John Vause

John Vause, an Australian journalist, is Beijing correspondent for CNN International, responsible for coverage of China and the region.

John Vause has covered most of the biggest international stories for the past decade . . . he is currently based in Beijing, but reports around the region, including stories such as the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan.

Before Beijing, he was the network's senior reporter in Jerusalem - he was part of the team which won an Edward R Murrow award for CNN's coverage of the Israel Hezbollah war in summer 2006. Before that he covered the rise of Hamas, the death of Yasser Arafat, the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, siege at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. He was also there for the sustained suicide bombing campaign by Palestinian militants during 2002.

Vause's interview with a suicide bomber in 2004 won him a New York Festival award.

In 2003 he anchored CNN International's coverage of the Iraq War from Kuwait, before crossing into Iraq as a unilateral reporter . . moving from Basra in the south all the way to Baghdad . . staying in country for 3 months, before driving to Jerusalem to cover the Aqaba Summit which outlined the US vision for a Palestinian State and Road Map to peace.

He is one of a few reporters who covered 9/11 from New York, then to Pakistan and then finally to Afghanistan.

Before CNN he was the LA bureau chief for the 7 Network Australia.

External links

* [http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/vause.john.html John Vause profile] at CNN.com