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Anna Coren Born Anna Coren 28 October 1975 (age 43) Australia Alma mater Charles Sturt University Occupation Television presenter Website CNN profile

Anna Coren (28 oktober 1975) is een Australische journaliste en internationaal televisie-correspondente.

In 2008 trad zij in dienst van CNN met als standplaats Hong Kong

Contents 1 Career 2 Honour 3 References 4 External links

Career Coren studeerde in 1996 af aan de Charles Sturt University in Bathurst met een graad in Communicatie en spent en werkte vervolgens bij de regionale televisiestations Prime (12 maanden) en NBN(18 maanden).

In 1999 werd zij door Nationale Nine News aangetrokken als t.v.-verslaggever. In 2002 begon zij te presendteren she began presenting news updates and the National Nine Early Morning News.

Coren's career at the Seven Network began in December 2003, presenting late news updates and presenting the summer edition of Today Tonight in the place of Naomi Robson. She has since presented many one-off events such as Australia's Brainiest Kid, 2005 Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Royal Wedding Night with Seven and Zero Hour – The Bali Bombings. Her role at Seven also involved filling-in as news presenter with the morning news program Sunrise. Coren also presented Seven's factual series True Stories.

In 2005, Coren was appointed United States correspondent for Seven News replacing Mike Amor who returned to Australia to present Seven 4.30 News. In this role she appeared on the Global Notebook segment for Sunrise.

During her tenure as the Seven Network's U.S. correspondent Coren covered the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War from Northern Israel and the 2005 G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland.

On 27 January 2007, Coren was appointed presenter of Today Tonight, replacing Naomi Robson who left the show on 1 December 2006.[1] Her role as presenter of Today Tonight saw Coren become the frequent subject of satire by the presenters of the television show The Chaser's War on Everything.

In September 2008, Coren announced that she would be leaving Today Tonight to take up a position with CNN in Hong Kong.[2] She was succeeded by Matthew White, with Coren presenting Today Tonight for the last time on 10 October 2008.[3]

Honour Coren received the 2011 and 2012 Asian Television Award for "Best News Presenter or Anchor" for her work on the CNN program World Report.[4] In December 2013 Coren received her third Asian Television Award-winning the prestigious 'Best News Story 10 minutes or less' for her powerful exclusive report 'Afghanistan Taliban Firefight'.