Clarissa Ward

Clarissa is chief international correspondent for CNN. With a career spanning nearly two decades, she has reported from conflict zones including Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Egypt and Ukraine. For her reporting, Clarissa has won nine Emmy Awards, two George Foster Peabody Awards, three Alfred I duPont-Columbia Awards, two Edward R. Murrow Awards and a George Polk Award. She is the author of the memoir On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist. Her investigative work has been instrumental in shedding light on global events, including her coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and her Emmy-winning 2019 investigation into Russia's use of mercenaries.