Jill Dougherty is an American reporter and journalist who worked as an anchor and foreign affairs correspondent for CNN. She was part of the CNN team that won the 1993 American Journalism Review Award for Best White House Coverage. She was born in 1949. She began her career as a Russian-language broadcaster and writer for Voice of America, U.S.S.R. Division. She was a Benton Fellow in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Chicago and studied at Leningrad State University, U.S.S.R. She holds a B.A. in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. After 30 years at CNN, she left in in 2013, and is currently a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Was a Benton Fellow in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Chicago. Studied at Leningrad State University, U.S.S.R. Holds a B.A. in Russian Language and Literature from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
2
Began her career as a Russian-language broadcaster and writer for Voice of America, U.S.S.R. Division.
3
Former CNN White House correspondent.
4
Diagnosed with breast cancer on October 19, 1999.
5
Former CNN Moscow Bureau Chief.
6
CNN Foreign Affairs correspondent.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Contact
1997
Jill Dougherty
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Anderson Cooper 360°
2014
TV Series
Herself - Fellow, Kennedy School of Govt., Harvard Univ.
The Situation Room
2009
TV Series
Herself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2012
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story - Long Form
Anderson Cooper 360° (2003)
Known for movies
Contact (1997) as Jill Dougherty
Anderson Cooper 360° (2014) as Herself - Fellow, Kennedy School of Govt., Harvard Univ.
$3 Million
