Shannon van Sant
Reporter and Documentary Filmmaker

Shannon van Sant
Shannon is a reporter and documentary filmmaker.

She has reported from throughout Africa and Asia for CBS News, the Economist and the PBS NewsHour and has been honored with a Human Rights Award for her work from Amnesty International and the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong. Her stories include in-depth reports on Chinese investment in Zambia, Uganda, South Sudan, South Africa and the Comoros and the hunt by U.S. forces for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. In 2011 she filmed the journey of North Korean refugees escaping through China and Southeast Asia. Previously Shannon spent two years as a documentary filmmaker for CCTV, Chinese state-run television. Shannon filmed 11 documentaries for CCTV on Chinese government policies. Her work for American and Chinese broadcast networks has taken her to more than 20 of China's 33 provinces.