 Anderson Cooper anchors Anderson Cooper 360°, an
unconventional, wide-ranging weekday news program on CNN. Mr. Cooper, who joined
CNN in December 2001, served as CNN's weekend anchor before moving to the 7 pm
hour in March 2003 following the war in Iraq.
Since joining CNN, Mr. Cooper has anchored major breaking news stories,
including the network's overnight coverage of the war in Iraq, as news of the
military conflict was unfolding live during the day in Baghdad. Mr. Cooper also
anchored much of CNN's live coverage of the D.C.-area sniper story and the
coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia explosion. For "America Votes 2004," he
moderated a democratic presidential candidates forum the network jointly
sponsored with Rock the Vote.
With a background as a war correspondent for Channel One News, Mr. Cooper was
sent to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to report on the
U.S. military conflict and to Qatar where he reported on the testing of
CENTCOM's new mobile headquarters. More recently, Mr. Cooper interviewed Haiti
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide shortly before a 2004 revolt.
Before joining CNN, Mr. Cooper was an ABC News correspondent and host of the
network's reality program, The Mole. Mr. Cooper anchored ABC's live,
interactive, overnight news and interview program, World News Now as well as
providing reports for World News Tonight, 20/20 and 20/20 Downtown. Previously,
he was a New York-based correspondent for ABC News, reporting primarily for
World News Saturday/Sunday.
Mr. Cooper joined ABC from Channel One News, where he served as a reporter and
producer. During that time, he was a chief international correspondent,
reporting and producing stories from Bosnia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Rwanda,
Somalia, South Africa and Vietnam. He also reported national stories that were
broadcast over the Channel One News school television network and seen in more
than 12,000 classrooms nationwide.
Mr. Cooper has won several awards for his work, including an Emmy Award for his
contribution to ABC's coverage of Princess Diana's funeral; a Silver Plaque from
the Chicago International Film Festival for his report from Sarajevo on the
Bosnian civil war; a Bronze Telly for his coverage of famine in Somalia; a
Bronze Award from the National Educational Film and Video Festival for a report
on political Islam; and a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Journalism for
his 20/20 Downtown report on gay high school athlete Corey Johnson.
Mr. Cooper graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a BA in political
science. He also studied Vietnamese at the University of Hanoi.
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