Michael Holmes

Michael Holmes is an award-winning anchor and correspondent for CNN International, based at the network's headquarters in Atlanta. Holmes, who joined CNNI in 1996 as the first Australian anchor for the network, has reported extensively from all corners of the globe including Asia, Europe, the Middle East, India, Nepal, Africa, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Before joining CNNI, Holmes worked for Australia's Nine Network, and was one of the few Australian journalists to cover first hand the 1994 Rwandan genocide. He was based in London for four years as the network's European correspondent for current affairs. After working in newspapers for nearly five years, he began his television career in 1982 with the Nine Network in Perth. He also has worked for several British media outlets, including WTN, The Observer newspaper and TV-AM. He began his career at the age of 17, as a cub reporter with the Daily News, an afternoon newspaper in Perth.