Kara Scannell Age, CNN Wikipedia, Married, Husband, Bio, Photos

Personal Information Summary
Name	Kara Scannell
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB	As of 2024, she is around 47 years old. This is an estimate based on her graduation year.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Spouse / Partner	No confirmed information is available.
Who is Kara Scannell?	Kara Scannell is a CNN reporter based in New York covering law, crime and business investigations.
Children / No. of Kids	None
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race	White
Nationality	American

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Kara Scannell is an American reporter, correspondent, and journalist.
Hard working, professional, and focused, Scannell has always been very committed to her career, which is well-reflected in her work quality.

Over the course of her decades-long career, Kara has investigated insider trading, accounting fraud, tax evasion, and foreign bribery, among other things.

Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :

She prefers to keep her personal life as private as possible, but does maintain some social media presence. On Twitter, she engages with her audience mainly on political topics, boasting 20,000+ followers. While her Instagram account is private, but manages an account for her dog Finn, which has gained a considerable following of 5,000+ users.

Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info

Scannell attended Fordham University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media Studies and Economics.

Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :

During her time at Fordham University, Kara got a kickstart on her career when she joined the New York-based 1010WINS radio station as a freelancer.
In 1998, she joined CNN and began working as an Associate Producer. Kara worked at the station for just one year before leaving to join The Wall Street Journal in December of 1999 as a reporter.

During her time at The Wall Street Journal, Scannell was based in both Washington D.C. and New York. Kara focused on a variety of tasks that included covering private equity and corporate finance. She also covered various civil and criminal investigations as well as white-collar crimes. Scannell left The Wall Street Journal in November of 2010 after spending over a decade with the publication.
In December of 2010, Kara joined the Financial Times and began working as a US Senior Finance Correspondent. She spent almost 7 years covering various high-profile issues that included the DOJ corporate fraud investigations, insider trading, sanctions investigations as well as foreclosure and mortgage fraud settlements. Scannell was also fortunate enough to be chosen to be a member of the investigation team, which focused on computer hacking, cybersecurity, dark money, and kleptocracy.
In one of her more popular reports, Kara examined how the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) failed to oversee Madoff’s Ponzi scheme more effectively leading up to the 2008 financial crisis.

In October of 2017, Kara returned to the CNN team and took a job as a correspondent. She is still currently working for CNN and is based in Washington D.C.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

When she is not working, Kara enjoys spending as much time as possible with her dog and loves to detail her adventures on social media.

Throughout her very successful career, Scannell has received several important accolades for her talents. In 2015, she was given an award by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers after she covered a story on flash crash traders for the Financial Times.
During her time at The Wall Street Journal in 2009, Kara was part of a team that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in the category of National Affairs.
Scannell is quite active on social media, and enjoys using it as a platform to discuss various social and political issues in addition to giving her followers updates on several news bulletins. She currently boasts over 20,000 followers on her verified Twitter account alone.

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