Bianna Golodryga

Anchor / Senior Global Affairs Analyst

Bianna Golodryga is a CNN anchor and senior global affairs analyst. Based in New York she anchors One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga weekdays at 12pm ET on CNN International and CNN Max.
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<p>Bianna Golodryga speaks to Financial Times columnist Edward Luce about Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech at the Democratic National Convention — and whether she’ll be able to win over independent and undecided voters.</p>
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On GPS: What Kamala Harris must do to win 7:26
Aug 25, 2024
Bianna Golodryga speaks to Financial Times columnist Edward Luce about Vice President Kamala Harris’ speech at the Democratic National Convention — and whether she’ll be able to win over independent and undecided voters.
<p>Bianna Golodryga talks with Michael Kofman of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about what Ukraine hopes to achieve from its surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, as it also fends off a Russian assault to its east.</p>
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On GPS: Ukraine’s two raging battlefronts 6:24
Aug 25, 2024
Bianna Golodryga talks with Michael Kofman of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about what Ukraine hopes to achieve from its surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, as it also fends off a Russian assault to its east.
<p>Bianna Golodryga speaks to Haaretz journalist Amos Harel and Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution about the ongoing ceasefire talks in Cairo — and why so many players involved are not interested in a deal.</p>
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On GPS: Why a Middle East peace deal may not happen 7:06
Aug 25, 2024
Bianna Golodryga speaks to Haaretz journalist Amos Harel and Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution about the ongoing ceasefire talks in Cairo — and why so many players involved are not interested in a deal.
<p>Bianna Golodryga hears from Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution and Haaretz journalist Amos Harel about the implications of some of the fiercest cross-border strikes between Israel and Hezbollah in months.</p>
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On GPS: A closer look at the Israel-Hezbollah escalation 7:06
Aug 25, 2024
Bianna Golodryga hears from Suzanne Maloney of the Brookings Institution and Haaretz journalist Amos Harel about the implications of some of the fiercest cross-border strikes between Israel and Hezbollah in months.
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‘The messenger matters as much as the message:’ Biden biographer on Harris nomination 11:22
Aug 23, 2024
New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos talks to Bianna Golodryga about experiencing “politics and history at light speed.”
A view of destruction in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip on December 17, 2023, resulting from weeks of Israeli bombardment of the Palestinian territory.
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Palestinian homes were destroyed ‘for revenge,’ says Israeli soldier who served in Gaza
Aug 1, 2024
Destroyed homes, looting, and a desire for revenge. A former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservist has alleged serious misconduct by Israeli forces in Gaza, and a lack of discipline in the command structure, in an interview with CNN.
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‘Tomorrow, I kill you:’ Rescued hostage details psychological abuse during eight months of Hamas captivity
Jul 12, 2024
When the Gaza sunshine was at its hottest, Andrey Kozlov said the Hamas fighters would cover him with blankets, leaving him to stew in his sweat. When he asked about his family, they would say they had forgotten him. When they pulled the blindfold from his eyes, they said they would kill him and film his murder.
A man looks at memorabilia and pictures of the hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, displayed at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 27.
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Six months after October 7, it still feels like Day 1 for hostage families
Apr 7, 2024
Former captives and relatives of those still being held say they cannot begin to rebuild their lives until all the hostages have returned to Israel.
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Communications Expert: Biden making election a contest between two potential futures 15:48
Mar 8, 2024
Analyst Anat Shenker-Osorio says voters may be turned off by another Trump vs. Biden race, but are focused on where their futures are headed.
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Freed Israeli hostage says she endured ‘psychological warfare’ during 50 days of Hamas captivity
Jan 4, 2024
In an exclusive interview with CNN, Doron Katz Asher describes the conditions in which she was kept and her sense of guilt at being free while others remain captive.
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‘For her, time is running out’: A mother’s desperate plea to get her bloodied and battered daughter out of Hamas captivity
Dec 20, 2023
In one of the first viral videos to emerge from Hamas’ October 7 attack, 19-year-old Naama Levy could be seen being dragged by her hair at gunpoint. Her mother describes the clip as “beyond upsetting,” but thinks it’s important for the world to see.
BATHURST, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 18: Caster Semenya of Team South Africa competes in the Mixed Relay race during the 2023 World Cross Country Championships at Mount Panorama on February 18, 2023 in Bathurst, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images for World Athletics )
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Caster Semenya says she went through ‘hell’ due to?testosterone limits imposed on female athletes
Nov 6, 2023
South Africa’s two-time Olympic champion Caster Semenya told CNN that having to take testosterone-reducing medication in order to compete internationally was “hell” and had a negative impact on her health.
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The long-suppressed truth of the Tulsa Race Massacre 14:54
Sep 17, 2023
100 years after the bloody destruction of “Black Wall Street,” historians Scott Ellsworth and Keisha N. Blain reflect on what happened and the need for reparations.
Nigerien security forces launch tear gas to disperse pro-junta demonstrators gathered outside the French embassy, in Niamey, the capital city of Niger July 30, 2023. REUTERS/Souleymane Ag Anara/File Photo
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‘A country where no one actually rules’: Former Malian official on Niger’s possible future 9:48
Aug 1, 2023
Former Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs Kamissa Camara explains what is happening in Niger after the coup and discusses possible solutions to the current crisis.
In this July 26 photo, a soldier holds a Taiwan national flag during the annual Han Kuang military exercises that simulate an attack on an airfield at Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan.
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‘The CCP respects strength’: Congressman explains why the US should arm Taiwan 10:47
Jul 31, 2023
US House Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi tells Bianna Golodryga that providing arms to Taiwan is necessary to “maintain the status quo” with China.
HONG KONG, CHINA - JUNE 19: Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law looks on during a press conference on June 19, 2020 in Hong Kong, China. Law announced his plans to run in the opposition camp's primaries in the lead-up to Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
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Wanted by Hong Kong, activist says he’s paving his way home 17:23
Jul 24, 2023
Pro-democracy activist Nathan Law speaks with Bianna Golodryga about the bounty issued by the Hong Kong authorities for his arrest. In response, Hong Kong’s security bureau said the police’s actions are “reasonable, rational, legal, and indeed necessary.”

About

Bianna Golodryga is a CNN anchor and senior global affairs analyst. Based in New York she anchors One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga weekdays at 12pm ET on CNN International and CNN Max.

Golodryga has reported extensively on Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, interviewing former hostages and their families about their harrowing experiences. For the six-month anniversary of the deadliest attack in Israel’s 75-year history, she traveled to Israel to speak with family members of some of the men, women and children kidnapped by Hamas for a special episode of The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, ‘Hostages: The Road Home.’

Prior to joining CNN full-time, Golodryga served as co-anchor for CBS This Morning.

In 2017, Golodryga also joined CNN part-time as a contributor. Her expertise in financial news and Russian political affairs contributed to CNN’s coverage of everything from stock market volatility, the President’s historic 2018 summit with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, to the Mueller investigation. Previously, Golodryga was the news and finance anchor for Yahoo News and before that, she co-anchored Good Morning America weekend edition, as well as serving as ABC News’ Business Correspondent.

Golodryga began her career in television news in 2001 as a bureau producer from the New York Stock Exchange for the cable news channel, CNBC. Prior to her career in television, Golodryga worked in the financial services sector.

Golodryga has received several awards and recognition, including the Keystone Policy Center Leadership Award, the University of Texas at Austin Pro Bene Meritis Award, and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program, Good Morning America.

Golodryga graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she received a bachelor’s degree in Russian/East European and Eurasian Studies and a minor in economics. She is fluent in Russian.