Bio

Conor Powell is a POdcast host and veteran TV correspondent with a decade of experience covering conflicts and politics.

After working in politics and the technology industry for several years, Conor began his journalism career at the NBC affiliate KNDO in Yakima, Washington. While in the Evergreen State he covered everything from the growing tensions over immigration in the community to dozens of local and state elections – including the 2006 Senate race between Mike McGavick and Sen. Maria Cantwell.

Before moving to Afghanistan as a freelance video journalist in February of 2009, Conor covered Congress and the 2008 Presidential election for Newschannel 8 & WJLA in Washington, D.C.

From 2009 until 2012, Conor was based in Kabul, and managed FNC’s Afghanistan operation. During that time he traveled and embedded with U.S. and Afghan forces countless times -including during major military operations in Helmand and Kandahar Provinces. He has also interviewed numerous American politicians and generals.

In 2011, Conor spent nearly two months in Libya covering the Arab Spring and the Libyan Revolution.

After years of traveling in and out of Jerusalem, Conor joined FNC’s Middle East bureau in January 2013. As one of FNC’s Middle East correspondents, he has covered a wide range of stories from Syria’s civil war to Egypt’s military coup. He also reported from inside the Gaza multiple times, including during the 2014 war.

In 2018, Conor quit Fox News and moved to California. Upon returning to the U.S., he began freelancing for CNN both as a Newsource correspondent and as a network field producer, covering a wide range of stories from the 2020 BLM protests to the ongoing border crisis to the 2022 War in Ukraine.

Conor has also written, produced and hosted several successful history podcasts. His first, Long Shots: A Very Political Podcast examined the campaigns of eight presidential hopefuls who failed to capture the White House, but still impacted America’s politics. Long Shots was nominated for two Los Angeles Press Club Awards.

His second podcast, The Lords of Soccer: How FIFA Stole the Beautiful Game is a twelve part true crime series for iHeart Radio that tells the history of the decades long corruption that plagued soccer’s governing body, FIFA.

Conor’s work has appeared in The Daily Beast, Podcast Business Journal, Front Page Live, Richmond Times Dispatch, The Hill Newspaper and The National Review.

Conor Powell graduated with honors from the Virginia Military Institute with a B.A in International Studies and earned a M.A. in Social and Political Science from Cambridge University in England. He grew up in Arlington, Virginia and is married to Atia Abawi, a journalist and author.