Go online and search for renowned local and International
communicators and journalists. Choose one local and one international practioners in the field of communication and read up on their biographies, especially in terms of their career paths. Answer the following questions.
International: Christiane Amanpour- Journalist
1. How did they develop their professional practice?
Christiane Amanpour, during her 20's, in between her high
school and college years, she is trying to figure out what to do with her life. However, during the Iranian Revolution, everything changed for her: she wonders what seismic political shift would mean. Further, after the revolt, every hardship solidified in her mind that she wants to be in the' middle of global events', not as a victim, but a storyteller. Later, she got the opportunity to be a journalist with the help of her sister in London. Then everything followed her way. Christiane Amanpour is host of AMANPOUR and Chief International Correspondent for CNN. She was assigned as an UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Freedom of Expression and Journalist Safety in April 2015 in acknowledgment of her obligation to advance free, autonomous, and pluralistic media, and reserving the privilege to work liberated from the danger of savagery. Notwithstanding her work as anddsd anchor and journalist, Ms Amanpour is a functioning rights campaigner. A board individual from the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Center for Public Integrity, and the International Women 's Media.