Sara Sidner Bio, Age, Height, CNN, Hair, Family, Husband, Kids

Biography of Sara Sidner

Sara Sidner is a media personality serving as co-anchor of CNN News Central, which airs weekdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, from CNN’s office in New York. She is also CNN’s award-winning national and international correspondent.

Sara Sidner age

How old is Sara Sidner? Sara turns 50 in April 2023. She was born on May 31, 1972 in Miami Lakes, Florida, United States.

Sara Sidner Height

She is 5 feet 10 inches tall.

Sara Sidner Nationality

What ethnicity is Sara Sidner? Sara comes from a mixed ethnic group. She was born to an African-American father and a British mother. She is also American by nationality.

Education of Sara Sidner

Where did Sara Sidner go to college? Sidner attended the University of Florida where she earned her journalism degree and was named an Alumni of Distinction in 2011. Before joining college, she graduated from Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School. While a college student, she played on the women’s volleyball team, which made it to the Final Four in her senior year.

Sara Sidner Parents

Originally from Miami Lakes, Florida, Sidner was born to an African-American father and a British mother. Growing up, she remembers how people treated her differently because of her color. One incident is of a teacher taking on the role in class when she was a child.

“He was trying to figure out if I was black or white, and he looked at me, and he said, ‘You know what; you are an intelligent child; I will check white.

She, however, did not reveal whether she has any siblings or not.

Sara Sidner’s husband

Is Sara Sidner married? YES, Sidner is married. On Feb. 19, 2023, she posted that her husband got his tickets to see Beyonce. However, not much is known about him like: What is his name? What is he doing? Where is he from?

Sidner also did not reveal whether or not she had children.

My husband bought me tickets to see @Beyonce. There aren’t enough words to really thank him. What do I get from a man who asks for nothing and just wants me to thrive. Guys help a sister!

— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) February 19, 2023

Sara SidnerCNN

Who is Sara Sidner on CNN? Sidner is co-anchor of CNN News Central, which airs weekdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, from CNN’s office in New York. She is also CNN’s award-winning national and international correspondent.

Recently, Sidner led the network’s coverage in Minneapolis of the protests following the death of George Floyd and the trial of Derek Chauvin. She also covered extensively the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after an unarmed black teenager was fatally shot by a white police officer. She remained there for weeks while a grand jury considered the evidence and ultimately decided not to indict the officer. Their decision sparked two nights of violence in Ferguson, but also led to nationwide protests and a national conversation about race and policing in America, as well as a state commission and a group presidential work on the police.

As an international correspondent, Sidner has reported on a wide range of topics, from terrorism and business to social and cultural issues. She has reported from a multitude of countries including Libya, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia and Taiwan.

In the Middle East, Sidner was part of the team that won a Peabody Award for CNN’s coverage of the Arab Spring. His reporting work in Libya amid rebel fighters during the fall of Tripoli has been recognized around the world. In 2011, Sidner shared the UK SKY WFTV Women in Film & Television Achievement of the Year award for her coverage of the war in Libya.

While in India, Sidner led South Asia coverage from the New Delhi office. One of his first major international stories unfolded when terrorists attacked several locations in Mumbai, including the famous Taj Mahal Palace and the Tower Hotel, on November 26, 2008. Sidner was live throughout the 2008 siege which lasted 60 hours and caused more than 170 deaths.

His stories from South Asia also included a documentary on the 25-year-old civil war in Sri Lanka, several reports from war-torn Afghanistan, and live coverage of violent political eruptions in Thailand and Bangladesh. She also explored many stories about social and economic developments in India, culminating in a series of stories for CNN International’s award-winning “Project Freedom”. Sidner also traveled to Chile and Haiti to cover the aftermath of devastating earthquakes in those countries.

Sidner won two Asian TV awards – one for his 2011 report on the horrors faced by young Bangladeshis forced into begging and a second for the Freedom Project’s 2012 documentary “Operation Hope”, which chronicled the extraordinary journey, from suffering to recovery, of one of these children, a seven-year-old boy who was castrated and left for dead because he refused to beg.

In 2013, Sidner received two Alliance for Women in Media Gracie Awards; one for her coverage of unwanted girls in India where she explored the issue of female infanticide in India, and a second for her coverage of breaking news on the 2012 Gaza-Israel conflict from Gaza and Israel. In 2014, Sidner also reported from Malaysia on the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, from Ukraine on the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, and from the Israeli border during the 2014 war between Israel and Gaza.

Prior to joining CNN, Sidner was an anchor and reporter for local television stations in San Francisco, Dallas, Florida and Missouri. She received several awards during this time, including a regional Emmy Award, an Edward R. Murrow Award, and several Telly Awards.

Sara Sidner Hairstyle

Is Sara Sidner’s hair real? Yes, Sara’s hair is real. In 2015, Sara confessed that she loves weaves but doesn’t wear any. What everyone sees is her real hair.

“I love weaves but I don’t wear any. This is my natural hair just in a damp place,” Sara wrote on Twitter.

@xander_jon83 I love weaves but I don’t wear any. This is my natural hair just in a damp place. #girl with curly hair

— Sara Sidner (@sarasidnerCNN) August 10, 2015