Jill Dougherty worked for CNN from 1983 until December 2013, most recently as foreign affairs correspondent based in Washington, D.C. She also served as White House correspondent, Moscow bureau chief, U.S. affairs editor for CNN International, managing editor for CNN International Asia Pacific and Midwest correspondent based in Chicago. Prior to CNN, Dougherty was correspondent for WMAQ-TV in Chicago and has done freelance assignments for NPR and Time magazine. She began her career as a broadcaster and writer for Voice of America, USSR division. While at the Shorenstein Center, she wrote a paper on the relationship between the Russian government and the media.
Jill Dougherty: Where Hiroshima Could Happen Again
May 27, 2016 — Jill Dougherty, spring 2014 fellow and former foreign affairs correspondent for CNN, writes that the nuclear threat may be back, as evidenced by Russian TV broadcasts about nuclear submarines and warnings that “Russia could turn America into radioactive dust.” Read more on CNN.