Matt Rivers Biography
Matt Rivers is an American journalist employed at CNN as an international correspondent based in Mexico City. He previously worked for CBS 3; KSAT-TV and KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas.
Matt Rivers Age
His age is unavailable to the public.
Matt Rivers Height
He stands at 6 feet 1 inch (Approx 1.9 m).
Matt Rivers Family
On May 9, 2022, Rivers shared a photo of his parents, wishing his mother a happy mothers day.
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Matt Rivers Wife
Rivers has not informed the public about his wife however, he keeps on posting photos on his Instagram account accompanied by a lady.
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Matt Rivers Education
CNN’s international correspondent, Matt Rivers holds a dual degree from Syracuse University in New York where he majored in broadcast journalism and Spanish.
Matt Rivers CNN
Matt Rivers is a journalist employed at CNN as an international correspondent based in Mexico City. He previously worked for CBS 3; KSAT-TV and KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas.
Rivers has covered several pivotal stories such as the ongoing Covid-19 crisis in Brazil and Mexico. During this time he has spent a couple of weeks in 2022 reporting on the nation’s collapsing healthcare system and uncertainties in the vaccine rollout, and also the immigration debate at the US-Mexico border.
Most recently, Rivers investigated a human smuggling chain in Mexico’s Ciudad Juárez, seeing first-hand how smugglers support people who cross migrants into the United States of America illegally while constantly putting those migrants at great personal risk along the way.
Earlier while in CNN’s Beijing bureau, Rivers reported on primary news stories across the Asia Pacific such as the Hong Kong protests; the US-China trade war; Taiwan’s memorable legalization of same-sex marriage; and China’s association with the Trump government, playing a pivotal part in the network’s coverage of then-Pres. Trump’s foremost official visit to Asia.
In 2018 Rivers was given occasional access to Myanmar during his coverage of the Rohingya refugee crisis, visiting regions of Rakhine State for CNN. In addition to his duties, he communicated to the wives of imprisoned Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone subsequently to their imprisonment in the country.
Since joining CNN in 2015, Rivers has also covered key breaking stories across the globe such as the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami, which devastated the Indonesian city of Palu as well as the rescue of twelve boys and their coach from the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. Also, Rivers has led high-profile interviews with current Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, then-Disney CEO Bob Iger, Baidu CEO Robin Li and Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton.
Rivers has reported comprehensively on both Chinese and North Korean relations, for instance, Kim Jong Un’s visits to Beijing and ongoing tensions across the South China Sea. Additionally, he has reported on technological advancements across China for the network’s Business, including the development of Shenzhen into a tech hub and advancements in the US-China trade war. Rivers is also able to shoot and edit his own work.
Matt Rivers Xinjiang
Rivers investigated the mass abuse of Muslims in western China in 2019, where millions of nationals have been imprisoned due to religious beliefs. He and his crew moved to Kazakhstan and China’s Xinjiang Province for this three-part series, talking to former prisoners and camp workers who blame the Chinese administration for torturing the prisoners while experiencing political indoctrination.
China went to great heights to thwart the network’s investigation for instance harassing CNN’s correspondent, Rivers inside his hotel, setting up spontaneous roadblocks on pivotal highways, and continuously tracking the team while they were on the ground.
Matt Rivers CBS 3
Before his time at CNN, Rivers was in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he was a reporter for CBS 3. He was initially working at KSAT-TV in San Antonio, Texas after departing KTSM-TV in El Paso, Texas.
Famous for specializing in breaking news and investigations, his three-part series into apparent campaign abuses by the Sheriff of San Antonio resulted in an investigation by the Texas Rangers. To summarize, he has also reported extensively from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Matt Rivers Salary
Rivers earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $110,500.
Matt Rivers’s Net Worth
Rivers has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million.
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