Senior Director of Communications, @CNNI 🌎

Atlanta, GA
Joined February 2009
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Ukraine’s access to Starlink is still limited, President Zelensky tells me. “It limited our possibility to defend.”
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.@briantylercohen on @VivekGRamaswamy investing more $ in an ad featuring the estranged mother of @amyactonoh. "it shows outright contempt for all of his voters that he is just trying to manipulate these people...he is desperate, he is starved for attention." @Zigmanfreud: "it's a legitimate issue with a legitimate rebuttal." Via @CNNTheStoryIs
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"The most important thing - security guarantees. Not to give any chance for Russia for Putin, or for other Putins who will be in the future, to come back to Ukraine and kill our people." Zelensky tells CNN's @amanpour in new interview More here cnn.it/47yJ0cA
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CNN had rare access to a jet-powered Russian Geran 4 drone, downed over Ukraine. @npwcnn was shown the Western made components inside.
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Israeli settlements have massively expanded in the occupied West Bank under the current Israeli government – along with a major spike in violent attacks on Palestinians. @JDiamond1 reports on how the government has allowed this and whether elections could prompt any change.
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Israeli settler violence is ramping up in West Bank villages. CNN's @JDiamond1 reports on how Israel under Netanyahu has reshaped the territory. Read the full interactive report: edition.cnn.com/interactive/…
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Today, we’re introducing a new homepage experience on CNN.com. The refreshed look allows visitors to browse live video channels, get updated with a new “Developing” section, and more easily engage with the wide variety of storytelling formats CNN has to offer.
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For years, the illegal Israeli outpost of Esh Kodesh served as a launchpad for violence against nearby Palestinian villages. Then in December 2025, the Israeli government legalized it -- one of 104 new settlements Netanyahu's government has approved. What happened next? More violent outposts sprung up, renewing the cycle. Extraordinary interactive by @mrlourobinson With @karadaniellefox @zeenasaifi @AbeerSalmanCNN @talshalev1 edition.cnn.com/interactive/…
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CNN’s All Access subscription is now live in the UK and Canada, giving audiences access to CNN’s live and on-demand video programming, exclusive streaming content and political coverage just two weeks before the pivotal US midterm elections. More details cnn.it/4z4WFnQ
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This week Christiane @amanpour announced she will be leaving @cnn next year. @pamelabrowncnn and I reacted to her decades of world-class journalism that inspired all of us. Watch this:
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Christiane is not just a legend because of her reporting and journalism. She is a legend because of all the glass ceilings she broke for women in journalism.
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CNN Exclusive: Inside Erik Prince's secretive security operation taking on Haiti's gangs @npwcnn reports from Port-au-Prince Watch the full report on CNN.com/allaccess
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Multiple violent Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank this morning. Palestinian residents & journalists were beaten. Cars set on fire.
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NEW: Katie Zacharia shared at least 15 social media posts identifying her as an “attorney” over the past two years, despite having failed the California bar exam and acknowledging publicly she had been advised not to use the term "attorney" to describe herself. cnn.com/2026/10/15/politics/…
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"Trump’s persistent sympathy for Russia’s position remains a mystery of our time. Critics say it's unlikely to achieve his goal of a peace deal, incompatible with security interests of US and oblivious to Moscow’s role in assisting Iran," writes @npwcnn. edition.cnn.com/2026/10/14/w…
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Ukraine has run out of missiles for the US-made Patriot air defense system, leaving it more vulnerable to Russian ballistic missile attacks, a source familiar with the situation told CNN. cnn.it/4hZMgSZ
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CNN’s White House team has found no evidence that WH press secretary Katie Zacharia has passed the bar exam in the states where she has lived and worked since graduating from Pepperdine. cnn.com/2026/10/14/politics/…
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