Anderson Cooper — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Recipient of 18 Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, an Edward Murrow Award, and multiple GLAAD Media Awards.
Anchors CNN's news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°.
Served as a correspondent for CBS News' 60 Minutes for two decades.
Graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1989.
Became the first LGBT person to moderate a presidential debate in 2016.

Biography

Anderson Cooper is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator. He anchors the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360° and has served as a correspondent for CBS News' 60 Minutes for two decades. Cooper graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1989, after which he traveled the world, shooting footage of war-torn regions for Channel One News.