Press Releases & Announcements

Ben Wedeman

February 24th, 2022

CNN coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Updated June 15 CNN continues to cover the Russian invasion of Ukraine with correspondents in key positions across the region. […]

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April 3rd, 2020

Witness to the Pandemic premieres April 4 on CNN International

As reports of a mysterious pneumonia-like virus spreading in the Chinese city of Wuhan surfaced in early January, CNN correspondents […]

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April 24th, 2018

CNN Wins Peabody Award for Coverage of Fall of ISIS in Iraq and Syria

CNN’s coverage of the fall of ISIS in Iraq and Syria has won a Peabody Award in the News category, […]

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July 21st, 2014

CNN Coverage: the downing of Malaysia Flight #17 in Ukraine and Gaza-Israel Crisis

Monday, July 21: CNN’s Chris Cuomo sits down with the rebel leader of the self-styled Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Borodai […]

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March 3rd, 2014

Ben Wedeman in Crimea tells Anderson Cooper: “The Russians are very much in control”

Ben Wedeman is in Crimea where he describes life there with the “men in green.” They are the often-masked gunmen […]

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