Sara Sidner is CNN’s New Delhi-based international correspondent and is responsible for the network’s coverage of India and South Asia.
Since taking up this post, Sidner has reported on wide-ranging subjects spanning business, crime and the Indian government’s development initiatives. In addition, her stories have also underscored the human and cultural aspects of the country. Most recently, Sidner covered the Mumbai terrorist attacks as they were happening outside the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower in Mumbai as well as the country’s largest corporate accounting scandal. She also contributed several reports for CNN’s special programming week, India Means Business.
Some of her other major stories include in-depth coverage of India’s largest kidney selling racket; India’s first moon mission; the massive flooding in North East India and across the border in Nepal, and the devastating Myanmar Cyclone.
With over twelve years of television journalism experience, Sidner has covered many stories of national and international importance including the aftermath of the Tsunami in Sri Lanka in 2005; the 2004 U.S. presidential race in Washington D.C., and the rescue of a family of stranded hikers deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
Prior to joining CNN, Sidner was a weekend anchor and reporter for KTVU-TV in Oakland, California and reported on a wide variety of stories. Previously, she worked with a number of television stations in Texas, Florida and Missouri.
In recognition of her journalistic acumen, Sidner has been honored with the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award, an Emmy award and multiple Associated Press awards.
Sidner received a bachelor of science in telecommunications from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. She was raised by her mother and together they have travelled around the world.
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