Matthew Chance Biography
Matthew Chance an English CNN’s senior international correspondent based in Moscow. He is well known for having reported extensively on major stories for CNN’s global news networks from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Russia and Chechnya, Europe and the Far East.
Matthew Chance Age
Chance was born in March 1970 in the United Kingdom.
Matthew Chance CNN and Career
Chance works as CNN’s senior international correspondent based in Moscow. He has reported extensively on major stories for CNN’s global news networks from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Russia and Chechnya, Europe and the Far East.
He was one of the journalists held by forces of Colonel Gaddafi at the Rixos al Nasr hotel in Tripoli, Libya, in August 2011. He reported by Twitter throughout the time of his capture and was live on CNN as the International Committee of the Red Cross finally evacuated the detainees.
He as well led CNN’s coverage of the 2008 Russia-Georgia conflict, reporting from the frontlines. He was the only television correspondent to cross from Georgian to Russian territory, where he filled reports from Tskinvali, the devastated capital of the South Ossetia war zone.
After the conflict, he secured an exclusive interview with the Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin the network’s first for eight years. He as well had Russia’s president, Dmitry Medvedev, for a one-on-one interview.
He as well reported from Mumbai, India, where he covered the 2008 militant attacks on the city and the siege of the landmark Taj Majal Hotel. He as well reported from the scene of the London bombings in July and carried out investigative reporting on the terrorists responsible for the catastrophe in 2005.
He then reported on the Tsunami tragedy from Phuket having documented heartbreaking stories of tourists from 27 nations caught in the disaster in December 2004. He as well reported on the Beslan school siege in September 2004 where 344 civilians perished in the three-day standoff between Chechen rebels and Russian security forces.
He then covered the Moscow theatre hostage crisis in October 2002, in which over 800 people were held captive by Chechen rebels. His reports showed how Russian special forces pumped lethal gas into the theatre auditorium to subdue the hostage-takers before storming in. He later travelled to Chechnya, where a bitter war continues unabated between separatist rebels and Russian troops.
He also reported extensively from Iraq in the aftermath of the 2003 war. He spent months and time documenting the hardships and bloodshed felt by both sides in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, from Palestinian suicide attacks against the Israelites to the impact of that country’s military action in the occupied territories.
He became the first journalist to interview the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, after Israeli troops had lifted a siege on his Ramallah compound in May 2002. He as well covered the Israeli siege of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in May 2002.
He then covered the disengagement of Israel from Gaza in 2005. He later got back returned to the region to report from the frontlines in the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group, Hezbollah in 2007. He got back to the central Asian country of Kazakhstan to interview the Pakistani president, General Pervais Musharraf.
In the interview, General Musharraf clarified his policy on the use of nuclear weapons. He later joined CNN in October 2001 when he reported from Northern Afghanistan. As Kabul fell to the Northern Alliance forces, he became the first CNN correspondent, and one of the first Western reporters, to get in the city, entering the Afghan capital on foot.
He as well reported on the emotional outpouring as the people of Kabul reacted to the departure of the Taliban. Between 1996 and 2001, he was also a freelance correspondent based in Sri Lanka, Bangkok and London. Some of covering on behalf of CNN include the violence in East Timor, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and the refugee crisis in Kosovo.
He as well reportedly extensively on the troubles in Chechnya, spending almost 18 months in Russia and Chechnya reporting for CNN. Previously he worked in London as a broadcast journalist for the BBC World Service
Matthew Chance Salary
Chance earns an annual average salary range of $40,000 to $105,370.
Matthew Chance Height and Weight
Chance stands tall at an average height and has an average body weight
Matthew Chance Education
Chance joined the University of London and later graduated with a BA in Archaeology and Art from the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Matthew Chance Family
Chance information about his parents are publicly unavailable. This section will be updated as soon as it’s available
Matthew Chance Married and Wife
Chance is married and has a daughter Anna Chance. He has not shared more about his love life with the public. This section will be updated as soon as it’s available
Matthew Chance Net Worth
Chance estimated net worth is under review.