After graduating Okwu moved to New York to accept a paid internship on the CBS news magazine " West 57th " . He was later hired by CNN where he worked as a production assistant , assignment editor , and field producer before becoming a correspondent and anchor . In 1998 , he was assigned to work on CNN NewsStand , the network 's prime time news magazine . He also hosted the entertainment unit 's Showbiz Today reports , interviewing and profiling artists and celebrities , and later served as an anchor for Diplomatic License , a weekly world affairs program centered on the United Nations . He has been cited for his live reports from Ground Zero following the attacks on 9/11 , and his U-N coverage preceding the second Iraq war
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September 11 attacks
Michael Okwu