Jim Sciutto
Encyclopedia
Jim Sciutto is an American journalist. He is ABC News
' Senior Foreign correspondent
, based in London
and the author of Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World
.
. Sciutto got his start in television as moderator and producer of a Public Broadcasting Service
program, "The Student Press," a weekly public affairs talk show aimed at college students. He was Hong Kong correspondent for Asia Business News, covering the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. He also covered stories in China, Mongolia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea. He joined ABC News
in 1998, working in Chicago before moving to Washington to cover the Pentagon.
Jim Sciutto is now an ABC News Senior Foreign correspondent, based in London. He was the only American journalist to report from inside Myanmar during the government crackdown in the Fall 2007, and the only American television reporter to file from inside Zimbabwe during the election crisis in April 2008. He has reported from more than forty countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
in Manhattan and graduated from Yale University
cum laude.
He is married to former ABC News correspondent Gloria Riviera.
ABC News
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' Senior Foreign correspondent
Foreign correspondent
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, based in London
London
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and the author of Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World
Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World
Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World is a book by American journalist Jim Sciutto scheduled for publicaiton on Sept. 8, 2008....
.
Biography
Sciutto is a 1992 graduate of Yale UniversityYale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. Sciutto got his start in television as moderator and producer of a Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
program, "The Student Press," a weekly public affairs talk show aimed at college students. He was Hong Kong correspondent for Asia Business News, covering the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997. He also covered stories in China, Mongolia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore and South Korea. He joined ABC News
ABC News
ABC News is the news gathering and broadcasting division of American broadcast television network ABC, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company...
in 1998, working in Chicago before moving to Washington to cover the Pentagon.
Jim Sciutto is now an ABC News Senior Foreign correspondent, based in London. He was the only American journalist to report from inside Myanmar during the government crackdown in the Fall 2007, and the only American television reporter to file from inside Zimbabwe during the election crisis in April 2008. He has reported from more than forty countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Honors
- George Polk Award for Television Reporting in 2007 for his undercover reporting inside Myanmar.
- Emmy awards in 2004 and 2005 for best story in a regularly scheduled newscast for his reporting in Iraq. Emmy nominations in 2008 for his reporting inside Myanmar and in 2005 for his reporting in Beslan, Russia during the school siege.
- Fulbright Fellow in Hong Kong from 1993 to 1994.
- Associate Fellow of Pierson College at Yale.
- Selected as a life member of the Council of Foreign Relations in 2008.
Personal life
Sciutto attended the Jesuit college preparatory school Regis High SchoolRegis High School (New York City)
Regis High School is a private Jesuit university-preparatory school for academically gifted Roman Catholic young men located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Annual class enrollment is limited to approximately 135 male students from the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut tri-state area...
in Manhattan and graduated from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
cum laude.
He is married to former ABC News correspondent Gloria Riviera.
Books
- Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim WorldAgainst Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim WorldAgainst Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World is a book by American journalist Jim Sciutto scheduled for publicaiton on Sept. 8, 2008....
, Random House, 2008