Washington, DC, United States
Jul 2010 - Jul 2011
Responsibilities include: Identifying videos and Images for Stories and Breaking News; Pulling SOT/soundbites for Air; Filling in as a Media Coordinator when the Dept is Short Staffed (ingesting, monitoring and recording feeds as well as sending recorded material); Associate producing for live interviews during breaking news; Still Photography of Major Events; Producing and Conducting Stake-outs; Logging Tape/Live Events; Scripts; Teleprompting and Guest Greeting
April 20th, 2011
Breaking News Tip: Around noon Non-CNN friends and colleagues gave word that two highly acclaimed journalists had been killed in Misrata but that their family had not yet been notified. Sarah emailed the International Desk Editor responsible for Libya coverage at 12:24pm citing the information was not yet reportable as families had not been notified and that no official source had yet gone on the record. Through the support of the international desk on this tip, CNN began to work as a team and reach out to it's contacts to varify families had been notified and to confirm the story through official sources before reporting that Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros had passed.
April 9th, 2011
Best of CNN Still Photography: 12 Still Photos taken during the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC were selected to be part of the Best of CNN Group within CNN Images
Still Photography: Cherry Blossom Festival Washington DC morning after the potential government shutdown deadline
April 8th, 20011
Breaking News-Monitored Twitter for Network Coverage: Monitoring domestic coverage and breaking news on twitter for the count down to the potential government shutdown
March 13th, 2011
Breaking News-Provided CNN Wire Story and News Read For State of the Union: Japan Meteorological Agency released a statement that there was a 70% chance that Japan would face aftershocks with a 7.0 magnitude or higher by the 16th of March. This information was also sent to State of the Union and was written into the program and delivered as a news read by host Candy Crowley
March 12th, 2011
Brief on High Profile Interviewee for Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer: Produced Full Brief on French Foreign Minister Alan Juppe
February 15th till March 2nd, 2011
Breaking News Assistance for Newsdesk (Middle East Unrest): Research, Desk Assistance, Stakeouts
February 17th, 2011
Contributed to CNN Wire Story: Contributed to CNN Wire Story President Obama Details Conservation Plan under the leadership of Tom Cohen in the DC Bureau.
February 15th, 2011
Flagged Story for Wires: Flagged that "General Petraeus Out in Afghanistan by the End of the Year" at around 1812 after reading the HuffingtonPost's article. The article referenced the Times of London report which said the General is expected to leave his post as commander of United States troops in Afghanistan.
Provided Videos of Iran Protest: Provided link to over 70 videos of the February 14th protests in Tehran
February 11th, 2011
Ahead of the News Curve: Sarah predicted unrest in Libya would begin on February 15th after finding that over 7,000 People had signed up on facebook to protest against Libya's President.
Breaking News Tips: When the President of Egypt resigned after nearly 30 years in power, Sarah provided the tip that the Egyptian President had handed over power to the Supreme Military Council. The second tip was that Reuters was reporting the Supreme Military Council was planning to sack the entire cabinet, suspend both houses of Parliament and govern with the head of the Supreme Court.
Breaking News Man on the Streets for DC Angle: Produced 'Man on the Streets' during a celebration outside of the Egyptian Embassy in Washington DC after the Resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
Breaking News Still Photography for DC Angle: On a CNN owned digital camera took two rounds of still photos of the Celebration of "Egypt's Transition to Freedom" outside the Egyptian Embassy in Washington DC. Photos were then given to a CNN Photojournalist.
Breaking News Monitoring Wires and International Coverage: Monitored Arabic language news broadcasts for coverage of Egyptian President' Hosni Mubarak's resignation
Breaking News Background Footage: Provided links to dozens of videos taped in more than 21 cities worldwide of people protesting in solidarity with Egypt prior to Mubarak's resignation
February 9th, 2011
Provided CNN Wire: Within 45 minutes of receiving a tip shared with CNN that a Journalist had been shot in Haiti, Sarah provided CNN Wire with the Journalists name, age, location of the incident and details surrounding his death.
February 6th, 2011
News Making Interview with the Egyptian Ambassador to the US, Sameh Shoukry: Sarah originated all questions for this interview during a stakeout and asked the Ambassador what role he foresaw for the Youth Coalition with regards to Egypt's future. The Ambassador said the Coalition was important in communicating the needs and wants of the protesters and that he thought they would be important in the years ahead.
Produced copy for CNN Wire Which Was Turned into Two Dot Com Stories: Provided resources and copy for CNN wire on President of Afghanistan's statement that he will be announcing the Afghan Security Handover on March 21st 2011. The Dot Com Story Karzai: Security Transfer To Afghan Control Will Start in March was later written by CNN Wire Staff and can also be found via this second link as well.
January 29th, 2011
Called-in to Continue Provide Assistance to Two Person Editorial Team during Breaking News Coverage: Provided confirmed Reuters report during live coverage which was used on air during panel discussion with experts (Germany threatening to withdraw aid to Egypt over violence and it has been providing aid since 1960's); Monitored news for major developments via Twitter; Pitched interview questions for high profile guest; Attended editorial meetings with Senior Producer, Producer and co-Anchor of breaking news coverage- Wolf Blitzer; and provided assistance to Senior Producer and Producer responsible for DC based coverage of the unrest in Egypt.
January 28th 2011
Assisting with Breaking News Coverage: Provided detailed two paged brief summarizing the socio-economic unrest in Egypt which was based on information provided by primary sources/personal contacts and research
January 18th, 2011
Pitched Story Becomes Tell on Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer: Pitched story on NBC interview with Dick Cheney during which he revealed that he may consider a heart transplant in future. The pitch became a tell during the Situation Room's 6pm hour and was read as a news cut in by Lisa Sylvester on the 18th of January 2011.
January 14th, 2011
Originated Pitch for Mainbar on Website: Originated pitch on MLK Day's 25th anniversary for dot com to feature on January 18th 2011. CNN Wires wrote about MLK day and featured it on the website as a mainbar story on the 18th of January 2011. The story received over a thousand "likes" on facebook.
October 20th, 2010
Torture Footage: Shared raw footage of Indonesian Soldiers torturing People in West Papua after fact checking film sent by Sarah Jones Reports supporters. In addition, Sarah provided photographs which had been emailed to her proving that the incident was not isolated and also provided details for potential interviewees including those who had witnessed similar incidences first hand.
September 12th, 2010
Still Photography: Tax Payer Tea Party March in Washington DC
September 9th, 2010
Breaking News: Contributed Tip received from Sarah Jones Reports supporters which helped CNN break news that Iran would be releasing hiker Sarah Shroud three hours before it was reported by the Associated Press
September 5th, 2010
From CNN's Sarah Jones (To View Full Article Please Click on Title):
August 28th, 2010
Still Photography: Restoring Honor Rally in Washington DC
(5 July 2010 to 31 July 2011)
