Owen Fairclough reports for CGTN from our Washington, D.C. office.
From election trails to Brexit, (nearly) Grexit and even Africa’s first World Cup, Owen has been a reporter for nearly 20 years in the UK, France and now in the United States, trying to make sense of perhaps the most defining story of our times: the Trump administration and the rise of populism.
Owen began his career as a newspaper and newswires reporter before betraying print journalism purists by crossing the aisle into TV with the BBC. He left the UK in 2008 to become business editor at France 24 and then moved across the Atlantic in 2014 to join CGTN America.
One year ago six maintenance engineers were killed when a cargo ship crashed into a bridge in the middle of the night. The collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge was a devastating blow to a key trade hub for the U.S. as it […] Read More...
On March 4, Donald Trump promised the U.S. Congress that he’d deliver the “greatest economy in history.” Right now, investors clearly disagree their doubts have triggered a market plunge so steep that analysts are calling it a “rout.” Losses on Monday, March 10, alone exceeded […] Read More...
U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to take the first formal steps toward abolishing the Department of Education, according to reports out Thursday, Mar. 6. Trump has long complained about public schools that serve some 50 million students using programs to address systemic racism and […] Read More...
Donald Trump’s congressional address was a moment for him to savor a new presidency like few in the modern era. Trump has implemented a radical agenda that includes starting a new trade war. And if he has the complete backing of Republican lawmakers, some […] Read More...
China has welcomed the phone call between Vladmir Putin and Donald Trump over ending Russia’s conflict with Ukraine. The Russian and U.S. presidents are working towards a face-to-face meeting after their phone call on Wednesday, Feb. 12. But there are major obstacles, as Owen Fairclough […] Read More...
Rescue teams continue to search the freezing waters of Washington D.C.’s Potomac River for the remaining victims of the collision between a passenger jet and army helicopter. The remains of 41 people have been pulled from the river so far. All 67 passengers and crew […] Read More...
Air travel resumed at Washington Reagan National Airport Thursday, Jan. 30, after a deadly aircraft collision Wednesday night just minutes away from the nation’s capital. All 67 of those on board both the passenger jet and military helicopter were killed. Even as authorities continue […] Read More...
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