Debora Patta reports from inside Aleppo

Debora Patta, CBS News' Foreign Correspondent usually based in Africa has been reporting out of the war-torn Syrian city of Aleppo over these last few days.

This as the Syrian army continues to make strides in reclaiming the City.

Very few American news organisations ever send their own reporters to locations like Aleppo, instead opting to use stock footage and voice overs for reporting that feels very disconnected from the people on the ground.

However, with Patta on the ground, CBS News users get a very real and hands-on experience of what things are like in the City, like in the above picture where she takes viewers inside one of the tunnels once controlled by the rebels.

You can follow Debora's esperience on her Twitter account, @debora_patta

Debora Patta Nominated for News and Documentary Emmy Award

Former eNews editor, Debora Patta has been announced as a nominee for this year's News and Documentary Emmys, which aims to recognise outstanding achievement in broadcast journalism.

Currently Debora serves as CBS News' Foreign Correspondent based in Africa where she covers major stories and breaking news from across the continent.

She is nominated for "The War Against Ebola," a story documenting Liberia's struggle with the Ebola virus. You can find a written version of the story by clicking here.

Since joining CBS News in early 2013, Debora has traveled across the continent covering major news stories like Boko Haram in Nigeria, Al Shabab in Kenya, Oscar Pistorius and the passing of Nelson  Mandela in South Africa, and the Ebola story from countries few other journalists were going to.

The News and Documentary Emmy Awards takes place on September 28th from the Lincoln Centre.

Debora Patta In Kenya

With the recent attacks in Kenya, news organsations have been scrambling to provide on the ground coverage from Kenya. CBS News' Debora Patta is in Kenya as well covering the tragedy and its aftermath.


Debora was, of course, eNews' editor in chief (and anchor in chief) until her unexpected exit from the organisation back in May 2013.

If you miss Debora on your tv as much as I do, here is two of her reports on the Kenyan tragedy for her [relatively] new home, America's CBS News, where she holds the title of foreign correspondent: