Name Jill Dougherty Role Reporter | ||
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Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form Similar People Anderson Cooper, Ben Wedeman, Nic Robertson, John King, Barbara Starr | ||
Why i m hooked on russia jill dougherty at tedxbethesdawomen
Jill Dougherty (born in 1949) is an American journalist who has worked as an anchor and foreign affairs correspondent for CNN for more than 30 years. She was part of the CNN team that won the 1993 American Journalism Review Award for Best White House Coverage.
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- Why i m hooked on russia jill dougherty at tedxbethesdawomen
- Russia Past Present and Future Jill Dougherty
- Education
- Personal life
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Dougherty began her career as a Russian-language broadcaster and writer for Voice of America, the USSR Division. After three decades at CNN, she left in 2013, but remained a foreign affairs correspondent as an independent consultant. Based at the network’s Washington, D.C., bureau, Dougherty covers U.S. foreign policy.
Russia: Past, Present and Future - Jill Dougherty
Education
Dougherty received her B.A. degree in Slavic Languages and Literature from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and her M.A. from Georgetown University, where she researched Russia’s soft power diplomacy. She was a Benton Fellow in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Chicago, as well as a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Dougherty also studied at Leningrad State University in the Soviet Union.
Personal life
Dougherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999 at age 50. She is an Iowa Hawkeye fan.
