Jonathan Mann (journalist)

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Jonathan Mann
Born (1960-07-16) July 16, 1960 (age 63)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationB.A. York University
OccupationJournalist

Jonathan Mann (born July 16, 1960) is a retired Canadian journalist. For 30 years he worked for CNN International. He also worked for La Presse. During the presidency of Barack Obama, he hosted Political Mann on CNN. Every December, Mann hosts The Prize for Peace, a discussion with the Nobel Peace Prize winner, live from Oslo, Norway.

Biography

Mann was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to Adina and Harry Mann. His mother was a travel agent and his father a general practitioner and amateur actor. He received his primary school education at the Jewish People's School, where he also learned Hebrew and Yiddish. Mann received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from York University in Toronto, Ontario.

Early in his career, he worked as a freelance journalist in India covering the aftermath of the assassination of

NBC Radio, and later CNN
, where he became the 24-hour news network's first Paris correspondent. As a Montreal native, he speaks fluent French.

References

  1. ^ Mann, Jonathan (December 2003). "Downsview Diplomacy" (PDF). YorkU. 1 (2): 30–31. Retrieved 2008-01-12.

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