Paula Hancocks Bio, Age, Height, CNN, Net Worth, Salary, Parents, and Husband

Paula Hancocks Bio, Wiki

Paula Hancocks is an American Anchor/ Reporter working for CNN  serving the station as a correspondent. She has been working with this station since 1997. 

Paula Hancocks Age

Hancocks manages to keep information regarding her dates of birth away from the limelight. An update of her age will be done once she has made the information public. However, judging from her appearance, she might be in her 40S.

Paula Hancocks Height

Hancocks stands at the height of 5 feet  4 inches tall.

Paula Hancocks Education

Hancocks received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Italian from the University of Durham. She also earned a postgraduate degree in broadcast journalism at the University of Wales, Cardiff.

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Paula Hancocks Career

Hancocks is an award-winning international correspondent for CNN based in Seoul, South Korea. She has covered major stories on the Korean peninsula and the surrounding region. Additionally, Paula has led the network’s coverage of the Korean peninsula for more than ten years. The coverage includes the subsequent Trump-Kim and inter-Korean summits,  and the Pyeongchang Olympics charm offensive. Additionally, she also led CNN’s coverage of the rise of new leader Kim Jong Un and of the death of former leader Kim Jong Il. In addition to that, Paula has consistently secured exclusive access to her work. She also interviewed a former North Korean ambassador who defected to Seoul.

Moreover, Hancocks covered the story of nine young defectors who were sent back to North Korea and, reported on North Korea’s assassination weapons. In the South of the border, she has covered Seoul’s dealings with its neighbor. Where she captures the emotions of family reunions between the two Koreas in a special documentary called ‘The Long Goodbye’,. Aside from that, she also covered some of the biggest stories in Asia in recent years. The stories include the devastating impact of the pandemic across Asia and the military coup in Myanmar.

Paula Hancocks Taiwan

In 2020, Paula gained exclusive access to the most high-ranking U.S. diplomat to visit Taiwan in forty years at a time of increased tension with China. Before taking up her position in Seoul, she was based in Jerusalem and reported on the 2008 Gaza war.  Moreover, Hancocks covered the deadly confrontation aboard an aid ship bound for Gaza, smuggling tunnels, and rocket factories. On a daily basis, she covered the political intricacies of a never-ending peace effort and the anger and frustrations on both sides of the conflict. Prior to that, Paula served as an international correspondent at CNN’s London bureau. Where she reported a wide range of stories including the aftermath of the Iraq war, the 2005 London bombings, and bombings in Istanbul.

Paula Hancocks Awards

Furthermore, she has been recognized multiple times for her reporting. Additionally, she was part of a CNN Special Report called ‘Witness to the Pandemic’. Which was nominated for a 2021 Emmy Award for Outstanding News Special. In addition to that, Hancocks was at the center of CNN’s coverage of the Hong Kong pro-democracy protests in 2019. Where the team won the Breaking News award at the Royal Television Society TV Journalism Awards. Aside from that, she was also the first international journalist to report live in 2013 from Tacloban in the Philippines after devastating Typhoon Haiyan.

CNN’s reporting was subsequently recognized by the Royal Television Society, winning the Best International News Coverage award. Her work covering the sinking of the Sewol Ferry in South Korea was honored with a New York Festival award. Moreover, she also covered the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict in 2006. Where the team won the Ed Murrow award, and she was part of the team honored with a DuPont-Columbia Award for their reporting from Sri Lanka on the devastating impact of the 2004 tsunami.

Paula Hancocks Net Worth

In Hancocks’s career as a correspondent, she has been able to accumulate a net worth ranging between $1 Million and $13 Million.

Paula Hancocks Salary

She receives annual earnings that range between $35,000 and $100,000.

Paula Hancocks Parents and Siblings

Hancocks was born and raised in the United States, she manages to keep information regarding her parents and whether or not she has any siblings away from the limelight. An update of her family information will be done when available.

Paula Hancocks Spouse

Hancocks manages to keep information regarding whether or not she is in marriage private. An update of her marital status will be done when available.

Paula Hancocks Kids

Hancocks manages to keep information regarding whether she has any children away from the public. However, an update regarding her children will be done once available.

Paula Hancocks CNN

Hancocks works at CNN  where she works alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;

  1. Phil Mattingly
  2. Suzanne Malveaux
  3. Patrick Oppmann 
  4. Ryan Nobles
  5. Paula Newton
  6. Chad Myers
  7. Jeanne Moos
  8. David McKenzie
  9. Oren Liebermann
  10. Alex Marquardt

Paula Hancocks Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

She is vocal on her social media accounts where she posts frequently. On her Twitter account, she has about 24k followers, around 2k followers on her Facebook page, and about 2k followers on her Instagram account

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