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Right now, you can vote to help decide who will be the next CNN Hero of the Year and receive an additional $100,000 to continue their inspiring work. At 10, he joined El Sistema, a globally acclaimed program providing free classical music training to children from under-resourced communities. After moving to Gothenburg the following year, he created a music group for refugees and started with 13 students. He knew playing music together would help them make friends, express themselves, and rebuild their self-esteem. “They can be one of the most cost-effective ways to keep girls in school.”Ultimately, McGriff founded Style Her Empowered, known as SHE.

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☆ Poppy Harlow announces she will exit CNN after nearly two decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Poppy Harlow, the longtime CNN anchor who most recently co-helmed “CNN This Morning,” announced Friday that she will exit the network. “The nearly two decades since have been a gift,” Harlow wrote in an email to colleagues. Jeremy FreemanThompson, after taking over from Licht, announced in February that he would reconfigure CNN’s morning lineup. CNN engaged in discussions with Harlow, but ultimately she decided to exit the network. ), and to support the evolution of journalism in every way I can, while preserving the human(ity) in it,” Harlow wrote.

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☆ Inside CNN's epic PR fail that made a mockery of CEO Chris Licht
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The Atlantic published a really tough article about CNN CEO Chris Licht. The disaster I'm referring to is Tim Alberta's devastating profile of CNN chair and CEO Chris Licht published Friday. And maybe, the story suggests, that's because that big idea is not really Licht's plan at all but one foisted on him by his boss, Warner Bros. Through the summer, Alberta and Licht and CNN comms people talked about what the story might look like. A handful of sources tell me Kelly was skeptical of whether this was a good idea, Dornic was happy to do whatever, and Licht really, really wanted to do it.

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☆ ‘You’re not alone’: CNN Heroes share advice for Mental Health Awareness Month
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Gabriel Kinder | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and this year it seems to coincide with a flurry of violent headlines. “One of the things that we underestimate as a society is how our global mental health impacts us as individuals. Some of them marked Mental Health Awareness Month by sharing advice and insight with CNN’s Elizabeth Belanger about what is working for their communities. CNN Hero Michele Neff Hernandez Sam Comen/CNNWe have to model good mental health care by learning about mental health with the same vigor we use to learn about physical health. It takes all of us to realize mental health needs to be talked about, not buried under the rug.

One of the really interesting questions here – this will be fascinating – the core of linear TV is sports rights. When you look at the size and scope of the linear TV business, it's huge. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty ImagesByron Allen, Entertainment Studios founder and CEO: I think linear TV will exist for a very, very long time. Simmons: I believe Apple, out of nowhere, will start making their own awesome televisions that have Apple TV embedded in them. We are witnessing early stages of this dynamic with deals like "NFL Sunday Ticket" on YouTube and the MLS deal with Apple TV.

☆ Adam Scott, Naomi Campbell, Aubrey Plaza among the celebrities honoring this year’s CNN Heroes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC’s Kelly Ripa will co-host the 16th Annual CNN Heroes All-Star Tribute, premiering live at 8 p.m. The 2022 CNN Hero of the Year will be revealed during the live broadcast, selected by CNN’s audience from this year’s Top 10 CNN Heroes. ET on CNN, CNN International, CNN en Español or on CNNgo, the online streaming platform available on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire, Chromecast, Samsung Smart TV and Android TV, and on CNN mobile apps. Supporters can make online donations to the Top 10 CNN Heroes’ nonprofit organizations directly from CNNHeroes.com. Keep an eye on CNN.com/heroes and consider nominating that person as a CNN Hero in 2023.

☆ Photos: 'CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute' 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ These 10 people are making the world a better place in their own unique ways
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

They are this year’s Top 10 CNN Heroes, and each honoree will receive a $10,000 prize. All of the honorees will receive a grant along with organizational and capacity-building support from The Elevate Prize Foundation. Supporters can make online donations to the Top 10 CNN Heroes’ nonprofit organizations directly from CNNHeroes.com. The CNN Hero of the Year will be revealed live during “CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,” hosted by Anderson Cooper and Kelly Ripa on Sunday, December 11, starting at 8 p.m. Read more about Richard Casper and his workNelly Cheboi: TechLit AfricaVideo Ad Feedback CNN Heroes: Nelly Cheboi 04:12 - Source: CNNAfter growing up in poverty in Kenya, Nelly Cheboi found her passion in computer science.

☆ CNN Heroes 2022 Voting Disclosures
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The final round of judging will be done by an online viewer vote conducted on www.CNNHeroes.com. Viewers will have the chance to vote in an online poll for the Finalist whose accomplishment, impact and story best exemplifies a CNN Hero. Voting for the CNN Hero of the Year begins November 3, 2022 (8:30 a.m. Subject to the CNN Heroes Legal Disclosures and the terms herein, the Finalist from the top 10 CNN Heroes who collects the most votes will be the winner (the “Winner”). Please note that even if a Finalist may appear to be a leader or Winner online during the online voting, that individual has not yet been declared a Winner.

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