Omar Jimenez, a familiar face to CNN viewers for his steady reporting on some of the world’s most consequential stories, has officially been promoted to Anchor and Correspondent, the network announced today.
Jimenez has long been a go-to presence during breaking news, anchoring across nearly all dayparts on both national and international broadcasts.
His coverage has taken him to the frontlines of major global events, including the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, the death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, and a historic U.S.-Russia hostage exchange.
He also led an hour-long 2024 CNN The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper special on Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, a report that put human faces at the center of a deeply political debate.
As a New York-based correspondent, Jimenez has reported on everything from the 2025 New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans to the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary and the 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. He’s also covered lighter but still significant moments in sports history, including the Dodgers’ 2024 World Series victory and LeBron James becoming the NBA’s all-time scoring leader.
Before moving to New York, Jimenez was based in CNN’s Chicago bureau starting in 2019. His reporting there often put him at the heart of national conversations, whether covering the murder of George Floyd, the early COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S., or the tragic death of Kobe Bryant. His work earned him a National News & Documentary Emmy Award in 2021 for coverage of George Floyd’s death, as well as a nomination for Outstanding Emerging Journalist the following year.
Jimenez’s career began at WBAL-TV in Baltimore, where he worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor and earned an individual Emmy nomination for general assignment reporting. A graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, he also played on the varsity men’s basketball team.
Congratulations, Omar!
