Anderson Cooper anchors Anderson Cooper 360º, an unconventional, wide-ranging news program airing on CNN weekdays. Cooper, who joined CNN in December 2001, served as CNN’s weekend news anchor before moving to prime time in 2003 (following coverage of the Iraq war) and then to a two-hour, late evening time slot in November 2005.

Cooper has anchored CNN’s coverage of numerous major news stories, most recently the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. He traveled to Sri Lanka to cover the tsunami and traveled to Baghdad for the Iraqi elections. Cooper also anchored much of CNN’s live coverage of the funeral of Pope John Paul II in Vatican City as well as the Terry Schiavo story in Florida. He recently moderated the groundbreaking CNN/You Tube debates for Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.

In addition to his assignments for CNN, Cooper also provides reports for 60 Minutes on CBS. Dispatches from the Edge, Cooper’s memoir about covering the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and other news events, recently topped The New York Times best-sellers list and other best-sellers charts.

Cooper and Anderson Cooper 360º have won several awards, including three Emmy Awards. Cooper also was a part of the CNN teams that won a George Foster Peabody Award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina and an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for coverage of the South Asia tsunami.