Zain Asher — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Anchor at CNN International, co-anchoring 'One World with Zain and Bianna' since 2021
Author of the memoir 'Where The Children Take Us,' published by HarperCollins in April 2022
Reported on major global events including the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, Beirut explosion, End SARS protests, Russia's war in Ukraine, and the Gaza war
Graduated from Oxford University in 2005 with a degree in French and Spanish
Holds an MS in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia University
Served as a national correspondent for CNN and a reporter for Money magazine

Biography

Zain Asher is a British news anchor at CNN International, based in New York City. She currently co-anchors the network's primetime global news show, 'One World with Zain and Bianna,' airing weekdays. Asher began her career as a freelance reporter at News 12 Brooklyn, covering local news, and later worked as a reporter for Money magazine, where she wrote personal finance articles on careers and investing.