Wednesday, October 24, 2007

CNN Internationl Anchor Ralista Vassileva



At 2 p.m. today, the second day of Mass Comm Week 2007 at Texas State University, CNN International Anchor Ralista Vassileva will speak to mass comm students in room 320 of Old Main.

Vassileva, born and educated in Bulgaria, has been with CNN International since 1992, based at the CNN International headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. She has had the distinct journalistic honor of interviewing some heavy political powers during her time at CNN including former US Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Henry Kissinger, as well as former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. She's also interviewed famous entrepreneur Richard Branson as well as Austinite Lance Armstrong.

Vassileva was on air for CNN during the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City as well as Israel's withdrawal from Gaza and the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

An impressive record and an honor for Texas State's mass communication department, no doubt!

Be on the look out for live blogging of this Mass Comm Week event at 2 p.m. today.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

If anyone in the US is interested in watching Ralitsa Vassileva anchoring on CNN International, she presents World News every weekend at 12 Noon ET (Saturday only), then 1PM, 2PM and 4PM ET. Because CNN International is rarely available in the US, the 1PM and 2PM editions can be watched on CNN.com Live:

http://www.cnn.com/video