A new anchor has appeared on CNN/I today, apparently filling in for Ralitsa Vassileva's 1 PM ET slot. Her name is Brooke Baldwin. No word if she's a freelance anchor or a new hire. More details at CNNfan.org.

Instead of updating pages for shows that still have the old CNN.com Show Page look, pages for World News, Your World Today, World Business Today and Business International all head back to the CNN International main page and are no longer listed under the shows menu.

The Guardian is reporting that Richard Quest is heading to drug rehabilitation and will return to work at CNN, following his arrest in New York last Friday.

"At this time, CNN's primary concern is for his health and wellbeing. We look forward to Richard returning to CNN International," CNN said in a statement this week. They declined to note when he would return to air.

We'll keep you posted.

CNN Media Advisory - Former President Jimmy Carter sits down with Larry King on Monday, April 28 at 9 p.m. (ET) to discuss his new book, A Remarkable Mother. Carter will also discuss politics with King.

Larry King Live airs nightly from 9-10 p.m. (ET). For more information on upcoming shows or to locate past transcripts, visit http://www.CNN.com/larryking. Wendy Walker is the senior executive producer of Larry King Live.

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CNN Pressroom - CNN.com this week will sponsor 19 journalists from leading minority journalism associations for the network’s first-ever Digital Media Workshop. During the two-day workshop, journalists across the media spectrum will engage in coursework designed to develop, update and sharpen their digital reporting and production skills.

“As the distribution of news evolves, there is a real need for concentrated digital media training,” said Mitch Gelman, senior vice president and senior executive producer for CNN.com. “I am pleased that we are able to provide an innovative learning environment and exposure to this fast-evolving digital media landscape.”

On Thursday, April 24, and Friday, April 25, participants will take part in the all-expense-paid workshop conducted by CNN.com’s award-winning team. Highlights of the program include hands-on training with production tools designed to tell a multi-platform story, instruction in engaging and managing user participation and the opportunity for guidance from members of CNN’s executive management team.

Participants are current members of at least one of six leading minority journalism organizations, including the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA), the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA), the South Asian Journalist Association and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA).

“Over the past three years, CNN has contributed more than $1.2 million to the scholarship funds of the major minority journalism organizations to support the next generation of journalists and bring student journalists into the industry’s pipeline,” said Johnita Due, senior counsel for CNN Worldwide and chair of its Diversity Council. “With this Digital Media Workshop, we are able to have a lasting impact on top practicing journalists by sharing the cutting-edge skills necessary to remain relevant and to excel in this age of digital news.”



The 2008 CNN Digital Media Workshop participants and their affiliations include:

· Simone S. Bridges, producer, NYTimes.com (NABJ)

· Stanley B. Chambers, reporter, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. (NABJ)

· Erika Cebreros, associate editor, El Mensajero Newspaper (NAHJ)

· Florangela Davila, writer, lifestyle & culture, The Seattle Times (NAHJ)

· Jigsha Desai, online editor, Knoxnews.com/govolsxtra.com, Knoxville, Tenn. (NAHJ)

· Sara A. Fajardo, photographer, Orlando Sentinel (NAHJ)

· Sharon Ford-Dunn, associate professor, Grambling State University (NABJ)

· Mike Green, content editor, Ashland Daily Tidings, (NABJ)

· Amy Hsuan, staff writer, The Oregonian (AAJA)

· Ko W. Im, freelance news assistant, NY1 (AAJA)

· Joshua Johnson, anchor/reporter, WLRN/Miami Herald News (NLGJA)

· Elio Leturia, visual journalism class supervisor, Columbia College, Chicago (NAHJ)

· Natasha Mitchell, online editor, NewsOK.com/ The Oklahoman (NABJ)

· Victoria Lim, consumer reporter, WFLA-TV, Tampa, Fla. (AAJA)

· Daniel G. Morales, freelance journalist/writer, LaMusica.com, Revista monitor Latino, Quepasa.com (NLGJA)

· Ernesto Mourelo, assistant news director, KVEA Telemundo O&O (NAHJ)

· Franklin Robertson, multimedia editor, Chillicothe Gazette, Ohio (NAJA)

· Nina Sen, reporter, The Hour daily newspaper (SAJA)

· Vino Wong, photographer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AAJA)



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Responding to the intense interest the American public has shown in the upcoming election, CNN will launch the “League of First Time Voters,” a multi-platform programming initiative designed to inform, involve and empower individuals passionate about this election cycle.

Beginning today, the day before Pennsylvania voters head to the polls, the League of First Time Voters will launch its online home, available at www.LeagueofFirstTimeVoters.com and www.CNN.com/League. The special section will provide users with practical, convenient access to the most current election information. Content will include an interactive map, clickable by state, that reveals voter registration information and state-specific facts and data; detailed candidate profiles and platforms; examination of salient issues; current delegate counts; an extensive video archive allowing users to hear from the candidates in their own words – raw and uncensored; and links to relevant political Web sites and other resources.

“Millions of viewers, incredibly energized by this presidential campaign and by these candidates, have turned to CNN for our independent, incisive political coverage and debate programming,” said CNN/U.S. President Jon Klein. “The League provides us with the opportunity to empower those who haven’t voted before and those who haven’t taken part in the election process to have a voice this political season.”

These new voters – many of whom are young, new U.S. citizens or simply energized by this election unlike ever before – will also be examined by CNN’s Rick Sanchez in a series of special reports that will appear across CNN’s television and networks and digital platforms. Sanchez, who will interview Pennsylvania residents in the lead-up to that state’s primary, will report on what motivates these new voters and will examine the impact they may have on Election Day. These segments will air regularly on American Morning beginning with today’s launch and throughout the weekends on CNN.

“More people are turning to online news sites for election news this year than ever before, and the League will help them stay informed and get connected,” said Mitch Gelman, senior vice president and executive producer of CNN.com. “We are excited to create a place for people to find simple, fun ways to learn more about the candidates, issues and events that will inform their important choices.”

According to the most recent U.S. Census figures, there were nearly 200 million individuals eligible to vote in 2004. Of those eligible voters, only 142 million registered to vote, and 125 million went to the polls to cast a ballot in the 2004 presidential election.

By signing up at www.CNN.com/League, users will have access to additional benefits, including details on new polls, sneak peeks at new enhancements to the site and special e-mail alerts and newsletters.

League members also will be encouraged to share their firsthand accounts of what the election process means to them through video, photo, audio and text submissions to iReport.com, CNN’s recently launched user-generated community Web site. Those iReports related to the League of First Time Voters will be available at www.iReport.com/tags/League, and iReport.com contributors also may gain recognition by having the material they submit to the site – once vetted and approved for use – appear on a CNN network or CNN.com.

Additionally, the popular Election Express Yourself – CNN’s Airstream trailer chock-full of activities that give people the chance to make their voices heard – will provide a place for League members to gather in person as it travels the country, including to the Democratic National Convention in Denver and the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. All these efforts are part of CNN’s move to make the League of First Time Voters a lasting initiative that keeps new voters from all walks of life engaged in the civic process.

Following the national party conventions in August and September, CNN.com will also provide users with simple tools for connecting the League with the broader world of social media already happening on the Web, including a League of First Time Voters Badge for participants to upload to their profile pages on social-networking sites.

CNN is in a unique position to launch this civic effort. In the first quarter of 2008, CNN has had more P25-54, 18-49 and 18-34 viewers in prime time than the competition. The network also hosted nine of the Top 10 most-watched presidential primary debates in cable news history and posted more ratings wins for 2008 primary nights than any other cable news network.

As part of the network’s comprehensive coverage, the CNN Election Express has traveled the country, allowing CNN correspondents to talk with concerned voters everywhere and to air the long-form political programming “Ballot Bowl,” where viewers hear from the candidates directly and not in sound-bite form. CNN has also made innovation its trademark through initiatives such as the CNN/YouTube debates, John King’s “multi-touch” wall, the CNN Political Ticker blog and online delegate counter, the CNN Election Center in New York with its graphics capabilities and the 2005 launch of Wolf Blitzer’s political program The Situation Room where the newest technology is combined with traditional hard news.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Pressroom - Former White House press secretary Tony Snow will join CNN as a conservative commentator beginning today, it was announced by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. A well-known and respected observer of politics with a longstanding news background, Snow will contribute to CNN as the network continues to broadcast winning political coverage.

Snow most recently served as press secretary to President George W. Bush from April 2006 to September 2007. For 10 years beginning in 1996, he appeared on Fox News Channel, hosting Fox News Sunday, Weekend Live with Tony Snow and other programs. From 2003 to 2006, The Tony Snow Show aired on Fox News Radio. Before joining Fox, Snow served as a substitute “From the Right” co-host for CNN’s Crossfire.

“In the White House, Tony brought a remarkably human touch to the discussion of public policy, which he will continue to do as part of the Best Political Team on Television,” Klein said. “He will contribute a unique breadth of political and journalistic expertise to what is already the most provocative and wide-ranging political analysis on the air.”

“I’m delighted to be able to join CNN during the most exciting and unpredictable political year in memory,” Snow said. “The big challenge in 2008 is to develop deep, creative and aggressive analysis of both political parties, their candidates and campaigns. I’m eager to get started, since this race is sure to shape American politics for years to come.”

During the 1990s, Snow was a regular guest host for Rush Limbaugh’s radio program. He was the writer, correspondent and host of a PBS news special, The New Militant Center, a regular commentator for National Public Radio and a frequent guest on numerous televised news programs. Snow joined the administration of President George H. W. Bush in 1991 and served first as chief speechwriter and then as media affairs adviser.

In addition to his experience in government, television and radio, Snow spent more than two decades as an award-winning newspaper writer beginning with the Greensboro Record in 1979. He went on to be a columnist for USA Today and Creators Syndicate and an editorial page editor for The Washington Times.

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Christopher Chetry Knowles was brought into the world on Thursday at 10:45 PM. Congratulations to CNN's newest Mom!! Look for the first photos exclusively in Ok! Magazine soon.

Breaking News: CNN Marketsource correspondent Jane King is now with Bloomberg Television. She reported for CNN's affiliate service from the New York Stock Exchange since 2000 when she was hired specifically for the post. With Bloomberg she will work in the same type of position. You can watch one of her reports from FOX6 San Diego here.

As of this writing, she still has a bio on CNN.com.

Related: CNN Newsource launches CNN Marketsource [2000]

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CNN’s Wolf Blitzer will anchor The Situation Room live from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 17. The special program will focus on Pope Benedict XVI and the Catholic Church during the pope’s final day in the nation’s capital. Blitzer will also provide in-depth coverage of the pope’s address at 5 p.m., which will be held on the Catholic University campus and delivered to the heads of more than 200 Catholic U.S. colleges and universities and to the superintendents from the 195 Catholic dioceses.

CNN correspondent Brian Todd will join Blitzer in reporting from the campus. Todd will explore the relationship between Pope Benedict XVI and other religious faiths. Correspondent Mary Snow will also be covering the pope for the program.

The Situation Room is CNN’s daily political news broadcast. It airs weekdays from 4-7 p.m. Eric Sherling is the executive producer.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Pressroom - Award-winning producer Janelle Rodriguez has joined CNN’s American Morning as executive producer of the network’s flagship morning program, it was announced today by Jon Klein, president of CNN/U.S. Based in New York, Rodriguez will supervise production of the program and oversee its mission as the hard-news alternative in the morning.

“Janelle has distinguished herself in everything she’s worked on at CNN,” Klein said. “I am pleased that we could cull from the breadth of talent within our network to find a producer who has the editorial vision and energy to take American Morning to the next level.”

Most recently, Rodriguez has been a senior producer on The Situation Room where she was also instrumental in the program’s launch. Over the past eight years, she has covered several major stories including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, the tsunami in Southeast Asia, Hurricane Katrina and the last two presidential elections.

Prior to The Situation Room, Rodriguez spent two years as senior producer on Anderson Cooper 360° and has also served as executive producer for numerous specials including the award-winning Jack Cafferty: Broken Government and a presidential faith forum hosted by Soledad O’Brien.

She began as a producer at Headline News in Atlanta before moving to CNN/U.S. where she worked on various weekend shows and Wolf Blitzer Reports. Before joining CNN, she lived and worked in San Francisco as an independent filmmaker and has more than 15 years experience in film, video and television.

Rodriguez was part of the coverage teams that earned CNN a George Foster Peabody award for its Katrina reporting and an Alfred I. duPont Award for its coverage of the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia and was a producer for CNN’s political unit when it won an Emmy for the network’s Election Night 2006 coverage. Her other awards include New York Festivals medals for Jack Cafferty: Broken Government and a report from the South Korea side of the Demilitarized Zone.

Rodriguez earned her master’s in fine arts in film production from San Francisco State University and a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Pressroom - Chief national correspondent John King will anchor a live one-hour special election program at 10 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, April 12, and Sunday, April 13, from the CNN Election Express in Pennsylvania. King has traveled with the bus across Pennsylvania this week connecting with that state’s voters, volunteers and campaigns.

The special programming, called “Route 2008,” will feature CNN’s multi-touch wall which can provide in-depth analysis into the demographics of Pennsylvanians and what drives their vote. Saturday’s program will air live from the Pittsburgh area. Sunday’s program will originate from the CNN Election Express, which will be stationed at Messiah College near Harrisburg, Pa., the location of The Compassion Forum. The program will air immediately following CNN’s broadcast of The Compassion Forum and will feature analysis from commentators across the faith and ideological spectrum.

The Compassion Forum is a presidential candidate forum, sponsored by Faith in Public Life and anchored by CNN’s Campbell Brown and Newsweek’s Jon Meacham with a focus on faith, values and other current issues. Presently serving as CNN’s Pennsylvania “mini-bureau,” the CNN Election Express has allowed the network to maintain a full-time presence in the weeks leading up to the Aprilprimary.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Pressroom - Broadcasting & Cable to Honor CNN’s Bob Hesskamp with Technology Leadership Award

As the electronic journalism community descends upon Las Vegas next week for two of the premier broadcasting conferences, NAB Show 2008 and RTNDA@NAB. CNN will showcase its prominence and expertise in such areas as breaking news and election coverage, new technologies and online and digital ventures.

More than 15 journalists and executives from CNN will be speaking at this year’s NAB and RTNDA@NAB conferences. CNN Newsroom anchor Kyra Phillips opens this year’s event by moderating the opening session, “Leadership Lessons for Breaking News Coverage” on Sunday, April 13, at 4 p.m., and CNN’s chief national correspondent John King will be moderator of the joint NAB/RTNDA Super Session “Election 2008: The Home Stretch,” on Wednesday, April 15, at 7:30 a.m.

The NAB Show 2008, sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters, takes place from Friday, April 11, through Thursday, April 17, and is the world's largest electronic media show covering the development, delivery and management of professional video and audio content across all mediums. RTNDA@NAB, is a conference and exhibition for radio, television and online news, and runs from Sunday, April 13, to Wednesday, April 16.

During the NAB Show, Broadcasting & Cable will present Bob Hesskamp, senior vice president for CNN Broadcast Engineering and Systems Technology, with one of its 2008 Technology Leadership Award. The award, presented during a ceremony on Monday, April 14, pays tribute to technology leaders who have displayed innovation, imagination and achievement. Hesskamp’s duties at CNN include leadership of engineering and broadcasting-related IT resources, technology installations, support and maintenance, and engineering management development at CNN’s production centers worldwide. Hesskamp directed the September 2007 launch of CNN HD, the network’s first 24-hour news network in high definition, and continues to guide sweeping upgrades to CNN studios and equipment around the world to handle the format.

The schedule of NAB and RTNDA panels, speeches, and presentations featuring CNN journalists and executives is as follows:

Sunday, April 13

· Kyra Phillips, CNN Newsroom anchor, moderates RTNDA Opening Session “Leadership Lessons for Breaking News Coverage,” 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Monday, April 14

· Sandy Malcolm, executive producer for CNN.com Video, serves as a panelist for RTNDA’s “Mobile, Digital & Syndicated Content,” 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

· Mitch Gelman, senior vice president and senior executive producer for CNN.com, serves as a panelist for RTNDA’s “Making User Generated Content Part of Your Overall Strategy – On-line and On-Air”, 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

· Dave Hennen, senior producer for science and technology for CNN/U.S, serves as a panelist for RTNDA’s “Win the Weather War,” 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Tuesday, April 15

· John King, chief national correspondent for CNN, moderates NAB/RTNDA super session “Election 2008: The Home Stretch,” 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.

· Bob Hesskamp, senior vice president for Broadcast Engineering and Systems Technology for CNN, serves as a panelist for RTNDA,’s “The Digital Conversion Countdown: It’s Later Than You Think,” 9 a.m. to 10:30a.m.

· Chris Hinton, senior director of software development for CNN, serves as keynote speaker for the Creative Storage Conference @ NAB, 10 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

· Dick Tauber, vice president, transmission systems and new technology for CNN, moderator for the Content Distribution Forum @ NAB panel “What’s the Life Expectancy of SNG?”, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

· Arnie Christenson, operations manager, satellites and transmissions for CNN, serves as a panelist for Content Distribution Forum @ NAB panel, “What’s the Life Expectancy of SNG?”, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m

· Sam Feist, political director and senior executive producer of political programming for CNN/U.S., moderates the RTNDA panel, “More Than Just a Reporter's Cap: The Many Hats Journalists Wear in the News Production Process,” 10:45 am to noon.

· Tyler Moody, senior producer for CNN Radio, serves as a panelist for RTNDA’s “Go Ahead. You Can Touch It,”11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

· David C. Vigilante, vice president of legal for CNN, serves as a panelist for RTNDA’s “What’s Legal Online?”, 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

· Michael Koetter, vice president of news technology planning & development for CNN, serves as a panelist for the Creative Storage Conference@ NAB “Entertainment and Media User Session,” 4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

Wednesday, April 16

· Jerry DeMink, vice president of CNN News Services, serves as a panelist for RTNDA’s “Sound Streaming: Boost Your On-Line and On-Air Traffic Today,” 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.

· Sandy Malcolm, executive producer for CNN.com Video, serves as a panelist for the TV World @NAB panel “The Billion Dollar Question: How Will Broadband Video Make Money?”, 12:15 a.m. to 1 p.m.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

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CNN Pressroom - Multiplatform Effort Will Report on Pope Benedict’s U.N. Address, Public Events, Meetings

CNN will use its unparalleled newsgathering resources to cover Pope Benedict’s first official papal visit to the United States, from Tuesday, April 15, through Sunday, April 20, in Washington, D.C., and New York. Online as well as on CNN/U.S., CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN Radio and Headline News, CNN will report on the pope’s address to the United Nations, his meeting with President George W. Bush, his visit to Ground Zero in New York and other events.

This trip to the United States marks Pope Benedict’s sixth country that he has visited since becoming pope in 2005. There are more than 67 million Catholics in the United States and more than a billion Catholics worldwide.

Soledad O’Brien anchors CNN’s special live coverage on Sunday, April 20, as Pope Benedict visits Ground Zero of the World Trade Center and officiates Mass in New York’s Yankee Stadium. O’Brien will be joined by weekend CNN Newsroom anchors T.J. Holmes and Betty Nguyen reporting from location and CNN’s Vatican analyst John Allen. CNN’s coverage begins with the pope’s arrival on Tuesday, April 15, and continues with contributions throughout the visit from Jim Acosta, Wolf Blitzer, Jason Carroll, Ines Ferre, Ed Henry, Juan Carlos Lopez, Colleen McEdwards, Kyra Phillips, Richard Roth and Mary Snow.

CNN.com will offer expanded coverage of Pope Benedict’s trip. Through multimedia and interactive elements, as well as traditional stories and videos, viewers around the world will be able to view the visit as CNN.com Live will stream all available ceremonies and events live in their entirety, as well as feature live reports from the field with John Allen.

Viewers and users are encouraged to share their firsthand accounts of the pope’s public events through video, photo, or audio submissions to www.iReport.com, CNN’s recently launched user-generated community Web site. CNN will have a mobile iReport station at the public Mass held at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., for attendees to upload personal stories, photos and videos related to the pope’s visit. Contributors also may gain recognition by having the material they submit to the site – once vetted and approved for use – appear on a CNN network or CNN.com.

Broadcast worldwide, CNN’s papal coverage will reach more than 310 million TV households, while also being available to CNN broadcast partners CNN+, CNN Turk, CNN IBN and more than 1,000 affiliates.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

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CNN Pressroom - Byron Harmon has been appointed to the newly created position of senior executive producer at CNN International to coordinate the global network’s live news programming and breaking news coverage, it was announced today by Katherine Green, senior vice president for CNN International programming.

Based in Atlanta, Harmon will coordinate all of CNN International’s live news programming output from the network’s main production centers in London, Hong Kong and Atlanta as well as directing breakings news coverage.

“I look forward to harnessing Byron’s results-driven personality as we build upon CNN’s global heritage and the momentum created by the expansion with international newsgathering,” Green said.

CNN’s production centers in Atlanta, London and Hong Kong broadcast more than 19 hours of live programming each day, reaching more than 224 million households around the world. The network broadcasts five English language feeds to Europe/ Middle East/Africa, Asia Pacific, South Asia, Latin America and North America.

Harmon joins CNN International on Tuesday, April 22, bringing to CNN a wealth of production, planning, creativity and project management experience from more than 14 years in the industry in New York, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.

As executive producer at WCBS Channel 2 in New York, Harmon consistently increased program ratings as he helped move the channel from No. 6 to No. 2 in the largest market in the United States.

A member of the National Association of Black Journalists, Harmon is an author and the winner of five Emmy Awards that span documentary, newscasts and technical achievement.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Pressroom - Black in America, CNN’s On-Air and Online Initiative, Visits Six Historically Black Colleges and Universities

CNN Worldwide’s marketing department announced the launch of a multi-city tour of six historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in conjunction with the network’s Black in America multiplatform programming initiative. Florida A&M University (FAMU) will host the first Black in America campus stop on Tuesday, April 8, on the front lawn of FAMU’s School of Journalism and Graphic Communication from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET).

CNN has also launched a Campus iReporter contest in association with the Black in America tour at each of the six HBCU schools. CNN, together with the National Association of Black Journalists, will choose one Campus iReporter from FAMU, whose prize will be a digital video camera. The winner from each school will also be able to submit additional footage from their Black in America campus stop to win the grand prize: a trip for two to the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans over the Fourth of July weekend.

Viewers and users are encouraged to share their firsthand accounts of the black experience through video, photo, audio or text submissions at www.iReport.com, CNN’s recently launched user-generated community Web site. Contributors to iReport.com also may gain recognition by having the material they submit to the site – once vetted and approved for use – appear on a CNN network or CNN.com.

“The response from the students and the schools has been extraordinary, and their participation is an important part of this story,” said Scot Safon, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of CNN Worldwide. “Black in America is a worldwide CNN multi-platform event about issues that directly impact the future of all Americans.”

The HBCU tour will include a trailer outfitted with a jumbo television screen, along with video kiosks, where participants can submit their video response to a programming-related question via iReport. There will be live DJs, text-message polling, a graffiti wall and electronic polling stations using questions from a CNN/Essence Magazine/Opinion Research Corporation poll. Exclusive video previews from upcoming Black in America programming will also be featured. CNN, Essence Communications and Comcast will all have representatives and giveaways on site.

CNN.com’s special section for the HBCU tour is available at www.CNN.com/blackinamerica/hbcu. It includes rules of participation for the Campus iReporter contest, and it will also feature images from each school.

Forty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., CNN launched a sweeping on-air and digital initiative, Black in America. CNN continues its commitment to groundbreaking documentaries and reporting for Black in America, which examines in-depth the often under-reported stories of the African-American experience. This landmark program features six hours of documentaries, a weekly series of reports on CNN/U.S. and CNN International and a multimedia online effort. For more information, please visit CNN.com’s interactive special section at www.CNN.com/blackinamerica.

CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner Company, is the most trusted source for news and information. Its reach extends to nine cable and satellite television networks; one private place-based network; two radio networks; wireless devices around the world; CNN Digital Network, the No. 1 network of news Web sites in the United States; CNN Newsource, the world’s most extensively syndicated news service; and strategic international partnerships within both television and the digital media.

CNN Pressroom - CNNI Provides Additional Resources for Inside Middle East, Market Place Middle East Programs

Cal Perry, CNN’s award-winning Baghdad bureau chief and producer, has been appointed as the network’s new international correspondent based in Beirut, Lebanon, it was announced today by Parisa Khosravi, senior vice president of international newsgathering for CNN Worldwide.

Perry, who has been instrumental in coordinating and guiding CNN’s unrivaled coverage of Iraq over the past four years, takes up his new position in April. In this new role, he will cover Lebanon and also support CNN’s growing presence across the Middle East with editorial operations in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Baghdad, Cairo, Dubai and Jerusalem.

As Baghdad bureau chief, Perry oversaw a staff of more than two dozen journalists and also reported breaking news and produced long-form programming including CNN Presents: Combat Hospital, which won a CINE award in 2007.

“Cal’s expertise of the region is an invaluable asset for us, and I’m delighted that he is taking up a new role in Beirut,” Khosravi said. “As we continue to strengthen our presence in the Middle East and in other parts of the world through our content ownership strategy adding additional correspondents and resources, having ‘can do’ reporters of his caliber are essential.”

In addition to this appointment, CNN International is also boosting its feature programming in the region with additional resources for Inside The Middle East and the acclaimed and recently launched Market Place Middle East. In addition to tapping into CNN’s planned production center in Abu Dhabi that was announced in January, both programs will have exclusive access to international correspondent Brent Sadler and his considerable knowledge and experience of the region.

This new role for Sadler underscores the importance and commitment to the region by CNN and will allow both programs to plan more in-depth and expanded coverage.

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CNN Pressroom - CNN’s Campbell Brown to Co-Moderate with Newsweek’s Jon Meacham April 13 ‘Compassion Forum’

CNN will serve as the exclusive broadcaster of a presidential candidate forum on faith, values and other current issues at Messiah College near Harrisburg, Penn., on Sunday, April 13, at 8 p.m. (ET) CNN Election Center anchor Campbell Brown and Newsweek editor and Newsweek.com election anchor Jon Meacham will moderate what is being billed as The Compassion Forum, which will take place nine days before the Pennsylvania primary.

Organized and sponsored by Faith in Public Life, the 90-minute forum will consist of wide-ranging and probing discussions of policies related to pressing moral issues that are bridging ideological divides now more than ever, including poverty, global AIDS, climate change and human rights. It will feature Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the same stage to talk about these topics as each candidate sits down individually with the moderators. The program will also stream live at www.CNN.com.

Leading up to The Compassion Forum, chief national correspondent John King will anchor live special coverage beginning at 10 p.m. (ET) on Saturday, April 12, and then again on Sunday, April 13, immediately following the forum. Special coverage on Sunday will feature analysis from commentators across the faith and ideological spectrum. King will be stationed at CNN’s Pennsylvania “mini-bureau,” the CNN Election Express bus, which has allowed the network to maintain a full-time presence in these weeks leading up to the April 22 primary. “Ballot Bowl” will also originate live from Pennsylvania and air throughout the weekend, bringing the candidates’ significant events directly to viewers in long-form, not soundbites.

Media interested in covering the event should contact Faith in Public Life directly or fill out the form located at http://www.messiah.edu/compassion_forum/media/credentials/form.html.

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CNN Pressroom - New Assignment for Eli Flournoy Stands as Pivotal Part of CNN Worldwide’s Content Ownership Strategy

Eli Flournoy has been appointed CNN Worldwide’s first director of International Newsource, one of the pivotal parts of the network’s content ownership strategy which has seen the hiring of nearly 50 additional staff, including 10 new correspondents, in recent months. The appointment was announced today by Tony Maddox, executive vice president and managing director of CNN International.

Flournoy, a 17-year veteran of CNN’s newsgathering operations in the United States and internationally, is charged with overseeing the expansion of the unit and ensuring our global affiliates receive the increasing amount of CNN original content.

CNN Newsource provides more than 1,000 affiliates around the world with customized programming, breaking news, feature and documentary programming by harnessing CNN’s Worldwide global newsgathering resources with the collective coverage power of CNN Newsource affiliates.

“Eli is a smart and deeply committed journalist and producer, and his promotion to the role of director of International Newsource underscores both his commitment and the depth of talent at CNN,” Maddox said. “This is a crucial appointment and a much-needed new position at CNN, which champions our commitment to our global affiliates and the valuable partnerships they have with CNN.”

This appointment is another step in the expansion of CNN’s global newsgathering and editorial services, which has the specific task of increasing the amount of editorial and video content CNN creates and owns.

Flournoy joins a growing team of new appointments that now numbers almost 50; four new international editorial operations have so far been established. In the coming months, CNN plans to announce even more new hires as well as the opening of additional offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.

Formerly a supervising editor on CNN’s International Desk, Flournoy has been central to directing coverage of the world’s biggest stories of the last 15 years, including the Bosnian War, the Kosovo War, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, Princess Diana’s death, the war on terrorism, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Southeast Asia tsunami and the Israel/Lebanon conflict.

Flournoy also has extensive field-production experience which includes coverage in Angola in 1994, Indonesia from 1998 to 2000, Israel and the Palestinian Territories in 2002; India and Pakistan in 2005 and Hong Kong this year. Flournoy has also worked on site with CNN affiliate stations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and Angola.

An award-winning journalist, Flournoy was part of the CNN teams that earned a duPont-Columbia award for the coverage of the Southeast Asia tsunami, an Edward R. Murrow for coverage of the 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanon, a Peabody award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina and an Asian Television award for coverage of the 1999 Indonesian elections.

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