Blitzer has been with CNN for over 30 years having joined in 1990 as the network's military-affairs correspondent at the Pentagon. Shortly thereafter, he became a Washington, D.C., correspondent for The Jerusalem Post and reported from the nation's capital for more than 15 years. In 2003, Blitzer reported on the Iraq war from the Persian Gulf region.īlitzer began his career in 1972 with the Reuters News Agency in Tel Aviv. He also traveled to the Middle East in 2005 to report on the second anniversary of the war in Iraq.
In 2005, Blitzer was the only American news anchor to cover the Dubai Ports World story on the ground in the United Arab Emirates. Known for his Middle East expertise, Blitzer reported from Israel in the midst of the war between that country and Hezbollah during the summer of 2006 and he also returned to the region with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper in 2012. While in country as the only network journalist, he took viewers inside the communist, totalitarian regime with reports from the rarely seen streets of Pyongyang and Kim II-sung University. In December 2010, he was granted rare access to travel to North Korea with former New Mexico Gov. In January 2013, Blitzer traveled to Cairo, Egypt to sit down at the presidential palace with President Mohamed Morsy. In addition to politics, Blitzer is also known for his in-depth reporting on international news. He also led CNN's Emmy-winning "America Votes 2006" coverage and "America Votes 2004." Furthermore, he anchored the network's coverage during the inaugurations of Presidents Barack Obama and George W. During the 2008 presidential election, Blitzer spearheaded CNN's Peabody Award-winning coverage of the presidential primary debates and campaigns. He moderated three of CNN's Republican presidential debates including the first-of-its-kind tea party debate. Blitzer was pivotal to CNN's election coverage throughout America's Choice 2012, serving as lead anchor on key primary nights, caucus nights and the Emmy award-winning election night. In 2016, Blitzer served as moderator for the CNN Republican Presidential Primary Debates in Las Vegas, Nevada and in Houston, Texas and the Democratic Presidential Primary Debate in Brooklyn, New York. He has also played a critical role in the network's expanded coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, often anchoring seven days a week during the peak of the pandemic in 2020. Blitzer also anchored special coverage of Election Night in America surrounding the 2020 election, which lasted several days until CNN was the first to project Joe Biden as the winner and Blitzer was the one to announce the projection. During the 2020 election cycle, he moderated several Democratic presidential town halls, as well as CNN's January debate in Iowa. Wolf Blitzer is anchor of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, which airs weekdays at 6pmET and provides viewers with in-depth reports about the political, international and breaking news stories of the day.
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