Ivan Watson

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Ivan Watson
Watson at the 2012 Peabody Awards
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma materBrown University

Ivan Watson (born 1975) is a senior international correspondent for CNN based out of

War In Afghanistan.[6]

Watson was born in 1975 in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Brown University in 1997 with a degree in international relations.[7] He has reported from Moscow and for NPR based in Istanbul, Turkey[8] before rejoining CNN in 2009.

In 2000 Watson reported for NPR in West Africa. He then covered Afghanistan from 2001 for five years and was based out of Istanbul, Turkey.[9][10] He was detained for 30 minutes during a protest in Turkey.[11]

Watson has a

Russian Orthodox background[12] and was a Moscow based reporter for CNN in the 1990s.[13]
Watson has also covered the war in Ukraine.

In Iraq, an armored BMW Watson was traveling in was blown up by what was believed to be a sticky bomb while he and his crew were kept away by Iraqi security forces.[14]

Watson was among four CNN reporters who appeared on the Charlie Rose show to discuss the war in Syria.

For relief and respite from the emotional toll of covering war and devastation, Watson said he has used therapy sessions and balances his reporting with feature stories, for example a millionaire doctor in the mountains of

shamanistic traditions to treat heroin addicts and Kangal sheepdogs in the Turkish highlands of Anatolia.[6]

References

  1. ^ "CNN Profiles - Ivan Watson - Senior international correspondent - CNN". CNN.
  2. ^ "Ivan Watson Rejoins CNN". www.adweek.com.
  3. ^ Eggerton, John (26 January 2009). "Ivan Watson Moves To CNN". Broadcasting & Cable.
  4. – via Google Books.
  5. – via Internet Archive. ivan watson.
  6. ^ a b Challa, Janaki (16 November 2013). "How Reporters Deal With Dark News". NPR.org.
  7. ^ Choi, Julia (13 April 2016). "CNN correspondent Ivan Watson '97 reports on tragedy, maintains hope".
  8. ^ "Ivan Watson is a correspondent for National Public Radio,... 575615 - NewsTimes". m.newstimes.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  9. ^ "Five Years Later Afghanistan Faces New Threats From an Old Foe". niemanreports.org.
  10. ^ "Ivan Watson - Nieman Foundation". nieman.harvard.edu.
  11. Independent.co.uk
    . 2014-05-31.
  12. ^ "BPR Interviews: Ivan Watson - Brown Political Review". 5 May 2015.
  13. ^ "LittleSis: Ivan Watson". littlesis.org.
  14. – via Google Books.

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