Sharif Paget - News Desk Researcher, CNN International
Sharif Paget
News Desk Researcher, CNN International
Sharif Paget is a News Desk Researcher on the International Desk at CNN's World Headquarters in Atlanta.
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People desperate for answers as family members remain unaccounted for days after Helene’s devastation
Oct 23, 2024
North Carolinians among those desperate for answers as family members remain missing days after Helene’s devastation
Georgia authorities investigating ‘catastrophic’ failure of boat dock gangway that killed 7 during Gullah-Geechee festival
Oct 21, 2024
Authorities are investigating the cause of a partial ferry dock collapse on Georgia’s Sapelo Island that turned a day of celebration into tragedy, leaving at least seven dead and six critically injured as crowds gathered for a cultural festival.
Plane Train issue causes ‘pandemonium’ at ATL airport
Oct 7, 2024
A computer issue with the train that shuttles passengers between concourses caused bottlenecks and confusion at ATL airport Monday.
‘Your dad’s in trouble.’ One family’s desperate hunt as the search for Helene’s missing drags on
Oct 3, 2024
“Your dad is in trouble:” One family’s desperate hunt as the search for Helene’s missing drags on.
What Hurricane Helene’s 500-mile path of destruction looks like
Oct 1, 2024
Hurricane Helene has laid waste to the southeastern United States. Its sheer wind force and deadly floods left behind a path of destruction stretching over 500 miles from Florida to the Southern Appalachians.
Kentucky couple say they found body later identified as the interstate shooting suspect after scouring the woods for days
Sep 20, 2024
When a gunman perched atop a cliff’s ledge opened fire on a dozen cars on Kentucky’s Interstate 75, wounding five people, it permeated surrounding communities with fear – and sent one couple into the woods to join the dayslong manhunt for the assailant.
14-year-old student suspect in Georgia school shooting that left 4 dead will be booked tonight, officials say
Sep 5, 2024
The 14-year-old suspect in the fatal mass shooting at a Winder, Georgia, high school will be booked Wednesday night, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said at an evening news conference.
Body of missing Grand Canyon hiker found after flash flooding prompted rescues of more than 100 people
Aug 26, 2024
The body of a missing hiker was recovered along the Colorado River on Sunday after flash flooding in Grand Canyon National Park prompted the rescues of more than 100 people.
Newly surfaced video shows earliest known footage of would-be Trump assassin at rally
Aug 20, 2024
Newly surfaced video shows Thomas Crooks casually walking around the rally grounds in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13 about 90 minutes before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump, offering the clearest visual yet of the would-be assassin that day.
A trucker found a 1-year-old boy alive on a Louisiana roadside after the child was abandoned amid storm Beryl, police say
Jul 12, 2024
A Texas trucker is being hailed a hero after finding a baby on the side of a busy Louisiana highway after Tropical Storm Beryl hit the region earlier this week.
What we know about the White nationalist group Patriot Front
Jul 8, 2024
With their faces concealed behind white cloths and sunglasses, dozens of protesters marched down the streets of downtown Nashville this weekend chanting “Sieg Heil” and “Deportation saves the nation.”
Sheriff’s office recovers 11 guns from Michigan splash pad shooter’s home
Jun 18, 2024
Police are looking for a motive after nine people were shot in what appears to be a “random” shooting that sent panicked families fleeing a crowded recreation area in Rochester Hills, Michigan, on Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
Escaped pet primate in South Carolina was not captured alive
May 30, 2024
An escaped monkey recently recovered in South Carolina was not captured alive, a county official said Thursday, several days after an earlier statement said the “attempts to capture” the animal “were successful.”
Unwieldy wildfires scorch Canada and threaten a community scarred by past catastrophe
May 15, 2024
Improving winds and a storm moving into western Canada are providing a temporary boost to firefighters battling massive wildfires, but the danger remains heightened as they burn close to three communities.
Powerful tornadoes tear across Nebraska and Iowa as weather service warns of ‘catastrophic’ damage
Apr 27, 2024
Devastating tornadoes tore across parts of eastern Nebraska and northeast Texas Friday as a multi-day severe thunderstorm event ramped up in the central United States, injuring at least three people.
About
Sharif Paget is a News Desk Researcher on the International Desk at CNN’s World Headquarters in Atlanta.
Since joining CNN, he has covered a wide range of international news from the killing of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani to the US occupation of Afghanistan, writing pieces on various conflicts in the Middle East.
Before coming to CNN, Paget was awarded a year-long fellowship from the Knight Foundation and worked for VICE News Tonight on HBO as a researcher and producer with television’s first dedicated climate news team. Prior to that, Paget worked abroad in Cairo and the Sinai for Egypt’s only independent English newspaper, Daily News Egypt.
Paget grew up in London, Madrid, and New York City. He is fluent in English, can speak Arabic, and has a working knowledge of Spanish.
He holds a Master’s degree from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, where he specialized in business and data journalism. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and the History of Mathematics and Science from St. John’s College.
