Atika Shubert

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Atika Shubert
Shubert in 2007
Born
Atika Lynn Shubert

(1970-08-02) 2 August 1970 (age 53)
EducationTufts University
OccupationJournalist
Spouses1
Children1
ParentYuli Ismartono (mother)

Atika Lynn Shubert (born 2 August 1970) is an American

Jakarta International School.[2] She is an Economics graduate of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts
, US.

Career

Shubert started her career with CNN as a producer in

sarin gas attack in Tokyo). In the summer of 2005, Shubert reported live from Hiroshima on the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing for CNN's special Remembering Hiroshima. She also reported on the nuclear tensions in the Korean Peninsula in 2006, after North Korea
tested nuclear weapons.

CNN claims that Shubert was one of the first CNN correspondents to report on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, reporting from Aceh, Indonesia, where she was vacationing at the time. Also in Indonesia, Shubert covered a number of major new events that included the 2002 Bali bombings, the fall of President Abdurrahman Wahid and the installation of Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri as his successor (2001), the resurgence of the Free Aceh separatist movement, and the religious conflict in the Moluccas. Shubert also briefly covered the Schapelle Corby verdict in Bali; however, due to the time-consuming and overall expensive nature of this landmark court case, CNN eventually opted to run stock footage obtained from its Australian network affiliates instead of direct reporting. Shubert has also contributed reports from the Philippines and Singapore.

From 2008 until 2015 Shubert was based in the CNN London bureau covering stories from around the UK and Europe. She relocated to Berlin in June 2015 to cover Germany and Europe.[4]

Interview with Julian Assange

In October 2010, Shubert interviewed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange shortly after his organization released classified US military documents related to the Iraq War. After asking him questions about internal issues related to Wikileaks itself, she began asking questions about his alleged sexual assaults. Assange stated that if this line of questioning continued, as opposed to being asked questions directly related to the leaked documents, he would leave the interview. Shubert persisted in her line of questioning, and Assange walked out of the interview.[5][6]

Education

References

  1. ^ "Turner Broadcasting System Deutschland: Atika Shubert wird neue Berlin-Korrespondentin für CNN International". Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  2. ^ "..:: JIS Alumni ::". Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-10-25.
  3. ^ "Atika Shubert is CNN's new Tokyo correspondent". Indiantelevision.com. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Turner Broadcasting System Deutschland: Atika Shubert wird neue Berlin-Korrespondentin für CNN International". Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  5. ^ Shea, Danny (23 October 2010). "Julian Assange WALKS OUT Of CNN Interview (VIDEO)". Huffington Post.
  6. ^ "The secret life of Julian Assange". CNN. 17 December 2010.

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