Wednesday, December 21, 2005
CNN Hong Kong Gets New Anchor
Source: India Info Online CNN on Wednesday announced the appointment of anchor / correspondent Anjali Rao to the newsroom team based at the network’s Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Hong Kong. Rao is to co-anchor the primetime evening news program ‘WORLD NEWS ASIA’ alongside Andrew Stevens.Rao takes up her post following a decade at broadcasters in Australia, Asia and Europe where she held a variety of positions, most recently as a presenter at the Sky News channel in London. She started her career as a producer and reporter at Hong Kong’s Wharf Cable Television (now i-cable) and also spent three years based in the region as the principal anchor for Star News Asia. “Anjali has reported from and anchored coverage of the most significant global news stories of the past ten years,” said Jill Dougherty, Managing Editor CNN Asia Pacific. “We’re delighted to add someone of Anjali's award winning experience to our Hong Kong based team,” she added.

