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cuba 22 october 1955 hoa bonniemanderson 2.jpg bonnie m. anderson
 northwestern of barcelona in spain university 's medill school of journalism , university bonnie m. anderson
bonnie m. anderson

bonnie m. anderson is a veteran news reporter .
anderson got her start covering latin america and the miami hispanic community for `` el miami herald '' in miami .
after a year reporting for wplg-tv in miami , the abc affiliate , she worked for nbc news as one of the network 's two latin america correspondents .
she later served as a correspondent for the network posted in beirut and rome , before joining `` the miami news '' as a columnist .
just prior to joining cnn in 1992 , anderson served a four-year stint with wtvj in miami .
her first position at cnn was a national correspondent , where she covered such top breaking news stories as the oklahoma city bombing in 1995 , the los angeles earthquake in 1994 , pope john paul ii 's 1995 visit to denver , hurricane andrew in south florida in 1992 and the branch davidian stand-off in waco , texas , in 1993 .
she also produced numerous documentaries on cutting-edge topics such as incest and priest pedophilia .
anderson was one of the first female war correspondents in the industry and has reported from over 100 countries .
during her time with nbc and cnn she was shot at -- and wounded while reporting .
anderson served as an anchor and as an international war correspondent before rising to the position of managing editor of cnn en español , cnn 's fledgling 24-hour spanish language news network .
she formed part of the core group that developed , launched and supervised the network for the first three years .
during her final years with cnn , anderson acted as vice president in charge of recruiting and talent development for the cnn news group .
in 2002 anderson was unceremoniously terminated from cnn for refusing to comply with a hiring policy she considered `` unethical , unprincipled , immoral , and potentially illegal . ''
she filed suit against cnn in august 2003 .
