Matthew Chance
Matthew Gerald Chance (born March 14, 1970)[1] is a British journalist working for CNN as one of the network's Senior International Correspondents.[2]
Career
Chance is based in London. Chance was one of the journalists held by forces of Colonel Gaddafi at the Rixos al Nasr hotel in Tripoli, Libya, in August 2011.[3] He reported by Twitter throughout the ordeal, and was live on CNN as the International Committee of the Red Cross finally evacuated the detainees.[4]
Some of the other notable news stories he has covered include the 2001 war in Afghanistan, the invasion of Iraq by Coalition forces, the 2005 London bombings, the ongoing Middle East crisis, the Beslan school hostage crisis, Russia under President Vladimir Putin's leadership, the devastating 2005 Pakistan earthquake, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, the 2008 South Ossetia war and the 2022 Russo-Ukrainian war.
Chance was one of the few Moscow-based foreign reporters to have secured an interview with Vladimir Putin, Russia's leader.
Since returning to London after the Libya War, Chance reported from Italy on the fall of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, and the release of Amanda Knox. He reported from Greece on the Greek government-debt crisis, and from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on the nuclear program of Iran.
Chance officially joined CNN in 2001. He replaced correspondent Steve Harrigan in Northern Afghanistan after Harrigan famously left CNN for Fox News Channel while on assignment. Before joining CNN, Chance was a freelance journalist based in Asia.
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, BONUS Matthew Chance, CNN Senior International Correspondent". BBC. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "CNN's Intrepid Correspondent: 'I'm Gonna Try Not to Get Hit...'". Reuters. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "CNN's Chance out of Rixos 'nightmare,' ready to go home". LA Times Blogs - The Big Picture. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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