This is an exciting time to be joining CNN, especially at its original home in Atlanta.  The studios, facilities, technology and talent here are all exceptional, but I’m also looking forward to the stories I’ll be able to tell from here and elsewhere for audiences around the world

Ben Hunte, Anchor & Correspondent, CNN

October 14, 2024

Award-winning investigative journalist and news anchor, Ben Hunte, is joining CNN as an Anchor & Correspondent, based at the network’s international headquarters in Atlanta.

He will host CNN Newsroom at weekends for morning audiences in EMEA, afternoon viewers in Asia, and late-night audiences in the U.S. on CNN International. He will also work across CNN programming as a correspondent, with a particular focus on social justice and LGBTQ issues.

Read the full press release.