Sudan, and the Prime Ministers of Israel. One of her biggest marks in her career was being the first reporter to interview British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair">Prime Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Blair">Tony Blair</a> and the Presidents of France, Afghanistan, and Pakistan following the September 11 tragedy.

Amanpour is the recipient of many major journalism awards in Television. She has won nine News and Documentary Emmy Awards, two George Polk Awards, 4 George Foster Peabody Awards, 3 duPont-Columbia Awards, and the Giants of Broadcasting honor awarded by the Library of American Broadcasting. It turns out that she didn’t need extra help, she was capable of reaching the top of the mountain herself.

Even <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II">Queen</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II">Elizabeth II</a> recognized Amanpour’s contribution to journalism by bestowing upon her the title of Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Amanpour is also a board member in the Committee to Protect Journalists and holds prestigious position in the International Women’s Media Foundation and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is also the Honorary Citizen of the City of Sarajevo in appreciation of her journalistic efforts. Even though Amanpour ‘s record when it comes to controversy has been mostly clean, she did have an issue with Israel. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takvim">Takvim</a> filed a complaint against her which was followed up by CNN. Unfortunately for Amanpour, CNN decided to charge her with instigating public strife and agitation by reporting fake news.

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