Jim Clancy (journalist)
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Jim Clancy (born Chicago, December 18, 1955) is an American broadcast journalist, best known as a former correspondent and anchor on CNN International. He formerly anchored several CNN news reports, including The World Today and The Brief, before his resignation following a series of controversial exchanges with other users on Twitter.
Career
From 1982 to 1996, Clancy was a CNN international correspondent in the
In 2012, Clancy contributed to CNN'S Emmy Award-winning coverage of the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.[1] The Emmy for "Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story" was one of two awards CNN received in 2012.
In January 2015, Clancy made a series of tweets about Israel and the Charlie Hebdo shooting.[2] On January 16, 2015, CNN announced Clancy had retired from the network after nearly 34 years.[2][3] Clancy later said he had no regrets and criticized Twitter trolls saying "I don't have to put up with this."[4]
References
- ^ "33rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Award Winners" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016.
- ^ a b Steel, Emily (January 17, 2015). "Anchor Leaves CNN After Tweets". The New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ Joyella, Mark (January 16, 2015). "Jim Clancy Leaves CNN After 34 Years". Adweek. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
- ^ Joyella, Mark (March 9, 2015). "Jim Clancy: I Don't Have to Put Up With This, I'd Had Enough". Adweek. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
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