“My goal is to make the viewer a little bit smarter.” This says Wolf Blitzer – a man who has risen from a print journalist to symbolize the immediacy of TV news delivery. However, with these eleven simple words, he has captured the essential basis of journalism: to inform the viewer about the world around them. So, how did Blitzer accomplish such a feat as to currently host CNN’s The Situation Room? How did he manage to rise from a minor print journalist to a CNN reporter symbolizing the round-the-clock, round-the-world immediacy of TV news delivery (Bisco)? Wolf Isaac Blitzer was born on March 22, 1948, in Augsburg, Germany, to Cesia (Zylberfuden) and David Blitzer (IMDb). However, he moved to Buffalo, New York. Surprisingly, Blitzer’s original goal was not to be a journalist – he applied for and earned a history degree from the University of Buffalo in 1970 instead. As it was, it was a University of Buffalo professor who brought him into the journalism world, asking Blitzer, 'Do you want to be a foreign correspondent?', and Blitzer answered with 'You know what? That sounds …show more content…
In fact, in recent years, Blitzer was pivotal to CNN's election coverage throughout America's Choice 2012, serving as lead anchor on key primary nights, caucus nights and the Emmy award-winning election night (CNN). Wolf Blitzer also covered the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes, and the Boston bombings, informing America and the world of what was devastating the country. In addition to politics, Blitzer is also known for his in-depth reporting on international news, especially in the Middle East. Using his Middle East expertise gained from reporting from Israel in the midst of war, Wolf Blitzer also wrote two books titled Between Washington and Jerusalem: A Reporter's Notebook (Oxford University Press, 1985) and Territory of Lies (Harper and Row, 1989) – both books based on the Middle East, especially in Israel