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The AIBs
2016
TELEVISION PERSONALITY
Hala Gorani
is an anchor and correspondent for CNN
International. She anchors
The World Right Now with
Hala Gorani
- a show that brings viewers into the heart
of CNN’s international newsgathering operation and
immerses them in the latest stories of the day.
In the past year, Hala has been central to CNN
International’s coverage of UK and US politics including
the Democratic and Republican primaries and the
UK’s decision to leave the EU. On the night of the EU
referendum, Hala anchored in London for 11 hours.
Gorani has conducted countless high profile interviews
including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead
of the G20 summit and French politician Marine Le Pen.
In addition to her anchoring duties, Hala often reports
on major breaking news stories from the field, recently
covering the Syrian refugee crisis and the terror
attacks in Paris and Brussels. Hala also covered the
2012 Egyptian Elections and has previously reported
extensively from Jordan and Egypt. She played a key
role in CNN’s coverage of the Arab Spring.
In 2010 Hala covered the devastating earthquake in Haiti,
for which CNN’s coverage was recognised with a Golden
Nymph award.
Hala formerly hosted
Inside the Middle East
, the monthly
show featuring stories on the most important social,
political and cultural issues in the region. During her
five years as host, she reported on several colourful
and thought-provoking stories including poverty in
oil-rich Bahrain; everyday struggles for artists living in
Iraq; and gay life in the Middle East, which was a first
on international television and earned a nomination for
a Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
award.
Hala, one of CNN’s most experienced international
journalists, has reported from every country in the
Middle East including Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan
and the Palestinian territories. She was instrumental in
CNN International’s coverage of the Israel-Hezbollah
conflict in 2006, for which CNN won an Edward R.
Murrow Award.
Hala Gorani
Hala was also one of the CNN journalists awarded
a News and Documentary Emmy for the network’s
coverage of the 2011 Egyptian revolution that led to the
ousting of the country’s then president, Hosni Mubarak.
Our judges said that Hala Gorani is a superb interviewer
who pays great attention to detail, even in the face of a
breaking and rapidly developing story. The judges were
particularly impressed by the way she listens carefully
to the answers to her questions when interviewing, and
successfully draws more out of her interviewees.