Many know Vladimir Duthiers as a humanitarian frontline investigative journalist famous for impactful contributions to the CBS News station as well as CNN. He was one of the journalists that unveiled the depth of suffering faced by the victims of the 2010 Haiti earthquake alongside the inhuman activities of Boko Haram who kidnaped hundreds of schoolgirls in Chibok, North-Eastern Nigeria.
He upholds the tenets of the journalism profession dearly underscoring the relevance of the profession in giving a voice to the voiceless and downtrodden. His humanitarian services got him an honorary doctorate by the URI. The good-looking journalist stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall and his Ethnic inclination is Han Chinese, and the Haitian-French ethnic group.
Vladimir Duthiers Biography, Early Life, And Education
Vladimir Duthiers was born in New York on the 21st of December 1969 in New York. He was born to a family of mixed blood of Haiti-France who were immigrants in the United States. Vladimir is a linguist who speaks three different languages aside from English, he is proficient in French, Haitian Creole, and Mandarin Chinese language because he also has a Han Chinese ancestral origin.
Upon his graduation from High School, Vladimir enrolled at the University of Rhode Island. He started off his studies in Journalism but finished up with Political science. He bagged his degree as far back as 1991 and without any waste of time, Vladimir got employment in the Wall Street financial services industry. Not long after this, he joined the AllianceBernstein company in 1993. His dedication and resilience to work got him promoted as the sector Managing Director in charge of four regions.
Vladimir saw the imminent need for the continuation of his Journalism studies, thus, he sought part-time studies at Columbia University and later graduated with a Master’s degree in broadcast journalism from the Graduate School of Journalism.
Vladimir’s Career
It was in 2009 that Vladimir started his journalism career with CNN though as an intern. He was lucky to be attached to the famous Christiane Amanpour in her program ‘Amanpour and Cooper 3600′ and in 2010, Vladimir reached the top of his career. This happened when he was featured as part of the CNN team assigned to cover the disastrous Haiti Earthquake that set the world in mourning. He was the interpreter due to his Haitian origin and he was the production assistant then.
CNN saw Vladimir’s passion and determination, and he shared in the glory of the Emmy Awards that the team got for covering the earthquake. With the same vigor, he was assigned to cover the Boko Haram insurgency in North-East Nigeria, where he served as a reporter. He fed the station with the up-to-date unfolding of events about the deadly activities of the Boko Haram Islamic sect. He recorded live at the forefront of the kidnapping of the Chibok Schoolgirls, and that coverage also landed him a Peabody Award.
A brief recap of his coverages includes being instrumental in covering the military intervention in Mali, as well as the terrorist attacks in Amenas Algerian crisis, showcasing the plight of the hostages. In Liberia, he covered the suit against Charles Taylor at ICC in Sierra Leone.
He was also a correspondent reporting from Japan as well as South Korea about the U.S. military operations in the Middle East, in the Asia-Pacific battle lines of the Israeli-Palestinian rift. Vladimir was also present during the Thailand Bangkok political skirmishes not forgetting that he also reported the significant birth of the royal baby Prince George in July 2013. Vladimir witnessed all these and a host of other epoch-making events.
Subsequently, Vladimir left CNN for CBS in August 2014, still serving as a correspondent, reporting in New York. He contributed to scores of programs such as CBS This Morning, and all CBS News bulletins alongside anchoring the CBSN CBS News and CBS Interactive.
Is Vladimir Duthiers Married?
At the age of 49, Vladimir Duthiers was still single. He rather regarded his profession as being his priority and not marriage. He further reiterated this position when he stated verbatim that “the key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering”. Even though he has been in a relationship with one stunning Marian Wang who is suspected to be his girlfriend.
However, a couple of years down the line, at the age of 50, the 55 year old married his long-time girlfriend, Marian Wang. They got married on Fire Island, New York on his mother’s birthday, the 1st of September 2020. They initially planned on getting married in South Africa but due to the Covid 19 pandemic, they couldn’t carry on with the plan.
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Vladimir Duthiers Net Worth
Vladimir Duthiers is earning a very decent salary from his journalism career working for two of the biggest and well-paying television networks.
From 2018, Vladimir’s salary per annum was $500 thousand, with a huge amount as salary, it casts no doubt that his net worth will sum up to millions even though he has not made the real figure officially open.
Vladimir Returns To Haiti For Another Heartbreaking Report
11 years after reporting the Haitian earthquake that won him and his crew an Emmy Award, Vladimir returned to Haiti for another report. The country was hit with another deadly natural disaster after the last devastating one. Once again, Vladimir was sent to go cover and report the disaster.
Vladimir admits that the Haitian people were not quite prepared for the hurricane season that just hit them and it was heartbreaking seeing the chaos and dead bodies. Although he feels happy that his parents migrated from Haiti and he got the chance to live through all the natural disasters, he still feels the pains his country suffers.
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