Laila Harrak Biography
Laila Harrak is an American anchor working for CNN as an anchor for Europe morning editions of CNN Newsroom on Saturday and Sunday as well as weekday news programs. She joined the CNN news team in September 2022, after previously working for DW.
Harrak is an anchor for CNN International and works out of the Atlanta offices of the network. She hosts the Europe morning versions of CNN Newsroom every Saturday and Sunday, as well as news shows during the week. Harrak used to work for Deutsche Welle, Germany’s foreign broadcaster. For nine years, she was the host of the network’s world news shows from Berlin.
Recently, she was very important to the news organization’s in-depth coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. She talked to politicians, activists, and humanitarians and also focused on Germany’s response to the war. Harrak worked for the Associated Press for 10 years before joining Deutsche Welle. During that time, he covered important stories in Kosovo, the Middle East, West Africa, and the war crimes trials in The Hague.
She began her job in 2001 as an intern at CNN in New York. Soon after, she moved to Paris to work for the Associated Press. Harrak went to the University of Amsterdam to study American Studies and Leiden University to study English. As part of the EU’s Erasmus program, she also went to school at New York University for journalism and at Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia in Italy for linguistics and comparative cultural studies.
At CNN, Scholes works alongside; Fareed Zakaria, Fredricka Whitfield, Bill Weir, Amara Walker, John Avlon, Dana Bash, David Axelrod, John Berman, Victor Blackwell, Wolf Blitzer, Kate Bolduan, Pamela Brown, Kim Brunhuber, Erin Burnett, Alisyn Camerota, Julia Chatterley, Rosemary Church, Laura Coates, Anderson Cooper, Audie Cornish, Amanda Davies, Max Foster, Bianna Golodryga, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Erica Hill, Michael Holmes, Van Jones, Brianna Keilar, Lynda Kinkade, John King, Melissa Knowles, Christina Macfarlane, John Miller, Veronica Miracle, Bianca Nobilo, Abby Phillip, Brad Parks, Richard Quest, Don Riddell, Michael Smerconish, Boris Sanchez, Tom Sater.
Laila Harrak Salary
Harrak earns a salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Laila Harrak Net Worth
Harrak has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which she has earned through her career as a news anchor.
Laila Harrak Age
Harrak has neither disclosed the date, month nor the year she was born. Thus, it is not known how old she is or when she celebrates her birthday.
Laila Harrak Height and Weight
Harrak stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall (1.72m) and weighs 57 kgs (125 lbs).
Laila Harrak Family
Harrak was born in the Netherlands and grew up there. She also spent some of her childhood in Tangier, Morocco. She can talk to people in English, Dutch, Arabic, French, German, and a little Italian. She likes to keep her personal life private hence she has neither disclosed the names of her parent nor those of her siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Laila Harrak Husband and Children
Harrak has not disclosed her relationship status as she is very private with her personal life. However, this information will be updated when available.
Laila Harrak Social Media Platform
Harrak is very active on her Twitter page. She has 4k followers on Twitter.