Christiane Amanpour

摘要

CHRISTIANEAMANPOUR has seen it all across her 35 years of reporting at CNN - wars, humanitarian crises, devastating earthquakes, despotic leaders. But a global news story that has taken off over the past year has Amanpour, CNN chief international anchor, particularly energized. It was a year ago that The New York Times reported on Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct, and countless other stories have pushed transgressing men of massive power out of their elevated positions and given women a platform to report their own #MeToo experiences. "This is a major game-changing moment in the history of the United States, in the history of the world," Amanpour said, "because it's about half the world's population." She has experienced firsthand how a hard-working, talented woman might move ahead when a man charged with misconduct moves aside. She hosts Amanpour and Company, a news and public-affairs program that debuted on PBS Sept. 10, filling a slot vacated by Charlie Rose after allegations arose against him. "I'm a beneficiary of the #MeToo movement," she said, "and a woman who has been put in a slot that was occupied for decades by a guy." Amanpour joined CNN as an entry-level assistant, and rapidly emerged as an elite reporter on the front lines of the world. "Her success in bringing stories of carnage and conflict into living rooms around the world has made her one of the most visible war correspondents of her generation," The New York Times Magazine said back in 1994. She calls CNN "my training ground, my home." The network launched in 1980, and Amanpour came on board three years later. "I love the story of a startup, the fact that [founder Ted Turner] was laughed out of town, that people called us Chicken Noodle News," Amanpour said, "and we ended up being the little engine that could." Jeff Zucker, CNN Worldwide president, is happy to have her on board. "The hallmark of Christiane is, she is fearless," he said. "She's afraid of no one and no place. That makes her a great reporter and intrepid interviewer." Half Iranian and half English, Amanpour spent her childhood in both nations. She was born in London, moved to Iran shortly after her birth, and came back to London when Iran underwent the Islamic Revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1979.