Ammu Kannampilly Email & Phone Number

Nairobi, Kenya

Managed coverage of 12 countries across East Africa.

Mumbai Area, India

Covered business, entertainment, technology and much more in India’s financial capital, including its battle against Covid-19.Managed the Kabul bureau for three weeks during the signing of the US-Taliban deal.

Hong Kong

I edited a wide-ranging file across Asia, from politics and business to sports and features, including translating stories from French to English.Covered the Sri Lanka Easter bombings, the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, and reinforced the Seoul bureau.

Kathmandu, Nepal

I handled AFP's text, photo and video coverage of Nepal, managing a team of four.Reported on the 2015 earthquake, including a deadly avalanche on Everest Base Camp, which I covered despite sustaining injuries in the accident.Managed coverage of the quake aftermath and one-year anniversary, the 2014 avalanche and unprecedented shutdown of Everest, the Annapurna snowstorm and the 2013 national elections. Covered the 2014 SAARC summit and India’s 2014 national elections.

New Delhi Area, India

I reported text and video stories from India. I produced an award-winning multimedia feature on child miners, covered life-saving surgery on a baby with a swollen head, visited the world’s wettest place, reported on the first verdict in the Delhi gang-rape case, among other stories.

New Delhi Area, India

Produced two features for ESPN's primetime show E:60 and ESPN magazine. The Children of Bhopal - I was nominated for an Emmy for producing an investigative feature on the impact of the world's worst industrial disaster on children.Mumbai Masters - sourced and produced a text and television feature on a pro golfer living in a Mumbai slum.

London, United Kingdom

Mumbai 26/11 Attacks – worked as a location producer, coordinated live shots for Nightline and Good Morning America, and wrote several stories for ABCNews.com including an ABC News exclusive on the bombs planted at the Taj & Oberoi hotels.Dotcom Producer – edited top international and domestic stories by ABC News correspondents and anchors. Managed the ABCNews.com foreign coverage during Benazir Bhutto’s assassination and Israel’s 2008-09 Gaza invasion.Broadcast Correspondent – on ABC World News Webcast (Who Wants to Be a Bollywood Star; Close-Knit English Village), on ABC NewsNow (Eye on the Indian Elections I & II; Israelis Attack Gaza Aid Flotilla), and on ABC Early Morning News.Broadcast Anchor – anchored the daily broadcast ABC News on mtvU.Location Producer – on Good Morning America’s Big in Mumbai special with anchor Robin Roberts in March 2009. Produced shoots in one of Asia’s largest slums, Dharavi, and in Mumbai’s markets, nightclubs, train stations, and cricket grounds.

London, United Kingdom

Location Producer – July 2007 floods in Gloucester, UK.

D.Phil (Phd), British Poetry Of The First World War

M.Phil, Twentieth Century English Literature

Ba, Comparative Literature In English And German

Activities and Societies: Graduated magna cum laude.