Christiane Amanpour to leave CNN in June after 43 years
Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international anchor, will exit the network in June, ending a 43-year run that began when she joined as a young producer in 1983. She has anchored her eponymous interview program "Amanpour" since 2009, after earlier stints at CNN's foreign desk and ABC News. Her departure marks the close of one of the longest and most prominent careers in international broadcast journalism, spanning reporting from war zones including Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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