Jill Dougherty
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Jill Dougherty (born 1949) is an American journalist and academic. She is considered an expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union. Dougherty spent much of her career as a journalist and in 2014 began a career in academia. She currently is a Centennial Fellow and instructor at Georgetown University's Walsh School of Foreign Service.[1]
She worked as a correspondent for CNN for three decades.[2] She served as White House Correspondent, Foreign Affairs correspondent covering the US State Department, US Affairs Editor, Managing Editor for CNN Asia/Pacific, and for almost a decade, as Moscow Bureau Chief.
Dougherty began her career as a Russian-language broadcaster and writer for Voice of America, USSR Division. After three decades at CNN, she left in 2013,[3] but continues to report on Russia as an analyst and independent consultant.[4]
Education[]
Dougherty received her bachelor's degree in Slavic Languages and Literature from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and her master's degree from Georgetown University, where she researched Russia's soft power diplomacy.[5] She was a Benton Fellow in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Chicago, as well as a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government[6] and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. As an undergraduate Dougherty also studied at Leningrad State University in the Soviet Union.
Personal life[]
Dougherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1999 at age 50.[7]
References[]
- ^ "SFS Welcomes New Centennial Fellows for 2019-2020".
- ^ "CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters". CNN. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ "CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Jill Dougherty". Cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
- ^ Jill Dougherty, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Retrieved: 29 January 2017
- ^ Harvard faculty
- ^ Krinsky, Alissa (September 5, 2009). "Jill Dougherty Says Cancer Taught Her "What Really Mattered"". MediaBistro - TVNewser. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Jill Dougherty at Wikimedia Commons
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- 1949 births
- Living people
- CNN people
- University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- American television reporters and correspondents
- 20th-century American journalists
- Voice of America people