Top 10 Journalists
In The World 2016
The basis of journalism as the fourth estate and a watchdog for corruption and injustice brings an unequivocal responsibility for journalists to be equally skilled and hard-working as they are virtuous and ethical. However, it could be argued that the digital world we live in today, with its instantaneous access to information, click-bait culture and citizen journalism, has seriously impeded the prevalence of quality journalists.
Despite this, journalists who showcase outstanding work and are considered as highly influential risk-takers in today’s media still exist. Here is a list of 12 noteworthy names all journalism students should know of right now (if not already):
Robert Fisk
He is a British journalist and best-selling author from Maidstone, Kent, who has been based in Beirut as the Middle East correspondent for The Independent for over 20 years. He has received several awards, including the British Press Awards International Journalist of the Year (which he’s been voted for seven times in total) and holds more British and international journalism awards than any other foreign correspondent. He was one of very few Western journalists who got to interview Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden during the 1990s; and managed to do it three times. Known for his fearlessness in reporting and ability to access notoriously inaccessible figures and places, Fisk has extensively covered the Persian Gulf War, the war in Afghanistan and the Iraq War between 1990 and 2003.
http://www.independent.co.uk/author/robert-fisk
Kate Adie
Kathryn “Kate” Adie is a British journalist who currently presents From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4 as well as doing freelance journalism. Her most well-known work was as Chief News Correspondent at BBC News where she covered many war zones and was rewarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire award in 1993 for excellence in journalism. Her big break came when she famously reported live and unscripted on the London Iranian Embassy siege in 1980, whilst crouched behind a car door amongst exploding smoke bombs and soldiers. She is also a best-selling author of several books including her autobiography The Kindness of Strangers, Nobody’s Child and Fighting on the Home Front: The Legacy of Women in World War One.
Christiane Amanpour
Amanpour is currently the global affairs anchor for ABC News in the United States as well as the Chief International Correspondent for CNN International where she also hosts Amanpour- its nightly interview program. According to PR firm, Burson-Marstellar, she is known as one of the journalists who is most followed by world leaders on Twitter. Amanpour’s journalistic career spans three decades, during which she’s interviewed Hosni Mubarak (she was the only journalist to do so) and Muammar Ghadafi during the Arab Spring. For her outstanding reporting, she has won every major broadcast award, including nine News and Documentary Emmys, an inaugural Television Academy Award, three DuPont-Columbia Awards and two George Polk Awards. She also received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2011 as well as a Giants in Broadcasting award in the same year. Amanpour is a member of the board of directors of the Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Women’s Media Foundation and also the Center for Public Integrity.
http://edition.cnn.com/profiles/christiane-amanpour-profile
Hu Shuli
Hu Shuli is a Chinese journalist who is currently the editor-in-chief of media group, Caixin Media in which she founded in 2009. Shuli had also been chief reporter and international editor of China Business Times before founding Caijing, a business and finance magazine which she was also editor-in-chief of for 11 years. Considered one of the most respected reporters in such a media-restrained country, she was listed as the 87th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2011 – the same year she was listed among the Top 100 Influential People by Time magazine. Known for her bold prowess in the industry and her investigative work on fraud and corruption, she’s currently a board member of the International Women’s Media Foundation. She also sits on the Reuters Editorial Advisory Board as well as having a regional advisory role in the International Center for Journalists.
Bob Woodward
Robert Upshur “Bob” Woodward is an American journalist who is undoubtedly one of the most celebrated journalists of this century after having exposed the Watergate scandal during President Nixon’s time in office. He covered much of the news reporting on the scandal with colleague Carl Bernstein whilst working as an investigative reporter at the Washington Post in 1972. He is currently the associate editor of the Post. Woodward has since written and released 16 books – all of which have been national best-sellers; 12 of them being No.1 national non-fiction best-sellers. Due to his and Bernstein’s reporting on Watergate, the Post won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1972 and his contributions towards coverage on the 9/11 attacks also won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2002. He has otherwise received nearly every other major journalism award in America.
http://bobwoodward.com/full-biography/
Anis ALdeghidy
Anis Aldeghidy is a political writer and Egyptian journalist born on the first of May 1960, a political opponent, his writings known by his bold and clash ways in various thorny issues addressed always and triggered He has 96 political and ideal books, and his books and political articles made the revolution of the 25th of January in Egypt and created a way to free his country.. since he turned professional since 35 years, his writings sold high distribution in the Arab book market, the most important book, “Saddam was executed” in two parts .. the book and the writer has made in the Cairo international book Fair No. 39 the highest best book distributed prize among 20 million books and holds a better appreciation Arab writer .. Anis Aldeghidy where he excelled on both; the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in 2007, days before attending the exhibition. And Naguib Mahfouz and Haykal.. Author also achieved the Arab superiority first place in circulation for three consecutive years are: 2004, when he won first place in the list of the first ten books and bestsellers in the Arab world for his book “The Secret Life of Saddam Hussein,” .. The US President Bill Clinton in second place for his book “My Life “.. and then came in third great writer Mohamed Hassanein Heikal for his book ” Raiding Iraq, the American Empire “. He also won the same award of first place in 2005 for his book:” bin Laden and those with him “.. He also won the same award in 2006 for book “The CIA files & Arab rulers.”
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper, is an American journalist who currently hosts his own news program, Anderson Cooper 360. He has been hosting the show since 2003 after having been an ABC News correspondent in 1995 and then an anchor on CNN a few years later. The Anderson Cooper 360 news program propelled the host in becoming a household name after his coverage on the war in Iraq and Hurricane Katrina. Since 1993 where he won a Bronze Telly Award for his coverage of famine in Somalia, Cooper has continuously won numerous awards for his work. Some of these include four Emmy Awards (he was nominated on five other occasions), a Peabody Award and a National Headliner Award.
Diane Sawyer
Sawyer is an American journalist who was the first female 60 Minutes correspondent and most recently anchored for ABC World News until September 2014. She currently does high-profile interviews and specials for ABC News. Beginning her career at the local news station and then the White House press office in 1970 at a time where there were very few female journalists, she was considered a great pioneer for the women who followed in her footsteps. During her long-standing career, Sawyer has co-anchored Primetime Live, 20/20 as well as ABC’s morning show Good Morning America, which she held for much longer than anticipated due to her popularity in the position; one she also received an Emmy Award for in 2000. She also won an Emmy in 2007 for her reporting on ABC World News, along with numerous others like the Peabody Award and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award during her time on the show. Sawyer has also frequented the annual Forbes Magazine’s List of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women since 2004.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/DianeSawyer/diane-sawyers-biography/story?id=9380180
Shereen Bhan
Bhan is an Indian reporter who produces and anchors numerous flagship shows like India Business Hour, The Nation’s Business, Young Turks and Power Turks. She is also the Delhi Bureau Chief and Executive Head of CNBC-TV18 in India. Her effortless delivery of news with a cheerful and friendly disposition has made her a national favourite and as such, has won several awards. Some of these include the FICCI Woman Of The Year Award in 2005 and she was also named as one of the Young Global Leaders of 2009 at the World Economic Forum.
http://www.verveonline.com/68/people/shereen.shtml
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald is an American journalist, lawyer and author who has been a columnist for The Guardian and Salon.com from 2007 through to 2013. He’s also been a frequent contributing writer for The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The American Conservative, The National Interest and In These Times. However, he’s most well-known for being the chief recipient and publisher of America’s most significant leak in history – Edward Snowden’s classified documents in 2013. The series that detailed critical United States and British global surveillance programs was published in The Guardian. As a result, Greenwald won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2014 along with numerous other International Awards for excellence in journalism. He’d also been named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013 by Foreign Policy Magazine and is now one of the founding editors of The Intercept – a privately financed investigative journalism venture looking to fulfil the role of watchdog and publish robust information on worldwide news.