Jane Arraf

Jane Arraf

Jane Arraf studied journalism in Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. One of her first jobs was working for Reuters. In 1984, she was a bureau chief in Montreal. Then she moved on to a desk editor in New York City in 1987. In 1990, she went to Jordan to be the Amman bureau chief before returning to her desk-editing job in New York City and later in Washington, D.C. Her last job in Reuters was as a correspondent in RFTV (Reuters Financial Television). During her time there, she covered the U.S. presence in Bosnia, the fall of the Haitian regime and the Gulf War.In 1997, she joined CNN as the Baghdad bureau chief until 2004 (except for 2000-01 as Istanbul bureau chief) then moving on to be a senior Baghdad correspondent. During the time she spent in CNN, she covered various subjects including most recently the Iraq war. She was the only western correspondent based in Iraq during the sanctions after the 1991 Gulf War. Arraf is now with the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations and with NBC News, reporting for "NBC Nightly News" with Brian Williams.

External links

* [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/arraf.jane.html Profile at CNN]
* [http://www.cfr.org/bios/11502/jane_arraf.html Profile at CFR]


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