Stan Grant is CNN's United Arab Emirates correspondent based in Abu Dhabi. Grant is responsible for the global network's coverage of the region.
He returns to CNN after working as senior communications manager for the World Bank in Australia.
In his last role with CNN, Grant served as the network’s Beijing correspondent reporting on a wide range of news stories from Israel, China and other countries across Asia.
In October 2005 Grant reported from northern Pakistan after a devastating earthquake killed tens of thousands of people and left millions homeless. His special report ‘South Asia Quake: Rising from the Ruins’ received the award for 'Best News/ Current Affairs Special' in addition to Grant being recognized as ‘Best Current Affairs Presenter’ from the prestigious Asian Television Awards.
In December 2004, Grant travelled to Sri Lanka to cover the damages caused by the tsunami that devastated much of Southeast Asia. While he was there he gained exclusive coverage of the Tamil Tiger rebels.
In 2003, he accompanied the ‘Lifeline Express’ to rural areas in China, following a team of volunteer Chinese doctors, nurses and technicians as they helped cataract sufferers. Grant also covered the war in Iraq as well as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) crisis in Asia.
Before he took up his post in Beijing, Grant was based in the network’s Hong Kong bureau, where he co-anchored CNN’s daily morning show with Kristie Lu Stout.
An experienced journalist, Grant has covered many major news events of the last twenty years, including the release of Nelson Mandela in South Africa, the troubles in Northern Ireland and the death of Princess Diana. Grant also reported on the hand-over of Hong Kong, the conflict in the Middle East and terrorism in Southeast Asia.
Before joining CNN in December 2001 from Australia’s public broadcaster SBS News, Grant worked with Seven Network. During his eight years with the company, Grant presented such shows as '11AM', 'Face to Face', 'Today Tonight' and 'Sunday Sunrise'. Grant also hosted ‘Real Life’, a current affairs program for which he was awarded the Australian Television Logie Award for the Most Popular Current Affairs Program in 1994.
Grant’s career began with Macquarie Radio Network. In 1987, Grant assumed the position of Federal Political Correspondent for ABC TV in Canberra and later served as the New South Wales State Political Correspondent for the national broadcaster. While with ABC TV, he also reported for 'Lateline'.
A native of Australia, Grant wrote a book on his family’s Aboriginal history and identity titled The Tears of Strangers.
|
 |
|
