Will Ripley
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Will Ripley (born 1980 or 1981) is an American broadcast journalist who currently serves as CNN's senior international correspondent. He is based in Taipei.
Ripley, who joined CNN in 2014, is best known for his 2015 reports from the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. He has made 19 reporting trips to North Korea[1] and was the only American journalist in Pyongyang when American student Otto Warmbier was released from North Korean custody.[2] He was one of the last Americans to enter North Korea before a travel ban spurred by Warmbier's death took effect.[3]
Other stories he has covered include the 2020 Summer Olympics, the Fukushima nuclear disaster, pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[4]
Biography[edit]
Ripley grew up in Connecticut and graduated from Manchester High School in Manchester, Connecticut, in 1999. He shared the anchor desk at his high school television station with future CNN colleague Jessica Schneider.[4] He graduated from the School of Journalism at the University of Missouri.[2]
Ripley worked for KOMU-TV in Columbia, Missouri; KRCG-TV in Jefferson City, Missouri; KRGV-TV in Weslaco, Texas; and KUSA-TV in Denver before he was hired by CNN.[5]
Ripley was based first in Tokyo and then Hong Kong. He was reassigned to CNN's new bureau in Taipei in 2022.[6]
Ripley learned Spanish while covering issues along the southern border while he was at KRGV and said in 2022 he was working on learning Mandarin.[7][1]
Controversy[edit]
While covering the aftermath of the 2015 Tianjin explosions, Ripley was accosted by family members of victims urging him to stop recording. Chinese police helped defuse the situation. Ripley acknowledged the raw feelings of the family members.[8][9] Some Chinese netizens suggested Ripley was attempting to enter the hospital to photograph the dead, a claim refuted by New York Times reporter Andrew Jacobs.[10]
External links[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Seeing past North Korean propaganda - NKNews Podcast Ep. 214". NK News - North Korea News. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "CNN Profiles - Will Ripley - Senior International Correspondent". CNN. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "Americans reach North Korea to beat travel ban". koreatimes. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tucci, Joseph (24 August 2023). "These CNN reporters got their start at Manchester High School's student news station". The Journal Inquirer. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "Will Ripley". KUSA.com. 3 March 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "CNN Opens Taipei Bureau, Will Serve as Home Base for Will Ripley". www.adweek.com. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "CNN Appoints Will Ripley as Tokyo-based Correspondent". Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "Emotions run high at Chinese hospital after blasts | CNN". 12 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ Cheung, Eric (13 August 2015). "CNN, local Chinese media struggle to report on Tianjin explosion". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ↑ "CNN reporter attacked in China". Yahoo Finance. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
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