Omar Jimenez is an Emmy Award-winning CNN Anchor and Correspondent based in New York.

Jimenez has anchored across nearly all dayparts on both national and international television, covering major breaking news events like the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, the death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, and a historic US-Russia hostage exchange. In 2024, he also led an hour-long special for CNN’s The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper on Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio caught in the politics of the coming presidential election. As a New York based correspondent, Jimenez has covered a number of major stories including 2025’s New Orleans terror attack on New Year’s Day, 2024’s Republican Presidential Primary, and 2023’s deadliest mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. He has also reported on several major sports stories including the 2024 Los Angeles Dodgers World Series win and LeBron James breaking the all-time basketball points record.

Additionally, Jimenez has covered numerous presidential, congressional, and gubernatorial races from key swing states for the network going back to the 2020 presidential election.

Jimenez was previously based in CNN’s Chicago bureau, where he started as a correspondent in 2019. Jimenez has helped lead CNN’s coverage on numerous national and international stories including: the murder of George Floyd, the first major COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, the sudden death of Kobe Bryant, and more.

While in Minneapolis covering protests after George Floyd’s death, he and his team were handcuffed and detained live on air by Minnesota State Patrol. His team was held for a little over an hour before they were released and could return back to coverage. Over the ensuing months, he helped lead the network’s coverage in both the trial and conviction of the former officer found responsible for murdering Floyd.