Anderson Cooper Biography

Anderson Cooper, Journalist

Born as	Anderson Hays Cooper
Occup.	Journalist
From	USA
Born	June 3, 1967 New York City, New York, United States
Age	56 years

Anderson Cooper, born on June 3, 1967, in New York City, is an American journalist, television anchor, and author. He is recognized for his role as the main support of CNN's news program, "Anderson Cooper 360 °". Cooper comes from a prominent American household as well as is the kid of popular fashion designer Gloria Vanderbilt and writer Wyatt Emory Cooper.

Cooper attended the Dalton School in New York City and later on sought his high school education at the elite Phillips Academy Andover in Massachusetts. After graduating, he deferred from participating in Yale University for one year and embarked on a trip as a self-employed journalist in Southeast Asia. Going back to the United States in 1989, Cooper enrolled at Yale as well as learnt a consolidated degree of government and also global relations. He finished from Yale in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

His very early occupation in journalism started when he interned at the CIA during his time at Yale. However, Cooper chose not to pursue a career in knowledge as well as instead focused on his rate of interests in journalism. He protected a low-level job as a fact-checker for Channel One News, the youth-oriented cable network.

Identified to achieve more, Cooper created a phony press pass and also started recording his very own tales in problem zones such as Myanmar, Somalia, as well as Bosnia. Network One ultimately took notification and also offered him airtime, noting the begin of his specialist journalism trip. In 1995, Cooper landed a task at ABC News as a correspondent, later on coming to be a co-anchor for "World News Now". However, the unforeseen death of his sibling Carter Vanderbilt Cooper in 1988, led him to take a time-out from journalism and spend a long time organizing fact programs such as "The Mole".

In 2001, the September 11th terrorist strikes motivated Cooper to go back to the field more committed than ever. That very same year, he signed up with CNN where he got significant focus for his in-depth coverage on major occasions, such as the tsunami in Sri Lanka, Hurricane Katrina, and the funeral of Pope John Paul II. In 2003, CNN launched "Anderson Cooper 360 °", his own information program covering numerous international occasions as well as interviews with top-level characters.

Apart from his service CNN, Cooper has actually been a routine correspondent for CBS's "60 Minutes" considering that 2007. He is known for his candid and also empathetic design of coverage, commonly using a human face to the stories he covers. Cooper published the narrative "Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and also Survival" in 2006, which narrates his life and profession in journalism.

Throughout his occupation, Cooper has actually obtained numerous distinctions, consisting of eight Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and a National Headliner Award. As an openly gay reporter, he also played a significant function as an LGBTQ+ rights supporter.

Our collection contains 13 quotes who is written / told by Anderson.

Related authors: Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Pope John Paul II (Clergyman)

Anderson Cooper Famous Works:

2006 Dispatches from the Edge (Book)
2016 The Rainbow Comes and Goes (Book)

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13 Famous quotes by Anderson Cooper

"The world reacts very strangely to people they see on TV, and I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it. For a reporter, that's the kiss of death"

"The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing about it"

"That's the thing about suicide. Try as you might to remember how a person lived his life, you always end up thinking about how he ended it"

"If someone knows me and likes me or my work, they're more likely to allow me to tell their story. But it also cuts the other way"

"I've been addicted to TV since I emerged from the womb"

"I think you have to be yourself, and you have to be real and you have to admit what you don't know, and talk about what you do know, and talk about what you don't know as long as you say you don't know it"

"I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible"

"I suppose if you've never bitten your nails, there isn't any way to explain the habit. It's not enjoyable, really, but there is a certain satisfaction - pride in a job well done"

"I imagine a lot of people tune in simply to watch reporters get bitch-slapped by Mother Nature, and frankly, who can blame them?"

"I can begin to understand how anchor monsters are made. If you're not careful, you can become used to being treated as though you're special and begin to expect it"

"Anyone who says they're not afraid at the time of a hurricane is either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both"

"Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss"

"A lot of compelling stories in the world aren't being told, and the fact that people don't know about them compounds the suffering"