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Award-winning journalist Suzanne Malveaux serves as CNN's national correspondent, covering politics, national news, international events and culture. Previously, she co-anchored CNN's Around The World and co-anchored the network's Emmy-winning coverage of the revolution in Egypt and the network's Peabody Award-winning coverage of the Arab Spring. Suzanne also covered the White House for more than 10 years as a White House correspondent--covering Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. In September 2011, Suzanne was embedded with U.S. troops in Afghanistan for the 10th anniversary of 9/11 where she led breaking news coverage of the Taliban's terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy there. In October 2012, she traveled to South Africa, where she interviewed family of Nelson Mandela and covered Soweto 36 years out of the student uprising. She has covered notable funerals/memorials including those for Gen. Colin Powell, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sen. Bob Dole, Rep. John Lewis, and Rep. Elijah Cummings. Suzanne was recognized by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism for covering one of the top 100 stories of the century, for her reporting on the 2008 Obama campaign. She has been recognized as one of America's Most Powerful Players under 40 by Black Enterprise, one of Ebony's Outstanding Women in Marketing and Communications, one of the The Root 100 most influential young African Americans by The Root.com, and 2009 Journalist of the Year by Essence Magazine. She earned a Gracie Award from The Alliance for Women in Media for her 2013 ALS series, which included chronicling her mother’s battle with the disease. Suzanne earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Suzanne serves as Board Co-Chair for the International Women’s Media Foundation, Board Trustee at Xavier University, and former Board member at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She is personally dedicated to promoting awareness and research for ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and enjoys participating in marathons and triathlons. She is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and she holds four honorary bachelor degrees. In November 2021 Suzanne received the Ethel L. Payne Award from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. Suzanne is a 2011 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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