Wolf Blitzer, one of the main anchors for CNN,has been said to have many enthralling tales of his journalism career. He has seen many places, done many things, talked to many people, and reported the facts about each one. Wolf was born in Augsburg, Germany and was raised in Buffalo, New York. His parents were two jewish refugees. Wolf went to Kenmore West Senior High School, and then after graduating continued to further his education by going to the University of Buffalo to get a Bachelor of the Arts degree in history. He then went to Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, and recieved a Master of the Arts degree in international studies.
Blitzer started his career for the Tel Aviv (the second biggest city in Israel) bureau of the Reuters (UK based Canadian controlled news service) new agency. After being noticed for his journalistic prowess, the editor of the Jerusalem Post , who hired him as the Washington correspondent for the newspaper, which was in all english. During his time with the Post, Blitzer interviewed several American Presidents and Secretaries of State and broke news from Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan. At the time, he was perhaps best known for his coverage of the arrest and trial of Jonathan Pollard, an Israeli spy in American naval intelligence.
At an April 1977 White House press conference, Blitzer asked Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat why Egyptian scholars, athletes and journalists were not permitted to visit Israel. Sadat, somewhat taken aback, responded that such visits would be possible after an end to the state of belligerence between the two nations. This was the first time Sadat said that peace between Israel and Egypt was possible. In November of that year, Sadat made a historic visit to Israel, and Blitzer covered the negotiations between the two countries from the first joint Israeli-Egyptian press conference in 1977 to the final negotiations that would lead to the signing of the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty two years later.
Then in 1990, Blitzer began his historic career at CNN working as the military affairs reporter. He covered the war in Kuwait and won a cable ACE award. He also won an Emmy for the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing. He then started a new segment called Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. He is one of the most influential .reporters of all time, and he is also one of the greatest.
