48 Facts About Robyn Curnow

Robyn Curnow is a South African journalist, broadcaster, and author.

Robyn Curnow was an anchor and foreign correspondent for CNN International and CNN USA.

Robyn Curnow hosted CNN's Newsroom with Robyn Curnow from 2020 to 2022 from the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia.

Robyn Curnow was based at CNN's London Bureau as a correspondent and anchor from 2002 to 2006.

Robyn Curnow launched a podcast "Searching for America" which aims to decode America from an Outsider's point of view.

Robyn Curnow was born in Perth, Australia, and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Robyn Curnow attended St Katharine's and St Mary's School for Girls in Johannesburg.

Robyn Curnow has been vocal about her dyslexia, which led to her struggling at school.

Robyn Curnow attended the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, for her English and Political Science undergraduate studies.

Robyn Curnow began her career at the South African Broadcasting Corporation in 1996 as a reporter for the national nightly news bulletin.

Robyn Curnow was part of a group of young reporters reporting on South Africa's new democracy and the Presidency of Nelson Mandela.

Robyn Curnow left the SABC in 2000 to study for her Master's degree at Cambridge University.

Robyn Curnow started reporting for CNN in 2001 in London, covering the UK and Europe.

Robyn Curnow reported on the death of Pope John Paul II from the Vatican, the London bombings, the royal family, the South Asian tsunami, and anchored coverage of the war in Iraq.

Robyn Curnow first reported from Zimbabwe during the land invasions of 2000 while at the SABC.

Between 2007 and 2014, Robyn Curnow moderated numerous panels at the World Economic Forum in Africa, which featured South African President Jacob Zuma, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, Gabonese President Ali Bongo, the IMF's Christine Lagarde, and other African and business leaders.

Robyn Curnow was the founding host of CNN's Marketplace Africa, a weekly show that featured interviews and stories with Africa's most successful businesspeople.

In 2013, Curnow interviewed former US President George W Bush and his wife, Laura, when they visited Zambia on a charity trip after his presidency.

Robyn Curnow had an extensive sit-down interview in Botswana with former First Lady Michelle Obama during her official visit to Africa.

Robyn Curnow interviewed Oprah Winfrey at her girls' school outside Johannesburg.

Robyn Curnow first knew Archbishop Desmond Tutu as a schoolgirl when he would preach in her school chapel at St Mary's School for Girls in the 1980s.

Robyn Curnow was given special access to the 80th birthday celebrations of Archbishop Desmond Tutu for an hour-long documentary on the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Robyn Curnow named him the person she considered a hero in a CNN special report.

Robyn Curnow interviewed former US President Bill Clinton in Qunu, South Africa, during his visit with First Lady Hillary Clinton to Nelson Mandela's rural home.

In 2013, Robyn Curnow led CNN's exclusive coverage of Nelson Mandela's ill health and death and reported live from his funeral.

Robyn Curnow had a long association with Mandela and his family, interviewing him many times during and after his presidency.

In 2008, Robyn Curnow reported on double-amputee athlete Oscar Pistorius and followed his career until the London Olympics 2012.

Robyn Curnow's live reporting and documentary on Anderson Cooper 360 featured exclusive footage and interviews with Pistorius, his family, and his inner circle.

Robyn Curnow had two children while she was CNN's Africa correspondent.

Robyn Curnow has been vocal about being a working mother and balancing breaking news coverage with babies and children.

Robyn Curnow led CNN's coverage of several terror attacks in 2015 and 2016, including the attacks in Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Egypt, and the aftermath of the Paris and Nice attacks.

Robyn Curnow's shows charted the rise and fall of ISIS and the Syrian war.

Robyn Curnow was on air when coalition forces launched the Mosul offensive in Iraq in October 2016, which earned her and the CNN teams on the ground a News and Documentary Emmy nomination.

Robyn Curnow first reported live from Havana, Cuba, during former US President Barack Obama's historic visit in 2016.

In 2018, Robyn Curnow received an Emmy nomination with CNN colleagues for an airstrike on a school bus in Yemen that killed dozens of children.

In 2019, Robyn Curnow won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Breaking News Coverage for the end of President Robert Mugabe's rule in Zimbabwe with CNN's team in Harare.

Robyn Curnow has charted the rise of Xi Jinping, Chinese ambitions, and Taiwan.

Robyn Curnow broke the news President Trump had COVID on CNN USA and CNN International.

In 2020, during COVID-19, Robyn Curnow anchored live from CNN Centre in Atlanta for both CNN USA and CNN International.

Robyn Curnow was on air throughout the pandemic, interviewing frontline medical workers, scientists, and other health experts.

Robyn Curnow was part of the CNN team that won a duPont-Columbia award for CNN's coverage of the death of Jamal Khashoggi.

Robyn Curnow covered the 2020 US election and the Presidency of Joe Biden.

Robyn Curnow was on air during the Afghanistan withdrawal and its aftermath.

Robyn Curnow earned another Emmy nomination for CNN's coverage of China's repressive measures toward the Uyghurs.

Robyn Curnow has written about her daughter and father's speech stutters in the Washington Post.

Robyn Curnow is an Ambassador for the British charity Made by Dyslexia, and has hosted hosts global events at Lincoln Centre in New York, the Swedish Royal Palace in Stockholm, and the Science Museum in London.

Robyn Curnow was recently appointed to the Board of the Schenck School in Atlanta.

Robyn Curnow is the Executive Director of CNNI Newsgathering and Security Operations.