Jill Dougherty Biography

Fast Facts

• Was a member of the CNN team that won the1993 Award for Best White House Coverage from the American Journalism Review
• Graduated from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in Russian language and literature
• Entered the journalism industry as a broadcaster and writer for Voice of America's U․S․S․R․ Division
• Rose from CNN International's U․S․ affairs editor to CNN's foreign affairs correspondent
• Traveled to Europe, Asia and the Middle East with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
• As CNN's Moscow bureau chief, she covered such events in Russia and the former Soviet Union as the presidencies of Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin, the Beslan school massacre and the Rose Revolution in Georgia
• Did freelance work for National Public Radio and "TIME" magazine