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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.

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