Mike Walter

Mike Walter

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Mike Walter is a five time Emmy award winning broadcast journalist. He currently serves as general news anchor on the nightly CGTN-America News hour. For two years he also hosted CGTN-America’s flagship weekly talk show, “The Heat”. The 39th U.S. President Jimmy Carter, legendary U.S. broadcaster Tom Brokaw, U.S. Senator Carl Levin, disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, and multiple Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman were among those interviewed by Walter. In April of 2014 Walter cycled off the Heat and began hosting a new one hour weekly talk show. “Full Frame” has featured interviews with Bill Gates, Yo Yo Ma, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Herbie Hancock, and Deepak Chopra.

Walter has won a number of prestigious honors during his 20 plus years as a broadcast journalist. In 2010, Walter won the Ted Yates Memorial award, a special Emmy only given by unanimous vote of the board of directors of the Washington Chapter of the National Academy of the Television Arts and Sciences.

In 2005, Walter became the only local broadcast news anchor to ever win the coveted Dart Ochberg Fellowship.

Before joining CGTN-America, Walter enjoyed worldwide attention for his first independent documentary project, “Breaking News, Breaking Down”. The film was selected as one of the three best documentary shorts by Moving Pictures magazine. It was also chosen as Best Documentary Short at the Cannes Independent Film Festival, one of six awards the film collected before it was bought by PBS. Profiles on Walter and the film have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Times, the Washington Examiner, and Journalistan (A magazine devoted to journalists in Sweden) and the Australian. The film has screened in close to a dozen countries.

Walter witnessed the Pentagon attack in 2001 while working as Senior Correspondent at USA TODAY LIVE. He shared his first person account of watching the 9/11 attack with the BBC, CBS, CNN, and the Canadian Broadcasting Network. He also appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show, and his 9/11 story was featured in People Magazine. In addition, Walter was a key contributor to two books about the 9/11 attacks, “Broadcasting through Crisis”, and “Covering Catastrophe”. In addition part of his oral history of the attack is part of the collection on display at the 9/11 Memorial Museum which opened in May of 2014.

STORIES BY MIKE WALTER

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March 15, 2024

The Heat: Israel-Hamas Conflict

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with his war cabinet on Friday and approved plans for a military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah. The Israeli military said it will evacuate civilians to what it calls “humanitarian islands” in the middle of the Gaza […] Read More...
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March 11, 2024

The Heat: Two Sessions

Chinese officials and lawmakers closed out the Two Sessions after more than a week of meetings and deliberations. Those policy decisions will now serve as the country’s blueprint going forward. What are the key takeaways? Joining the discussion: Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow at […] Read More...
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March 8, 2024

The Heat: Two Sessions

It has been a major political week in Beijing where China’s annual Two Sessions is taking place.  What have we learned about China’s plans for 2024? Joining the discussion: Einar Tangen is a Senior Fellow with the Taihe Institute and the founder and chair of […] Read More...
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March 7, 2024

The Heat: Two Sessions | China’s Economy

China’s economy tops the agenda at the 14th National People’s Congress.  Top economic officials, including its commerce and finance ministers, held a news conference on the state of the nation’s economy.  Our guests from Beijing:  Einar Tangen is Senior Fellow at the Taihe Institute and […] Read More...
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February 9, 2024

The Heat: Spring Festival 2024

China’s Spring Festival Gala kicked off the New Year on Friday. The week-long holiday starts the celebration of the Year of the Loong or Dragon. Watched by nearly 700 million people, it’s believed to be the world’s most-watched TV program. Joining us:  Yan Liang is […] Read More...
January 15, 2024

Full Frame: The Future of Education

Education is the foundation upon which we build the future of our society. Historically, a luxury, today education is a critical part of our modern world. But is everyone getting their fair shake? In this episode of Full Frame we look at how we are […] Read More...
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November 7, 2023

The Heat: China-Australia Relations

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, in a show of improved ties between the two nations. It’s been seven years since an Australian prime minister visited China. Trade tensions and security concerns impacted the relationship but both governments […] Read More...
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November 2, 2023

The Heat: Israel-Hamas Conflict

Israel says its military has entered Gaza City in what’s expected to be a long and deadly ground invasion.  According to the Palestinian Health Authority, more than 9,000 people have been killed since October 7th when Hamas fighters entered Israel and killed 1,400 Israelis.  Meanwhile, […] Read More...
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