Barbara Arvanitidis an award-winning senior producer based in London.
Barbara is part of CNN's newsgathering operation, deploying quickly to stories as they break. Barbara helps shape CNN's editorial coverage on location by managing multiple teams for large breaking news events. She most recently coordinated and managed CNN's on-the-ground response to the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Barbara has worked on numerous investigations which have resonated with audiences and impacted government policy, including a report with Senior International Correspondent Nima Elbagir, revealing that a bomb that killed 40 children on a school bus in Yemen was made in America. This report, in addition to further investigations, influenced the US Congress to temporarily ban arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
Before moving to CNN's London bureau, Barbara lived and worked in Sao Paulo, Brazil for six years, reporting on Latin America. Stories she covered included Pope Francis' first foreign visit, and subsequently his Latin America tour. Barbara worked on breaking news coverage during the Chilean earthquake, the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Prior to working for CNN, Barbara was a producer/director at the BBC's current affairs department for nine years, working on, amongst others, Newsnight and Panorama.
