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Biography

Conor Powell is veteran TV correspondent and host of the Long Shots Podcast. His work has appeared in The Daily Beast, The Hill Newspaper and The National Review. After working in politics and the technology industry for several years, Conor began his journalism career at the NBC affiliate KNDO in Yakima, Washington. Before moving to Afghanistan as a freelance video journalist in February of 2009, Conor covered Congress and the 2008 Presidential election for Newschannel 8 & WJLA in Washington, D.C. From 2009 until 2012, Conor was based in Kabul for Fox News. He traveled and embedded with U.S. and Afghan forces countless times -including during major military operations in Helmand and Kandahar Provinces. In 2011, Conor spent nearly two months in Libya covering the Arab Spring and the Libyan Revolution. After years of traveling in and out of Jerusalem, Conor joined FNC’s Middle East bureau in January 2013. As a Middle East correspondent, he covered a wide range of stories from Syria’s Civil War to Egypt’s military coup to reporting regularly from inside Gaza. In 2019, Conor began freelancing with CNN out of its Los Angeles bureau. At the same time, he created and hosted The Long Shots Podcast with Inside Voices Media. Long Shots tells the story of 8 presidential campaigns that lost their bid for the White House but still changed American politics. Conor Powell graduated with honors from the Virginia Military Institute with a B.A. in International Studies and earned a M.A. in Social and Political Science from Cambridge University in England. He grew up in Arlington, Virginia and is married to Atia Abawi, a journalist and author.

Content

Total articles 209

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  Narrogin speedway racer Luke Nardini sentenced to 60 days jail, 12 months probation over fatal US crash

  By Conor Powell

  Oct. 25, 2024

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  Luke Nardini: Narrogin man facing up to nine months jail under plea deal reached over fatal California crash

  By Conor Powell

  Sep. 09, 2024

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  Luke Nardini: Narrogin man accused of killing two motorists in head-on crash in US rejects plea deal

  By Conor Powell

  Apr. 04, 2024

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