The Officers and Directors
of
The Hellenic American Bankers Association
invite you to a discussion with
Penny Manis, Senior Producer for Anderson Cooper 360°, CNN
Titled
Breaking News: What Goes Into Producing Media In Real Time
Thursday, December 15, 2011
6:00-8:00pm
Greek Press Office
305 East 47th Street
(Between First & Second Avenues)
New York, NY 10017
Wine and Meze Reception
Pre-registration is required.
This event is free for members in good standing (2011 or 2012). Friends of HABA are always welcome to attend. The non-member admission is $40.
Penny Manis is the Senior Producer for AC360, a primetime CNN news program hosted by Anderson Cooper which broadcasts to both a domestic and a global audience.
Manis led a team that recently won two Emmy awards for reporting of the Haiti earthquake in 2010. Other awards include a George Foster Peabody award for coverage of Hurricane Katrina as well as the 2008 Presidential Campaign coverage. Her team also received an Alfred I. duPont Award for reporting of the South Asian tsunami, and an Emmy nomination for the AC360 investigative report: ‘Highway Robbery?’
Manis joined CNN 16 years ago as an Associate Producer for CNN’s Washington, DC bureau where she covered stories relating to US-Latin American relations. She then transferred to CNN’s Atlanta Headquarters to become an Editorial Producer, booking and pre-interviewing Newsmakers and Analysts on CNNUSA, CNN International and CNN en Español.
Manis then moved to CNN’s London offices, selecting and producing stories for CNN’s European and Middle Eastern audiences. In this latter role, she was part of the reporting teams covering various EU Summits, Europe’s Transition to the Euro, Istanbul bombings 2003, Venezuelan Riots 2003, and Athens Olympics 2004, as well as other field assignments.
Prior to her current role, Manis was Supervising Producer for CNN International Newsgathering and managed overseas coverage for CNN’s Domestic Programs, reporting directly to the Executive Vice President of the network.
Manis holds a BA degree in International Relations and Mass Communications from The American University in Washington, D.C. She has studied abroad at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has a working knowledge of Spanish. She is fluent in Greek.