Anna Coren | |
|---|---|
 Coren (right) inNijrab, Afghanistan, in 2013 | |
| Born | (1975-10-28)28 October 1975 (age 50) Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts in Communications Degrees |
| Alma mater | Charles Sturt University |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Years active | 1999−present |
| Organization | CBS |
| Known for | News anchor International correspondent Documentary film director |
| Movement | Political crises and women's rights |
| Spouse | Adam Upton |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Emmy Award for International Correspondent Gracie Award (Alliance of Women in Media) Breaking News Award from the Royal Television Society (RTS) Several Asian TV Awards |
| Website | CBS News profileAnna Coren |
Anna Coren (born 28 October 1975) is an Australian journalist.
Coren is currently a foreign correspondent forCBS News based in Hong Kong.[1] She has previously been a news anchor and international correspondent withCNN.
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Coren graduated fromCharles Sturt University's Bathurst campus in 1996 with a communications degree and spent time working for regional television networksPrime (12 months) andNBN (18 months). She was picked up by theNine Network in 1999 and earned a spot as an on-camera reporter forNational Nine News in early 2000. In 2002, she began presenting news updates and theNational Nine Early Morning News.
Coren's career at the Seven Network began in December 2003, presenting late news updates and presenting the summer edition ofToday Tonight in the place ofNaomi Robson. She has since presented many one-off events such asAustralia's Brainiest Kid, 2005Edinburgh Military Tattoo,Royal Wedding Night with Seven andZero Hour – The Bali Bombings. Her role at Seven also involved filling-in as news presenter with the morning news programSunrise. Coren also presented Seven's factual seriesTrue Stories.
In 2005, Coren was appointed United States correspondent forSeven News replacingMike Amor who returned to Australia to presentSeven 4.30 News. In this role she appeared on the Global Notebook segment forSunrise.
During her tenure as the Seven Network's U.S. correspondent Coren covered the2006 Israel–Hezbollah War from northern Israel and the 2005 G8 Summit at theGleneagles Hotel, Scotland.
On 27 January 2007, Coren was appointed presenter ofToday Tonight, replacingNaomi Robson who left the show on 1 December 2006.[2] Her role as presenter ofToday Tonight saw Coren become the frequent subject of satire by the presenters of the television showThe Chaser's War on Everything.
In September 2008, Coren announced that she would be leavingToday Tonight to take up a position with CNN in Hong Kong.[3] She was succeeded byMatthew White, with Coren presentingToday Tonight for the last time on 10 October 2008.[4]
In October 2022, CNN apologised for their coverage ofa mass murder in Thailand, after Coren and her cameraman Daniel Hodge were temporarily detained after trespassing and filming a scene without permission. Both were fined $133 and told to leave the country. TheForeign Correspondents' Club of Thailand criticised the action as "unethical" and "insensitive".[5][6][7]
Coren directed the documentary shortThe Noble Guardian, aboutMahbouba Seraj. At the 2023LA Shorts International Film Festival, it won best documentary.[8]
Coren is a contributed author for the bookThrough Her Eyes – Australia's Women Correspondents from Hiroshima to Ukraine. She wrote about her own experiences reporting from the frontline in Afghanistan.
In January 2025, after 15 years of wide-ranging reporting with CNN, Coren left to joinCBS News as a Hong Kong-based foreign correspondent, focusing on the Asia-Pacific region.[9]
Coren received the 2011 and 2012Asian Television Award for "Best News Presenter or Anchor" for her work on the CNN programWorld Report.[10]
In December 2013, Coren received her third Asian Television Award-winning the prestigious 'Best News Story 10 minutes or less' for her powerful exclusive report 'Afghanistan Taliban Firefight'.[11]
Coren directed the documentary shortThe Noble Guardian, aboutMahbouba Seraj; at the 2023LA Shorts International Film Festival, it won best documentary.[8]
She has twins with her husband, Australian hedge fund manager Adam Upton. They married in 2016.[12][13][14]
After 15 years at CNN, Anna Coren is departing the cable network to join CBS News as a foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong. Coren will cover the Asia-Pacific region for CBS News, with a focus on how the region pertains to the United States as President Donald Trump begins his second term.
