Robert Reynolds (journalist)
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Rob Reynolds is a journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...

, currently a correspondent
Correspondent
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 for Al Jazeera English. He has over 25 years of experience in international television journalism from his work with CNN
CNN
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, NBC
NBC News
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 and CNBC
CNBC
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As CNBC's correspondent in Washington, D.C, Reynolds reported from the White House
White House
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, Capitol Hill, and the Supreme Court
Supreme court
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. He also covered stories overseas.

In Autumn 2002, Reynolds produced and reported a five-part series on the potential impact of War in Iraq on location in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

, Jordan
Jordan
Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...

, and Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

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As a CNN correspondent based in London
London
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, he reported from Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

, Jordan and Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

 in the run-up to the first Gulf War
Gulf War
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 and during its aftermath. Reynolds has also been the recipient of an International Citation, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
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, for his "Famine in Africa" piece for CNN in 1992.

Reynolds covered the 2008 United States presidential election
United States presidential election, 2008
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 for Al Jazeera, during the campaign he made an online election diary and took part in an online discussion about the election on LiveStation
LiveStation
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