Wolf Blitzer

Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network. He has been a host of The Situation Room, now formally known as The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, since 2005. Since March 2025, Blitzer co-hosts the show with Pamela Brown; previously he served as the network's lead political anchor until 2021 and as the sole host of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer during the show's early evening run between 2005 and 2025.

• •Wolf Blitzer's birth name is Wolf Isaac Blitzer.
• •He is a naturalized U.S. citizen, having been born in Augsburg, West Germany, to Polish Jewish parents who were Holocaust survivors.
• •Blitzer is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and holds a Master of Laws degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
• •Before joining CNN, Blitzer worked for the Associated Press and wrote for The Jerusalem Post.
• •He is known for his distinctive deep voice and his signature tie, which he often wears.