Nima Elbagir

Nima Elbagir
Nima Elbagir (in blue) and Isha Sesay (in black) accept the Peabody Award, May 2015
BornJuly 20, 1978 (1978-07-20) (age 46)
Khartoum, Sudan
NationalitySudanese
EducationThe London School of Economics (BSc)

Nima Elbagir (Arabic: نعمة الباقر; born July 20, 1978) is a Sudanese journalist and an award-winning international television correspondent.

Elbagir joined CNN as a London-based international correspondent.[1] In 2008, she picked up two Foreign Press Association Awards - TV News Story of the Year and Broadcast Journalist of the Year (winner of winners).[2] She had been nominated for other awards including the Amnesty Award for Human Rights Journalism and the One World Broadcast Awards.[3] In 2008, she was shortlisted for Young Journalist of the Year at the Royal Television Society Awards[4] and in 2016, the society named her Specialist Journalist of the Year.[5] Her work had taken her "to some of the darkest and most difficult places to report on in the past 12 months", said the citation, adding that Elbagir had "demonstrated great determination and bravery as well as deep humanity. She highlighted the plight of young people moving between continents and had the language skills to follow their journey in a way that no-one else could achieve". "Her fearless reports from Africa and the Middle East' meant that she was 'being compared to [CNN's] veteran Christiane Amanpour", wrote media commentator Maggie Brown on 27 February 2016's The Observer. On January 27, 2022 Elbagir was promoted to CNN's Chief International Investigative Correspondent.[6]

  1. ^ Nima Elbagir joins CNN as international correspondent – CNN Press Room - CNN.com Blogs
  2. ^ FPA Media Awards 2008 - winners | Media | guardian.co.uk
  3. ^ CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Nima Elbagir
  4. ^ Maggie Brown, "CNN reporter’s award draws Amanpour comparison", The Observer, 27 February 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Television Journalism Awards 2016", RTS website, 17 February 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  6. ^ CNN Promotes Nima Elbagir to Chief International Investigative Correspondent -- CNN | Revolving Door