Clarissa Ward

Quick Facts

Full Name	Clarissa Ward
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Jan 30, 1980(1980-01-30)
Age	44
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Clarissa Ward Biography

Clarissa Ward is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on January 30, 1980 in London, England, United Kingdom. Clarissa Ward (born on January 30, 1981) was born on January 30, 1980. She is an American journalist for television. She is the current chief international correspondent for CNN. She previously worked for CBS News, based in London. Prior to the start of her CBS News position, Ward was a correspondent from Moscow to ABC News programs.

Ward’s CBS career began as the news network’s foreign reporter in October of 2011. She was a contributing journalist for 60 Minutes and served as anchor in fill-in for CBS This Morning beginning in January of 2014.

In her first 60 Minutes report in 2012, Ward and her team braved sniper-fire and aerial bombardments in the Syrian city of Aleppo to deliver one of the first reports examining the growth of Islamic extremism within the opposition. In July 2013, Ward reported on the unrest in Egypt, filming in the same area where CBS correspondent Lara Logan had been sexually assaulted a few years prior. In October 2014, Ward returned to Syria undercover to interview two Western jihadis – a young American man and a former Dutch soldier – about their paths to radicalism.

She covered many major foreign news stories including the Syrian Uprising, Chinese civil rights activist Chen Guangcheng’s stay at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and subsequent United States – China negotiations, and the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.

In the months prior to Oct. 2007 Ward was stationed in Beirut and was an anchor on Fox News. She reported on the murder of Saddam Hussein, the Iraq War troop surge in 2007 as well as The Beirut Arab University riots and the 2007 Bikfaya bombings. Interviews were conducted with prominent people like General. David Petraeus, Iraqi Vice-Prime minister Barham Salih and Lebanese President Emile Lahoud. She also worked in military personnel from the U.S. military in Iraq and in particular in Baqubah.

Clarissa Ward Net Worth

Clarissa Ward is one of the richest Journalist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Clarissa Ward 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ward was hired as an over-night desk assistant for Fox News in 2003. From 2004 to 2005 Ward served as assignment editor at Fox News in New York City. She was as a desk leader for the international desk, coordinating coverage of stories such as being captured by Saddam Hussein, the Indian Ocean tsunami, and the death of Yasir Arafat and Pope John Paul II. in 2006 Ward was a field reporter at Fox News. She was responsible for coverage of the war between Lebanon and Israel and the kidnapping Gilad Shalit, and the subsequent Israeli military actions within Gaza, the Gaza Strip, the trial of Saddam Hussein and the 2005 Iraqi constitutional referendum.

From October 2007 through October 2010 Ward served as an ABC News correspondent based in Moscow. She covered Russia on the entirety of ABC News broadcasts and platforms including “World News with Charles Gibson”, “Nightline” and “Good Morning America”, in addition to ABC News Radio, ABC News Now. In her duty in Russia Ward was a reporter for elections in Russia. Russian Presidential elections. The reporter was working in Georgia during an Russian invasion of Georgia territorial waters. Ward was then transferred to Beijing to be the ABC News Asian Correspondent, in charge of covering for the year 2011’s Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan. She also covered conflict in Afghanistan.

Ward received a George Foster Peabody Award on May 21, 2012, in New York City for her journalistic coverage inside Syria during the Syrian uprising. In October 2014, Washington State University announced that Ward would receive the 2015 Murrow Award for International Reporting in April 2015. She has also received two Emmy Awards, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Silver Baton, and honors from the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association.

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Who is Clarissa Ward Dating?

According to our records, Clarissa Ward married to Philipp von Bernstorff. As of December 1, 2023, Clarissa Ward’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Clarissa Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Clarissa Ward celebrates birthday on January 30 of every year.

Does Clarissa Ward speak Arabic?

Ward speaks fluent French and Italian, conversational Russian, Arabic and Spanish and basic Mandarin. She graduated with distinction from Yale University, and in 2013 received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Middlebury College in Vermont.

Is Clarissa Ward still married?

Clarissa Ward
Years active| 2003–present
Notable credit| CBS News
Spouse| Philipp von Bernstorff ​ ​ ( m. 2016)​
Children| 2

How many kids does Clarissa Ward have?

Ward, who has a 4-year-old son and a 1-year-old son , described a life she has built for her children “that exists without me in it as well.” She told Cooper that she has built an “army” consisting of her husband, her parents, and two nannies to care for her kids when she is not there.

Where is Clarissa Ward today?

After more than a decade working for TV channels such as Fox, ABC and CBS, Ward is currently the chief international correspondent for CNN.

Has Hala Gorani left CNN?

On 28 April 2022, Gorani announced she would be leaving CNN , and would present her final episode of Hala Gorani Tonight that evening.