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Throughout Parisa’s career she has collected many

distinguished industry awards for her

individual work and also her

collaborative and philanthropic efforts.

Some of the awards include:

2018 Honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, with all

its rights and privileges, College of Saint Rose

2018 Leadership Award of Excellence in Media & Human Rights,

SHEROES United

2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from IAWF

2014 Peabody Award for CNN’s Coverage of The Kidnapped Nigerian School Girls

2014 Monte Carlo Television Awards, Best 24 hour News Program –

Ukraine unrest

2014 AIB Awards, The Downing of Flight MH17

2014 Zoroastrian Congress, Faith and Unity Award

2013 Headliner Awards 1st place, CNN Coverage of Egypt Unrest

2013 Headliner Awards 2nd place, Return to Benghazi

2013 New York Festivals, Silver Medal Best Interview, Amanpour –

President Rouhani of Iran

2013 Royal Television Society Award, News Channel of the Year,

CNN International

2013 Legendary Awards, Humanitarian Award

2012 Peabody Award for CNN’s Coverage of Inside Syria and Homs

2012 Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage – Revolution in Egypt

2012 IRE Medal for Investigative Reporting – Benghazi: US Consulate Attack

2012 Edward R. Murrow Award, CNN Reporting from Inside Syria

2012 Royal Television Society Award, News Channel of the Year, CNN International

2011 Peabody Award for CNN’s Reporting of The Arab Spring

2011 SPJ – Public Service in Television Journalism, The CNN Freedom Project

2010 Peabody Award for CNN’s Coverage of Gulf Oil Spill

2010 Golden Nymph awarded to CNN for its 24-hour news coverage of the

earthquake in Haiti

2008 Ellis Island Medal of Honor recognizing Parisa as a distinguished American

2007 Edward R. Murrow Award for CNN’s coverage of the Middle East Conflict

2006 duPont Award for CNN’s Coverage of The Tsunami Disaster in South Asia

2005 Peabody Award for CNN: Hurricane Katrina

2004 Overseas Press Club for CNN’s Anatomy of a Raid

2003 CINE Award for CNN’s War in Iraq: The Road to Baghdad

2002 Overseas Press Club Award for CNN’s post 9-11 coverage

2001 Edward R. Murrow Award for CNN’s coverage of Sierra Leone

1995 duPont Award for CNN’s coverage of the Moscow uprising

1995 Overseas Press Club for CNN’s coverage of the Moscow uprising

1994 duPont Award for CNN’s coverage of Bosnia

1993 Golden CableACE Award for CNN’s coverage of the Gulf War

1993 Emmy Award for CNN’s coverage of Somalia

1993 Sigma Delta Chi Award for CNN’s coverage of Somalia

1992 Peabody Award for CNN’s coverage of attempted coup d’etat in the Soviet Union

1991 Peabody Institutional Award: CNN for its coverage of The Soviet Coup

1990 duPont Award for CNN’s Coverage of China

1990 Peabody Institutional Award: CNN for its Coverage of The Persian Gulf War

1989 Peabody Award for CNN’s Coverage of China