KEYNOTE ADDRESS, GALA 2017​

​CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR​
CHIEF INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, CNN
​HOST, AMANPOUR.
​​
Christiane Amanpour is host of AMANPOUR and chief international correspondent for CNN.  Previously, she was the global affairs anchor at ABC News.  Her illustrious career in journalism spans three decades.  Her international reporting began in 1990 as a correspondent for CNN where she reported on international crises in the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Korea, Palestinian territories, Iran, Sudan, Israel, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, the Balkans, Egypt, and Libya.   

She has interviewed most of the top world leaders over the past two decades and Amanpour has received every major broadcast award, including an inaugural Television Academy Award, ten News and Documentary Emmys, four George Foster Peabody Awards, and nine honorary degrees.  In 2014, she was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame.  She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an Honorary Citizen of Sarajevo and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. 

---