Ian Pannell Biography
Ian Pannell is the Chief foreign correspondent for ABC News. He has over 30-years experience as a journalist. He has reported as a war correspondent in war zone including the current war between Israel and Palestine. He was previously in Kyiv as Russia invaded Ukraine. He spent months on the ground documenting the the tragic developments and the devastating impact on the people inside the country. He has also reported on the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the battle against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the fight to retake Mosul, the killing of U.S. soldiers in Niger.
His reporting has won him many awards including several Emmy and Peabody awards as well as Prix Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents, the James Cameron Memorial Award for Foreign Correspondents, the Royal Television Society Award for International News Coverage, and the David Bloom Award for Excellence in enterprise reporting.
How Old is Ian Pannell
Ian Pannell Age; He is 57 years old, he was born on October 5, 1966 in London, United Kingdom.
Ian Pannell Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Ian Pannell Parents
Ian was born in in the United Kingdoms and grew up in Leeds, Yorkshire. He has not publicly shared any information about his parents or his siblings. He is duo citizenship, British and American.
Ian Pannell Religion
Ian is a Christian by religion.
Ian Pannell Wife and Children
Is Ian Pannell Married? Ian is a married man to his wife Lou Pannell. There is no public information available on how or when they met or Lou’s professional career. The couple have three children together namely Jack Pannell, Alfie Pannell, and Charlie Pannell.
Ian Pannell ABC News
Ian is a Chief foreign correspondent for ABC News. He began his journalism career as a broadcast journalist working with BBC Radio Leicester. He joined 5 Live, then new BBC Network in 1994 and moved to London. He then shifted to Radio 1 Newsbeat and eventually to BBC Radio 4’s World at One, PM and World This Weekend.
His TV Career began at BBC News where he worked for almost sixteen years. He joined BBC News in 2002 where he was based in North America reporting on US domestic and foreign affairs. He primarily reported for BBC Breakfast News and morning radio on the Bush administration and US affairs in the post 911 world and the launch of the “war on terror”.
In 005, he was posted to Cairo as a Middle East Correspondent with particular focus on Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. He reported on the wars in Iraq and Lebanon as well as the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel which saw him win an International Emmy Award. He left in 2008 but returned to the region on late 2010 where he covered the uprisings in Egypt, Bahrain, Libya and Syria.
In 2008, he was posted in Afghanistan as a South Asia correspondent. He had previously covered the US-lead war against Al-Qaeda in 2001 and was the first journalist to enter the capital as the Taliban withdrew. After his return in 2008, he covered the battle against the Taliban and the struggle for democratic change. Due to his coverage, he was nominated for the Royal Television Society’s (RTS) Television Reporter of the Year as well Sony’s Radio Reporter of the Year award.
In 2011, he moved to Syria as a foreign correspondent based in Middle East with a focus on Syria. He reported on the evolution of a civilian protest movement into a bloody civil war. He made more than a dozen trips “under the wire” into rebel-held areas. In February 2013, his reporting won the Royal Television Society award for International News Coverage.
In addition, he won the 2013 Italian Marcho Luchetta International Press Award for a report from inside Syria on displaced families living in underground tunnels and caves. He also received the David Bloom Prize in America for “courage and excellence in enterprise reporting”. He also won an Emmy in 2013 for “Inside Syria’s Uprising” and in 2014, he was honoured with a Peabody Award for his work in Syria that was cited as “without equal”.
In 2014, he was promoted to international correspondent reporting on major breaking news around the world as well as continuing to report on the Middle East. During his tenure, he covered the conflict between Hamas and Israel, the earthquake in Nepal, the migrant crises in Europe and Asia.
In America, he covered destitute homeless families, the rise of heroin addiction, the trafficking of American children into prostitution and gun crime in Chicago. His coverage of Cocaine War in Colombia was recognized with a unanimous verdict by the NBC David Bloom Award. In 2016, he received James Cameron Memorial Award for Foreign Correspondents.
His other awards include an Emmy Award in 2014 for his coverage of “Inside Syria’s Deadly Conflict”. He was also recognized in October 2014 at the Prix Bayeux Calvados Awards for War Correspondents for his reporting of an incendiary bomb attack on a school in Syria.
Ian Pannell Salary
Ian earns an annual base salary of $1 million as a Chief foreign correspondent for ABC News. He has also amassed an estimated net worth of around $17 million.