Multiple Award-Winning Journalist and News Anchor, Host of Anderson Cooper 360, Bestselling Author of Dispatches from the Edge
Committed to going beyond sensational headlines to provide depth and insight in today’s media, Anderson Cooper’s fresh and fearless reporting has established him as one of the most recognized and trusted names in news. As a CNN anchor and host of Anderson Cooper 360, Cooper captivates audiences with the human side of events around the world and their impact on lives near and far.
In addition to reporting for CNN, Cooper is also the host of his own syndicated daytime talk show, Anderson, as well as provides stories for CBS’s 60 Minutes. Dispatches from the Edge, Cooper’s memoirs about covering the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and other news events, recently topped the New York Times Bestsellers List and other bestseller charts. Cooper has received numerous honors and accolades for his work including multiple Emmy Awards, a National Headliners Award, a Telly and a GLAAD Media Award.
In this lively, interactive and eye-opening discussion, Anderson Cooper untangles the complexity surrounding current events in the U.S. and abroad with lucidity, intelligence and wit. Drawing from first-hand experience, profound knowledge and personal anecdotes, Cooper engages audiences with unparalleled perspective and insight on global politics, culture and the challenges the world faces now and in the future.
Anderson Cooper is the anchor of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°, airing weeknights at 8:00 p.m. ET on CNN and simulcast on CNN International. Cooper is also the host of the popular podcast All There Is with Anderson Cooper. Through moving and honest discussions, he shares his deeply personal journey to understand his own grief and learn from others who have experienced life-altering loss. His weekly companion show, “All There Is Live with Anderson Cooper,” streams Thursdays at 9:15 p.m. ET on the All There Is community page, where listeners can share their stories and engage with Cooper, his guests, and each other—both online and on air. Since April 2023, he has also hosted “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper,” which airs Sundays on CNN and features character-driven storytelling and investigative deep dives from CNN anchors and correspondents.
Since the start of his career in 1992, Cooper has worked in nearly eighty countries and has covered major news events around the world, often reporting from the scene.
Cooper has played a pivotal role in CNN’s political and election coverage, anchoring from conventions and moderating several presidential primary debates and town halls. In 2016, he was selected by the Committee on Presidential Debates to co-moderate one of the three debates between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
In addition to his work at CNN, Cooper is a regular correspondent for CBS’s “60 Minutes.”
At CNN and “60 Minutes,” Cooper has earned several major journalism awards. He contributed to CNN’s Peabody Award–winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its duPont Award–winning coverage of the 2004 tsunami. Additionally, he has received twenty-three Emmy Awards, including two for his coverage of the earthquake in Haiti, as well as an Edward R. Murrow Award.
Cooper’s four books—Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune; Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty; The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss; and Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of Wars, Disaster, and Survival—all topped The New York Times Best Seller list.
Before joining CNN, Cooper was an ABC News correspondent and host of the network’s reality program “The Mole.” He also anchored ABC’s overnight newscast “World News Now” and served as a correspondent for “World News Tonight” as well as “20/20.”
Cooper joined ABC from Channel One News, where he served as chief international correspondent. During that time, he reported on and produced stories from conflicts in Bosnia, Cambodia, Haiti, Israel, Myanmar, Russia, Rwanda, Somalia, and South Africa. Channel One News was a school television network seen daily in more than 12,000 classrooms nationwide.
Cooper graduated from Yale University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He also studied Vietnamese at the University of Hanoi. He is based in New York City.
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