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Kitty Pilgrim
Kathryn Pilgrim, known professionally as Kitty Pilgrim, has worked throughout her career as international journalist and author. She was a CNN anchor and correspondent for 25 years. She is active in the world of foreign policy, covering many international issues. She is currently a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is founder of her own company, Kitty Pilgrim Media, based in New York.
Pilgrim is a devoted advocate of Women Peace and Security and gives speeches on that topic in many venues around the world. As one of the early reporters at CNN she is often asked to speak on the role of the media in society. She publishes her own podcast Pilgrim's Progress - a program that interviews women who make a difference in their communities and the world.
She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of Chatham House in London, and a member of the NACFP, National Committee on American Foreign Policy. In 2024 she became a adjunct senior fellow in the Office of the president at East-West Center in Honolulu. She accepted a nonresident Fellowship in Women Peace and Security at WIIS (Women in International Security) in 2024 and continues to work with that organization as a board member. Many of her academic fellowships involve security issues in various regions of the world. She was a fellow at the Salzburg Global Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, for Asian Pacific security, a fellow at the East–West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, for Asian economic and security issues, and a Hong Kong journalism fellow and a fellow in the East–West Center's Korean Journalism exchange.
Pilgrim graduated from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, with a degree in political science. She studied Russian, economics and political science, which ultimately led to her career in journalism. She delivered the commencement speech for the Class of 2012, earning an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Manhattanville College. She currently teaches Women Peace and Security and Critical Thinking at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. In 2025, she is teaching in the Leadership for Change program at the Bard College summer session in Brooklyn, New York.
She has a master's from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. She attended the Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union. In 2024 she earned a Graduate Certificate in International Security from Harvard Extension School. In 2025 she earned a certificate at Harvard Business School's Executive Women's Leadership Program.
She is interested in science and exploration, particularly ocean science and arctic regions, and is a fellow in the Royal Geographical Society in London, and a full member of the Explorer's Club of New York City. . She participates in various scientific meetings on oceanography and arctic security.
Pilgrim worked as New York-based anchor and correspondent for CNN for 25 years. Her travels have taken her on special assignments to Russia, Cuba, China, Japan, South Korea, Europe, and parts of Africa. In domestic reporting she covered economics, politics, and a range of other topics. She was part of the CNN team that broadcast continuously in New York during the September 11 attacks and in the weeks thereafter.
Kitty Pilgrim began her career as a New York City-based news anchor and correspondent for CNN, starting in 1986 as a production assistant, and was named correspondent shortly thereafter. She anchored her own morning show, Early Edition, in 1998 and 1999 and served as an anchor for CNN, CNNI, CNNfn, and Headline News for more than a decade. Starting in 2001, she was prime-time back-up anchor for the 7PM hour on CNN, a position she held for a decade.
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Kitty Pilgrim
Kathryn Pilgrim, known professionally as Kitty Pilgrim, has worked throughout her career as international journalist and author. She was a CNN anchor and correspondent for 25 years. She is active in the world of foreign policy, covering many international issues. She is currently a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is founder of her own company, Kitty Pilgrim Media, based in New York.
Pilgrim is a devoted advocate of Women Peace and Security and gives speeches on that topic in many venues around the world. As one of the early reporters at CNN she is often asked to speak on the role of the media in society. She publishes her own podcast Pilgrim's Progress - a program that interviews women who make a difference in their communities and the world.
She is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of Chatham House in London, and a member of the NACFP, National Committee on American Foreign Policy. In 2024 she became a adjunct senior fellow in the Office of the president at East-West Center in Honolulu. She accepted a nonresident Fellowship in Women Peace and Security at WIIS (Women in International Security) in 2024 and continues to work with that organization as a board member. Many of her academic fellowships involve security issues in various regions of the world. She was a fellow at the Salzburg Global Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, for Asian Pacific security, a fellow at the East–West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, for Asian economic and security issues, and a Hong Kong journalism fellow and a fellow in the East–West Center's Korean Journalism exchange.
Pilgrim graduated from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, with a degree in political science. She studied Russian, economics and political science, which ultimately led to her career in journalism. She delivered the commencement speech for the Class of 2012, earning an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Manhattanville College. She currently teaches Women Peace and Security and Critical Thinking at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York. In 2025, she is teaching in the Leadership for Change program at the Bard College summer session in Brooklyn, New York.
She has a master's from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) at Columbia University. She attended the Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union. In 2024 she earned a Graduate Certificate in International Security from Harvard Extension School. In 2025 she earned a certificate at Harvard Business School's Executive Women's Leadership Program.
She is interested in science and exploration, particularly ocean science and arctic regions, and is a fellow in the Royal Geographical Society in London, and a full member of the Explorer's Club of New York City. . She participates in various scientific meetings on oceanography and arctic security.
Pilgrim worked as New York-based anchor and correspondent for CNN for 25 years. Her travels have taken her on special assignments to Russia, Cuba, China, Japan, South Korea, Europe, and parts of Africa. In domestic reporting she covered economics, politics, and a range of other topics. She was part of the CNN team that broadcast continuously in New York during the September 11 attacks and in the weeks thereafter.
Kitty Pilgrim began her career as a New York City-based news anchor and correspondent for CNN, starting in 1986 as a production assistant, and was named correspondent shortly thereafter. She anchored her own morning show, Early Edition, in 1998 and 1999 and served as an anchor for CNN, CNNI, CNNfn, and Headline News for more than a decade. Starting in 2001, she was prime-time back-up anchor for the 7PM hour on CNN, a position she held for a decade.