CNN's silver-maned goldmine.You get a chance, every once in a while, to show your true colours. Prove who, and what, you really are. Show your mettle. Maybe that chance comes early, maybe not till late in your life and your career - maybe it doesn't seem to come at all.Anderson Cooper's been getting a lot of those chances lately, and he seems to be doing well. Tested in the fire that was Hurricane Katrina, Cooper, who arrived days before the hurricane hit and remained until well after it was over, continued to report throughout the ordeal. He showed a level of emotion contrary to the impassive reactions of other anchors and officials; he has been both praised and criticized for crying on camera, alternately described as a hint of humanity so lacking in a number of reporters, or mere emotional manipulation for the sake of ratings. He might have been new to viewers, but he was hardly new to the news; this journalist got his start by going, solo, to war zones, remote locations ... where the news was. He's gone from invisible small-name reporter to reality show host to anchor of his own program. Anderson Cooper got his chance, and he's making the most of it. return to top Tracing a career1992 - Works as a fact-checker at Channel One (a news program made to air in classrooms).1995 - Signs with ABC news as a correspondent. 1999 - Becomes anchor of World News Now. 2000 - Hosts ABC's reality show "The Mole." 2001 - Works as an anchor on CNN's "American Morning with Paula Zahn." 2003 - Begins hosting CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360." return to top His own words"I've always loved reporting from the field most of all. There's something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that's always appealed to me. I think there's great value to bearing witness to these events as they're actually happening.""Anyone who has experienced a certain amount of loss in their life has empathy for those who have experienced loss." "I maul words all the time. I have a problem saying words with two t's. I say d's. I talk too fast. I'm not the ideal of what an anchor ought to be. To me, the main thing is to be real." "If I'm hip, we've got a problem in this country. I really shouldn't be held up as any model of hipness. If anything I think I'm sort of old school in my approach to objective reporting and not wearing my opinion on my sleeve. There's a lot of that in American TV news these days. Too much, in fact." return to top Take another lookAnderson with Channel OneOn location New Year's - a little different People Magazine's Sexiest Men ABC News Special Report Penguins Split screen with Jon Stewart return to top What other people sayAnderson Cooper 360 - Official SiteAnderson Cooper 360 - Official Blog Wikipedia Entry IMDB.com Entry Anderloads Community return to top |
