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# Clarissa Ward
- URL: https://www.at-media-group.com/what-i-did-next/clarissa-ward-cnn/
- Published: 2022-05-02T08:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T06:18:29.000Z
- Description: Clarissa is a multi-award winning journalist and Chief International Correspondent for the CNN. She is also the author of ‘On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist’.
- Author: Malak Fouad
- Tags: What I Did Next, Journalists, #embed

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She’s been reporting for over 15 years from various countries in the region, including Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan. More recently, she covered the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2020, and also covered the Ukraine war.

Clarissa is also the author of [*On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist*](https://www.amazon.com/All-Fronts-Education-Journalist/dp/0525561471?ref=at-media-group.com), one of my favourite books of 2020\. She talks about her unconventional childhood and how 9/11 was a clear pivot point in helping her decide to tell stories for a willing.

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