32 Facts About Wolf Blitzer

Wolf Isaac Blitzer was born on March 22,1948 and is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network.

Wolf Blitzer has been a host of The Situation Room, now formally known as The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, since 2005.

Wolf Blitzer's parents were Polish Jewish refugees from German-occupied Poland who survived the Nazi concentration camps; his grandparents, two uncles, and two aunts on his father's side were all murdered in Auschwitz.

Wolf Blitzer was raised in Buffalo, New York, and graduated from Kenmore West Senior High School.

Wolf Blitzer received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1970.

Wolf Blitzer has said he has frequently been asked about his name, which has been characterized as seemingly made for TV.

Wolf Blitzer explained that his surname goes back for generations, and that "Wolf" is the same first name as that of his maternal grandfather.

Wolf Blitzer remained with The Jerusalem Post until 1990, covering both American politics and developments in the Middle East.

Fluent in Hebrew, Wolf Blitzer published articles in several Hebrew-language newspapers.

Under the name Ze'ev Wolf Blitzer, he wrote for Al HaMishmar.

At an April 1977 White House press conference, Wolf Blitzer asked Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat why Egyptian scholars, athletes and journalists were not permitted to visit Israel.

In 1985, Wolf Blitzer published his first book, Between Washington and Jerusalem: A Reporter's Notebook.

Wolf Blitzer was the first journalist to interview Pollard, and he later wrote a book about the Pollard Affair titled Territory of Lies.

In May 1990, Wolf Blitzer moved to CNN and worked as the cable network's military affairs reporter.

In 1992, Wolf Blitzer became CNN's White House correspondent, a position he would hold until 1999.

In 1998, he began hosting the CNN Sunday morning interview program Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, which was seen in over 180 countries.

Wolf Blitzer ended in 2018 and was replaced by CNN Right Now, hosted by Brianna Keilar.

Wolf Blitzer has won multiple awards, including the 2004 Journalist Pillar of Justice Award from the Respect for Law Alliance, and the 2003 Daniel Pearl Award from the Chicago Press Veterans Association.

In 1999, Wolf Blitzer won the International Platform Association's Lowell Thomas Broadcast Journalism Award.

Wolf Blitzer won an Emmy Award for his coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Wolf Blitzer was part of the CNN team that was awarded a Golden ACE award for their 1991 Gulf War reporting.

In May 1999, Wolf Blitzer was awarded the honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters by the University at Buffalo.

On May 20,2007, Wolf Blitzer was awarded the honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the George Washington University at their undergraduate commencement exercise.

On May 23,2010, Wolf Blitzer was awarded the honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Niagara University at their undergraduate commencement exercise.

On September 25,2011, Wolf Blitzer was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the University of Hartford.

On May 10,2014, Wolf Blitzer received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Howard University.

On September 13,2014, Wolf Blitzer received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement presented by Awards Council member Rick Atkinson.

On May 16,2024, Wolf Blitzer received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from The Jewish Theological Seminary.

Wolf Blitzer has appeared in numerous films as himself reporting on events, including the James Bond film Skyfall.

Wolf Blitzer made guest appearances in Netflix's political drama House of Cards, portraying himself.

Wolf Blitzer played a prominent supporting role in the 2009 documentary Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace, in which he relayed his experiences as a journalist working for the Jerusalem Post, which traces the confluence of factors that made the 1979 Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt possible.

Wolf Blitzer is a fan of his hometown NFL team, the Buffalo Bills.