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John Holliman (October 23, 1948 – September 12, 1998) was an American broadcast journalist. He was a member of the original reporting corps for CNN, serving as its agriculture correspondent after serving in the same capacity for Associated Press Radio in Washington, DC. He rose to prominence as one of CNN's "Boys of Baghdad" during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991 and was one of only three journalists reporting from Baghdad when allied bombing of the city began. He was later known for his coverage of science, technology, and space exploration.

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  • John Holliman (* 23. Oktober 1948; † 12. September 1998) war ein US-amerikanischer Journalist. Holliman gehörte zu den Gründungsreportern von CNN und begann im Jahre 1980 dort als Korrespondent für Landwirtschaft. Weltweit bekannt wurde er im Januar 1991, als er einer von drei westlichen Journalisten in Bagdad war (zusammen mit Bernard Shaw und Peter Arnett), die für CNN den Ausbruch des ersten Golfkriegs live kommentierten. Später konzentrierte er sich auf die Weltraumberichterstattung. Er war für die Berichterstattung von der Rückkehr von John Glenn in den Weltraum vorgesehen, als er bei einem Autounfall in der Nähe seines Hauses in den Vororten von Atlanta starb. Im Mai 1999 benannte die US-amerikanische Weltraumbehörde NASA ihr Presseauditorium am Kennedy Space Center nach Holliman. (de)
  • John Holliman (October 23, 1948 – September 12, 1998) was an American broadcast journalist. He was a member of the original reporting corps for CNN, serving as its agriculture correspondent after serving in the same capacity for Associated Press Radio in Washington, DC. He rose to prominence as one of CNN's "Boys of Baghdad" during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991 and was one of only three journalists reporting from Baghdad when allied bombing of the city began. He was later known for his coverage of science, technology, and space exploration. Holliman began his broadcasting career as a news and sports reporter for a local radio station in his hometown of Thomaston, Georgia. After two years at junior college, he transferred to the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. There he worked in the School of Journalism's student broadcasting operations, graduated, and began working as the news director for radio station WGAU, and later as senior newsman at radio station WRFC. He then moved to Atlanta and worked at the AM radio station WSB where he became a local celebrity by broadcasting live for several days from the site of a fire at an oil tank farm in Doraville, Georgia. Holliman landed a job in Washington, DC, working as agricultural editor for the Associated Press. When CNN was created in 1980, he returned to Atlanta to host a weekday morning segment on farming and agricultural news. He was also the first member of the CNN Washington bureau. His international exposure increased after he covered the student uprising in Tiananmen Square, China. His "Holy Cow!" exclamation as a bomb exploded in Baghdad during the first night of the Persian Gulf War in 1991 became a national newspaper headline. Holliman was a frequent speaker and strong supporter of student journalists at the University of Georgia's School (later College) of Journalism. On September 12, 1998, he was killed in a head-on collision in his car near his home in suburban Atlanta. In May 1999, NASA dedicated the Launch Complex 39 Press Site auditorium at the Kennedy Space Center in Holliman's name. (en)
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  • John Holliman (* 23. Oktober 1948; † 12. September 1998) war ein US-amerikanischer Journalist. Holliman gehörte zu den Gründungsreportern von CNN und begann im Jahre 1980 dort als Korrespondent für Landwirtschaft. Weltweit bekannt wurde er im Januar 1991, als er einer von drei westlichen Journalisten in Bagdad war (zusammen mit Bernard Shaw und Peter Arnett), die für CNN den Ausbruch des ersten Golfkriegs live kommentierten. Später konzentrierte er sich auf die Weltraumberichterstattung. Er war für die Berichterstattung von der Rückkehr von John Glenn in den Weltraum vorgesehen, als er bei einem Autounfall in der Nähe seines Hauses in den Vororten von Atlanta starb. (de)
  • John Holliman (October 23, 1948 – September 12, 1998) was an American broadcast journalist. He was a member of the original reporting corps for CNN, serving as its agriculture correspondent after serving in the same capacity for Associated Press Radio in Washington, DC. He rose to prominence as one of CNN's "Boys of Baghdad" during the first Persian Gulf War in 1991 and was one of only three journalists reporting from Baghdad when allied bombing of the city began. He was later known for his coverage of science, technology, and space exploration. (en)
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