Ben Wedeman Biography
Ben Wedeman is a war correspondent and journalist from the United States. Since 2009, he has served as CNN’s lead correspondent in Jerusalem. He’s been with the network since 1994, and his team reporting has garnered him many Emmy Awards and Edward Murrow Awards.
Ben Wedeman Age
Wedeman is 61 years old as of 2021. He was born on 1 September 1960 in Washington, D.C., United States.
Ben Wedeman Height
Wedeman stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7m).
Ben Wedeman Family
Miles G. Wedeman, Wedeman’s father, was a diplomat and civil servant from Pennsylvania. He was a committed Quaker. Martha Jean (née Hall) Wedeman, his mother, worked as a correspondent for The Washington Post”. After moving to South Korea with his family in 1968, Wedeman spent most of his boyhood outside of the United States. The family then relocated to Bangkok and Phnom Penh, Cambodia (during the Cambodian Civil War). His father also worked for USAID in the Ivory Coast and Syria.
Ben Wedeman Wife
Wedeman is married to Yasmine Perni, a journalist, photographer as well as a television producer.
Ben Wedeman Education
Wedeman went to boarding schools in Beirut, Lebanon (during the civil war in 1974-75), Tangier, Morocco, and Windsor, Connecticut. In 1982, he earned a bachelor’s degree in Asiatic Languages and Linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
Ben Wedeman Salary
Wedeman has been very secretive with his annual pay scale as of now, 2021. However, there is no doubt that he has been accustomed to good pay in terms of salary. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more information on the same from our trusted sources.
Ben Wedeman Net Worth
Wedeman has also not declared his net worth to the public as of now. Nonetheless, there is no doubt that he has been able to accumulate a good figure in terms of his net worth throughout her career in the industry. However, we will update the site as soon as we get more information on the same.
Ben Wedeman Career
Wedeman was formerly based in Rome, Italy, where he covered Pope Benedict XVI’s departure and Pope Francis’ election, as well as a series of Italian problems and the migrant crisis. Outside of Europe, Wedeman has covered the Syrian civil war, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s military-backed removal, the Gaza conflict of 2014, Iraq’s struggle against ISIS, and the failed Turkish coup d’état in July 2016.
Wedeman was formerly based in Cairo, where he oversaw the network’s coverage of President Hosni Mubarak’s downfall. Shortly after, he became the first Western journalist to enter Libya, where he spent months covering the 2011 uprising against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s rule. Prior to that, he was located on CNN’s Jerusalem desk, where he covered Palestinian issues. In July 2007, Wedeman was the first reporter to report on the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston from Gaza. He was also the first western journalist to enter Gaza from Egypt during Israel’s operation in late 2008 and early 2009.
During the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in south Lebanon in the summer of 2006, Wedeman was CNN’s senior reporter in Tyre. Wedeman also covered a series of Balkan wars, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and following Second Intifada, multiple crises in Iraq, starvation, and strife in Africa, notably award-winning coverage of Sierra Leone’s terrible civil war.
He covered the US-led invasion of Iraq from Kurdish territory in the country’s north in 2003 and was one of the first journalists to cover the fall of Kirkuk. He continued to monitor developments in Iraq after Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship fell, traveling across the country and underscoring the plethora of challenges that coalition troops would face as they attempted to establish order in the post-Saddam era.
Wedeman was also the first western journalist to interview Iraqi detainees who had been mistreated by American forces in the infamous Abu Ghraib jail. He was a key figure in CNN’s coverage of Israel’s Operation Defensive Shield in 2002 when Israel reoccupied the West Bank in retaliation for a spate of horrific suicide attacks.
Wedeman has been with CNN since 1994 when he started as a fixer/producer/sound technician in the network’s Amman, Jordan bureau. He covered the Taliban’s demise in Afghanistan and Al-Qaeda fighters in Tora Bora after 9/11. He was also the only Western journalist to get an exclusive interview with Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s son, Udai Saddam Hussein. A number of prizes have been given to Wedeman for his reporting.
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