Thomas Evans is an American

United States

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 journalist

Journalism

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. He is a senior international producer for CNN

CNN

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  and has reported on the Libyan Civil War, the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, the Bahrain Uprising, Iraq War, the War in Afghanistan

War in Afghanistan (2001–present)

The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched Operation Enduring Freedom...

, Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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, the Israel Hezbollah conflict and 9/11 attacks. He often produces for CNN's Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper

Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories...

, Michael Ware

Michael Ware

Michael Ware is an Australian journalist formerly with CNN and was for several years based in their Baghdad bureau. He joined CNN in May 2006, after five years with sister-publication Time Magazine...

 and Nic Robertson

Nic Robertson

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 , however has also been partnered with Ivan Watson, Ben Wedeman, Nick Paton Walsh and Christian Amanpour on occasion.

Thomas Evans is also a still photographer, his images from the revolutions in Tunisa and Egypt, the Civil War in Libya, the War in Afghanistan and Pakistan, most notably from Abbottabad covering the death of Osama bin Laden

Death of Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden, then head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011, shortly after 1 a.m. local time by a United States special forces military unit....

 often appearing on CNN.com

Tommy Evans is a 1999 graduate of the University of Rochester

University of Rochester

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. receiving a BA in Political Science as well as BA in Studio Arts. In 2000 earned a Masters in International Politics from SOAS.