CNN . In 1980 he joined the staff of Turner Broadcasting Systems ' Cable News Network ( as managing editor of the Washington bureau , 1980 -- 82 ; Moscow bureau chief , 1983 -- 86 ; senior correspondent , 1986 ; executive producer , 1987 -- 90 ; editor-in-chief of `` CNN World Report '' , 1990 -- 91 ; vice-president of CNN , 1990 -- 95 ; executive vice-president , Turner International Broadcasting , Russia , 1993 -- 97 ) .
In 1980 , he joined the staff of Turner Broadcasting Systems ' Cable News Network ( as managing editor of the Washington bureau , 1980 -- 82 ; Moscow bureau chief , 1983 -- 86 ; senior correspondent , 1986 ; executive producer , 1987 -- 90 ; editor-in-chief of `` CNN World Report '' , 1990 -- 91 ; vice-president of CNN , 1990 -- 95 ; executive vice-president , Turner International Broadcasting , Russia , 1993 -- 97 ) .