BIOGRAPHY
ADRIAN FINIGHAN
Adrian Finighan is an international anchor and correspondent based at CNN’s European
headquarters in London.
Finighan joined CNN at the start of 2006, a year which saw him anchoring on numerous major
news stories, including the summer’s Israel-Hezbollah conflict, the 2006 FIFA World Cup and
the 'foiled terror plot' to detonate bombs onboard planes across the Atlantic. In addition to
news anchoring, Finighan also works as a correspondent for CNN, which in his first year, saw
him covering the huge disruption at Heathrow as the news of the foiled terror plot emerged.
Finighan brought two decades of news broadcasting experience to CNN. He has interviewed
countless leaders, politicians and newsmakers, and covered almost every major news event of
the last 20 years. He developed his journalistic skills working for the BBC where his ability as
an international news anchor was highlighted through his coverage of the Asian tsunami at the
end of 2004: he was presenting live as the news broke, and proceeded to stay on air,
constantly, for the following six hours watching the developing events in South East Asia.
Finighan joined the BBC in 1988 as a radio producer and presenter. He progressed from local
radio, where he started the first regional, weekday phone-in programme on BBC radio, to
national radio, working as a news reader for BBC Radio 1 and 2 and then onto television,
joining the BBC’s business unit. He eventually became one of the regular anchors on BBC
World News.
His interest in broadcast news journalism began in his early teens. After leaving school, he
was offered the chance to study 'on the job' for a recognised journalism qualification with the
South Wales radio station where he had been working part time since the age of 16.
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