Vladimir Duthiers

Vladimir Duthiers
Born (1969-12-21) December 21, 1969
New York, New York[1]
Alma mater University of Rhode Island (BA, Political Science, 1991)
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (MSc, 2011)[2]
Title Correspondent, CBS News
Website CBS bio

Vladimir Duthiers (born December 21, 1969) is an American television journalist. Since 2014, he has been a correspondent for CBS News, after five years with CNN.[3]

Biography

Duthiers was born and raised in New York, the son of Haitian immigrants of French descent. He is fluent in French and Haitian Creole.[4] He attended the University of Rhode Island, first with a journalism major before switching his focus to political science. He graduated in 1991 and worked in global finance for 18 years and was responsible for business development in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, before returning part-time to study broadcast journalism at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[5]

While at Columbia, Duthiers joined CNN in 2009 as a production assistant, working on Christiane Amanpour's Amanpour and Anderson Cooper 360°. The day after the 2010 Haiti Earthquake, he traveled to Haiti with the CNN team, working as an interpreter and production assistant.[1][5] He was part of the team that won two Emmy Awards for its coverage of the earthquake. He was later posted to Nigeria as an international correspondent, where he won a Peabody Award for his work covering the kidnapping of the Nigerian schoolgirls by the Boko Haram.[6][7]

In August 2014, he joined CBS News as a news correspondent, based in New York.[4]

External links

References

  1. 1 2 Basu, Moni (February 13, 2010). "In Haiti, ensuring ancestors rest in peace". CNN. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ "'Covering Natural Disasters'". Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. May 17, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ "CBS News Hires Vladimir Duthiers As Correspondent". Deadline.com. June 26, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Vladimir Duthiers". CBS News. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Vladimir Duthiers, '91". University of Rhode Island. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ Chariton, Jordan (May 2, 2014). "From P.A. to International Correspondent, Vladimir Duthiers on ‘Enormous Responsibility’". AdWeek. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Winner 2014: CNN’s Coverage of Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls (CNN)". Peabody Awards. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
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