A veteran CNN correspondent is leaving after working at the cable news channel for 30 years. TVNewser.com reports that Jill Dougherty is headed out.
Dougherty, who currently serves as CNN’s foreign affairs correspondent, previously worked as a White House correspondent and as the network’s Moscow bureau chief.
She’s leaving the network "to plunge full-time into Russian affairs — writing, speaking blogging, teaching and traveling to Russia,” according to an email she sent to staff. "When we were 13 years old, my twin sister and I walked into our first Russian language class. I was hooked from the very first ‘Da.’”
Dougherty writes that she recently received a master’s degree from Georgetown University, with her thesis focused on Vladimir Putin’s diplomacy. She said she will leave the network at the end of the year.
Jill Dougherty
Hi Jill.
I am so disappointed to hear that you are leaving CNN at the end of the Year. I have followed you since you were reporting from Russia, but I do want to wish you lots of Good Luck and happiness no matter where you go or what you do.
Thanks for all the great reporting.
Christene Lyons.
Palm Bay, Florida.