Pedram "P.J." Javaheri (born May 24, 1983) is an Iranian-American

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for

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based at CNN World Headquarters in

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. He can be seen regularly on editions of ''

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'' and '' World Business Today''. He also fills in on HLN's ''

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'' and appears on CNN U.S. during breaking news and severe weather coverage.

Background

Javaheri was born in

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to Iranian parents. In October 1993, his family emigrated from Tehran to Redmond,

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, where he attended elementary school and high school. He moved on to college at Mesa Community College and Arizona State University. He also attended Mississippi State University, where he obtained degrees in

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and

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.CNN Programs
/ref> Javaheri is fluent in

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, Turkish, and English.

Broadcasting career

Javaheri began as a weather anchor at Arizona State University in 2002. While there, he led and developed the school’s first weather department at NewsWatch TV, an in-school news program broadcast throughout the State of Arizona. One week prior to his graduation, he accepted a position as a meteorologist in

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. He was later promoted to chief meteorologist and oversaw all weather operations. In 2008, a duopoly station in California's Central Coast hired him to serve as the environmental reporter and present the weather as a meteorologist for

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, KKFX, KION, and

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. He had an audience of over 500,000 television households. While in California, he covered numerous notable events. In 2008, he was on the scene of the Basin Complex Fire in Big Sur, the second costliest wildfire in U.S. history. In June 2009, he became the only reporter in the market to cover the

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at the Staples Center after having won a lottery to attend it. He joined

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in June 2010 and now resides in

Awards and recognition

During his time in

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, Javaheri received an Emmy nomination for outstanding achievement in weather from the

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. In August 2010, ''Iranian.com'' honored him as its Iranian of the Day. He was part of the CNN weather team that won the prestigious Peabody Award for its coverage of the 2010

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in the

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. On March 11, 2011, in the aftermath of the devastating Japanese earthquake, he and CNN U.S. meteorologist Chad Myers became the first duo in CNN’s history to simultaneously forecast and cover the resulting

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and its impact to a global audience.

References

External links

Pedram Javaheri CNN Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Javaheri, Pedram Scientists from Tehran People from Redmond, Washington Arizona State University alumni Mississippi State University alumni 1983 births Living people CNN people American television weather presenters American people of Iranian descent