Atika Shubert Biography | Profile
Atika Shubert is a CNN correspondent based in Berlin. She covers Germany as well as the rest of Europe for CNN. Before her promotion she was based in London. Prior to working for CNN, she was a correspondent for The Washington Post and The New Zealand Herald in Indonesia as she speaks both English and Indonesian fluently. She is a graduate of the Class of 1991 of Jakarta International School. She is an Economics graduate of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. She gave birth to a son in 2009.
Atika Shubert Age | Birthday
She was born on 2 August 1970 in Indonesia. She is 48 years old as of 2018.
Atika Shubert Height
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Atika Shubert Husband | Spouse
Atika Shubert is currently a married person. Moreover, she is also a caring and loving mother as well. However, she has remained very secretive and meticulous when it comes to sharing about her personal life. Therefore, there is no information about her life partner and her children. Regardless, she seems to be married for a very long time and is enjoying a sound and happy relationship with her loved ones.
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Shubert started her career with CNN as a producer in Jakarta, Indonesia, where she covered the fall of Indonesia’s President Suharto in 1998, East Timor’s transition to independence in 1999. Shubert joined CNN as a reporter for CNN’s Jakarta bureau, and was appointed to the position of Tokyo correspondent in 2004. During her time reporting from Tokyo, Shubert covered a number of major news stories in Japan, including the controversial deployment of Japan’s Self-Defense Forces, the Japanese hostage situation in Iraq and the verdict of Shoko Asahara (the mastermind behind the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo).
In the summer of 2005, Shubert reported live from Hiroshima on the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombing for CNN’s special Remembering Hiroshima. She also reported on the nuclear tensions in the Korean Peninsula in 2006, after North Korea tested nuclear weapons. CNN claims that Shubert was one of the first CNN correspondents to report on the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami, reporting from Aceh, Indonesia, where she was vacationing at the time.
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Also in Indonesia, Shubert covered a number of major new events that included the 2002 Bali bombings, the fall of Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid and the inauguration of President Megawati Sukarnoputri, East Timor’s transition to independence, the resurgence of the Free Aceh separatist movement, the religious conflict in Ambon City and the fall of former Indonesian President Suharto and resulting reform movement.
Shubert also briefly covered the Schapelle Corby verdict in Bali; however, due to the time consuming and overall expensive nature of this landmark court case, CNN eventually opted to run stock footage obtained from its Australian network affiliates instead of direct reporting. Shubert has also contributed reports from the Philippines and Singapore. From 2008 until 2015 Shubert was based in the CNN London bureau covering stories from around the UK and Europe. She relocated to Berlin in June 2015 to cover Germany and Europe.
Atika Shubert Parents | Mother
Unfortunately, there is no information regarding her parents as well as her early life and childhood till now.
Atika Shubert Ethnicity
She was born in Indonesia. Her nationality is Indonesian and American. She belongs to the white ethnicity according to some sources.
Atika Shubert Net Worth | Salary
As of now, she has an estimated net worth of $250000 but her salary is not known.
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