Michael Holmes (broadcaster)

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This article is about the CNN anchor. For the former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, see Michael Holmes (politician).

Michael Holmes (born in 1961 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian anchor and correspondent for CNN International. He attended Wesley College, Perth from 1973-77. Holmes began his career at the Daily News newspaper in Perth. Prior to his work at CNN, he was a reporter for more than a decade for Australia's Nine Network in Perth, Sydney, London and Melbourne. He spent four years based in London. He was the first Australian anchor hired by CNN International and has reported extensively around the world, including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as the Israel/Palestinian conflict. Holmes has more than 30 years of experience in journalism and has worked as a foreign correspondent in dozens of countries. He currently resides in Atlanta.