Donie O’Sullivan wins Emmy — but ‘still no South Kerry Championships’

The Kerry man has been working with CNN since 2016

CNN Correspondent Donie O'Sullivan in Cahersiveen. Pcture: Alan Landers.

Senior CNN correspondent and proud Caherciveen man Donie O’Sullivan has won an Emmy for outstanding new coverage.

O’Sullivan was recognised for his work on the three-part documentary MisInfoNation which was broadcast as part of The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper during the US election coverage. He led the reporting in three hour-long CNN specials.

Celebrating the win, O’Sullivan posted a photo on Instagram with the caption: “Won an Emmy!!! (Still no South Kerry Championships).” 

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The South Kerry man has been working with CNN since 2016 and rose to international prominence for his reporting during the 2021 US Capitol attack.

His work has covered the impact of social media on politics and in 2022 his own Twitter account was among several journalists' accounts that were suspended after covering the social media site’s owner Elon Musk, who accused O’Sullivan of violating Twitter's policy on doxing.

O’Sullivan was previously nominated for News Emmy awards in 2020, 2021 and 2024.