Amara Walker

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Amara Walker

Amara Walker, in 2014.

Born Amara Sohn

November 30, 1981 (age 40)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Nationality American

Other Amarа
names

Occupation Journalist

Employer CNN
 Spouse(s) Thomas Walker (m. 2012)

Children 2

Amara Sohn-Walker ( /ˈæmərə/; née Sohn) is an American journalist and news anchor.[1] She

previously anchored CNN International's CNN Today[2][3] with colleague Michael Holmes.[4]

Since 2019, Walker is a correspondent and fill-in anchor for CNN U.S..[5]

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● Career
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● Personal life
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● References
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Early life and education[edit]

Walker, who is Korean American, was born and raised outside Los Angeles.[4] In 2003, she

graduated from the University of Southern California with a double degree in broadcast

journalism and political science.[3] She speaks conversational Korean and Spanish.[4]

Career[edit]
Walker started her career at KMIR-TV in Palm Springs.[6] In 2005, Walker joined the

NBC-owned WTVJ in Miami, Florida where she worked as a news anchor and a general

assignment reporter.[7]
In July 2012, Walker transferred her roles as a news anchor and a general assignment reporter

to the Fox-owned WFLD in Chicago, Illinois after moving there with her husband.[1] In December

2013, Walker departed WFLD and moved to Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband where she

joined CNN International.[2]

As of November 2014, Walker co-anchors CNN Today with Michael Holmes.[4] Walker was part

of the election night team that covered the contentious 2020 Presidential election and the
Georgia Senate runoff. She reported on former President Trump's repeated attacks against the
Georgia Secretary of State baselessly claiming fraud. Her subsequent reports focused on the
investigations into Trump's phone call pressuring the Secretary to "find" more votes after his

loss to President Joe Biden.[4]

She also anchored the network's coverage of the ongoing humanitarian and political crisis in
Venezuela; and the large-scale demonstrations against a controversial extradition bill in Hong
Kong in June 2019, helming the network's rolling coverage of protesters storming the city's
Legislative Council building in June 2019. Walker was also live on the air as a fire ripped

through Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in April 2019. [4]

Other major live events Walker has anchored include the truck terrorist attacks in Nice, France
and the Berlin Christmas market in 2016, the 2017 La Rambla van attack in Barcelona, the
attempted coup in Turkey in 2016, the 2015 deaths of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan
Yew and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the death of Ariel Sharon, the South Korea Sewol ferry
disaster, the historic double canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II, the search for missing
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the referendum in Crimea, which led to Russia's annexation of
the Ukrainian region. She was also live on the air as security forces stormed Kiev's
Independence Square, which ultimately led to the crisis in Ukraine. In 2014, Walker led the
network's initial coverage of the Ottawa shootings at the Canadian Parliament which was
simulcast on CNN and CNN international. Walker was also nominated for an Emmy award for
her breaking news coverage of the Manchester Arena bombing attack during an Ariana Grande

concert in 2017.[4]

Personal life[edit]
In April 2012, Walker married plastic surgeon Thomas Walker in Austria.[7][8] Aside from her

native English and Korean, she also speaks Spanish.[4] Walker has stated that her Korean is not

proficient.[9]

References[edit]
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● Channick, Robert (November 25, 2013). "Weekend anchor Amara Walker leaving Fox 32
Chicago". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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● "Amara Walker jumps from Fox hole to CNN". Robert Feder. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
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● "Alumni: Amara Sohn - ATVN" . atvn.org. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
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● "CNN Profiles - Amara Walker - Anchor - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 22 May
2015.
● ^ "CNN Profiles - Amara Walker - Correspondent".
● ^ Eck, Kevin (November 26, 2013). "Amara Walker Leaving Chicago's WFLD". Adweek.
Retrieved June 29, 2015.
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● "Amara Sohn Leaves WTVJ for Chicago". WSFL-TV. June 18, 2012. Retrieved June 29,
2015.
● ^ "Amara Sohn Lands at CNN as Anchor". WSFL-TV. March 29, 2014. Retrieved June 29,
2015.
● ^ 준짱과 함께한 서울로7017 - 내 이름은 아마라 워커, retrieved 2021-03-24