Rosemary Church

Rosemary Church is an award-winning anchor for CNN International, with more than 25 years of experience covering major global events. Based at the network's headquarters in Atlanta, Church has been with CNN since 1998. Prior to joining CNN, Church spent five years as the Senior Anchor with Australia's first international satellite news service, Australia Television (ATV), also filing stories for ATV and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Foreign Correspondent program, when she traveled to Asia. Church started at ABC TV in 1991 as a reporter and anchor for the main evening news bulletin in the state of Tasmania, where she also anchored the summer edition of ABC TV's World at Noon program. Before this, Church spent five years at Parliament House, Canberra, with the National Media Liaison Service, while also anchoring weekend news bulletins on Channel Ten's news service. In 1984, she worked as a media officer and speechwriter for a Member of Federal Parliament. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Church lived in London until her family moved to Australia when she was 8 years old. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Australian National University in Canberra and has completed graduate studies in media and law at the University of Canberra.