Michelle makori biography
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South Africa’s Michelle Makori makes her mark on global TV channel
STEVEN KRAWITZ
i24News is an international, 24-hour news and current affairs television channel, headquartered in Jaffa, Tel Aviv. It has been broadcasting in English, French, and Arabic from Jaffa since July 2013. In February 2017, i24News launched its live American programming, and began broadcasting across the US from studios in New York’s Time Square and Washington DC.
Makori was part of the small team of seasoned journalists who launched i24News’ expansion into America, where it is now available from New York to Los Angeles.
“We are capitalising on the disillusionment in the US with mainstream media,” says Makori. “There is a need and desire for fact-based, insightful coverage, and analysis of global, and particularly US and Middle Eastern, events. That’s what we provide.”
Makori finds that most American domestic news channels serve as echo chambers that fixate on the editorial bottom line of pro-Trump or anti-Trump, with good quality news coverage ignored.
She believes international news services also suffer from a lack of objectivity when covering Israel. i24News addresses these issues, she says, pointing to the station’s mission statement, “Bec
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MICHELLE MAKORI
i24 NEWS
Anchor & Producer
Michelle Makori is an internationally acclaimed television journalist, news anchor, reporter and producer. Currently she is a leading anchor and Editor-in-Chief at i24News. Makori has worked as an anchor and reporter for Bloomberg, CNN Money, CGTN and SABC. As an anchor and reporter, Makori has covered and analyzed the biggest global economic, financial and geopolitical events of the past decade. Makori joined i24 NEWS from CGTN (China Global Television Network) where she was the New York-based anchor and producer of “Global Business America”, CGTN’s flagship global economic and business news show. Makori was a key member of the team that launched CGTN’s U.S. based global English Channel in 2011. Prior to joining CGTN, Makori was a reporter with CNN Money and an anchor and reporter for Bloomberg TV. Makori has interviewed heads of state, CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and other leaders in politics, business and entertainment. Born in Israel, raised in South Africa and now an American citizen, Makori speaks five languages and brings a truly global perspective. Makori also brings Wall Street experience to her financial news coverage, having received her FINRA financial adviser license (Series 7) and having worked with
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SpeakerMichelle Makori
Lead Anchor Arm Editor-in-chief
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