Flora Charner

Flora Charner is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Journalism at Texas A&M University, joining in August 2024 after a decade at CNN. She previously served as Director of Coverage for CNN’s International Newsgathering unit in Atlanta. Her career includes field-producing for CNN in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean, including coverage of the 2016 Olympics, the Zika outbreak, and political events in Brazil.

Education: MA in Politics from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism; BS in Broadcast Journalism from Emerson College (cum laude).

Research and teaching interests include international journalism, bilingual reporting, and new media strategies. Her work emphasizes multimedia and cross-border storytelling, with a focus on crisis reporting and political dynamics. She has been recognized for groundbreaking coverage of global conflicts like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (2022 Emmy, duPont-Columbia, Overseas Press Club) and Turkey’s incursion into Syria (2019 Emmy).

Award-winning journalist and member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ), she participated in the 2024 Adelante Latina Leadership Academy. Fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.