Christina Zdanowicz - Senior Producer, Social Discovery
Christina Zdanowicz
Senior Producer, Social Discovery
Christina identifies trending topics and important social conversations around the top stories CNN is covering each day. Assign. Write. Edit. Innovate. Repeat.
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April 24, 2024 - US university protests
Apr 25, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protests are taking place at major American universities, prompting some officials to take extraordinary steps to confront the growing crisis. Follow for live news updates.
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Protests at Columbia and other schools escalate
Apr 24, 2024
Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus, have taken steps to try to address students’ concerns over safety and freedom of expression.
Will Arizona enforce a Civil War-era law banning nearly all abortions in the state?
Apr 12, 2024
Arizona officials are scrambling to address a near total abortion ban revived by the state’s Supreme Court this week, before the Civil War-era law almost completely halts access to Arizona’s already limited abortion services.
Message in a bottle from high school class found 32 years later unlocks memories of beloved teacher
Feb 7, 2024
The extraordinary discovery of a decades-old message in a bottle has inspired alumni of a Long Island high school to remember their beloved late science teacher.
Deadly atmospheric river parks over Southern California, flooding roads and causing more than 100 mudslides
Feb 6, 2024
An intense, long-lasting atmospheric river is moving across California — bringing widespread power outages, mudslides and life-threatening flooding as it dumps heavy rain and snow. Follow our live coverage here. This is what’s happening:
Nearly 140 people on cruise ship Queen Victoria sickened with gastrointestinal illness
Feb 2, 2024
More than 100 passengers and crew have fallen ill while on a three-week leg of a 107-night cruise with Cunard Cruise Line on the Queen Victoria, according to a report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Longtime NRA head Wayne LaPierre finishes testimony in New York civil trial a day before retiring
Jan 30, 2024
Wayne LaPierre, who helmed the National Rifle Association for three decades, wrapped us his testimony at a civil corruption case Tuesday by saying he wasn’t in it for the money, a day before he is set to step down as CEO.
CBS newsman Charles Osgood dies at 91
Jan 24, 2024
Former CBS journalist Charles Osgood, an award-winning newsman known for his work on radio and television, died Tuesday at his home in New Jersey, CBS News reported. He was 91.
15 years after the Miracle on the Hudson, some struggle with PTSD while others learned to fly
Jan 7, 2024
As Vallie Collins texted her husband that her flight was going down, moments of the life she dreamed of flashed before her.
A man trapped in a wrecked truck survived for days by filtering water from drainpipe and keeping warm under an air bag
Dec 29, 2023
Unable to move his legs, Matt Reum used whatever he could reach with his hands while he waited six days for rescue, pinned inside a wrecked pickup truck.
‘They’re on the way, buddy,’ Good Samaritan reassures man trapped in wrecked truck during 911 call
Dec 28, 2023
While on the phone with an emergency dispatcher, Nivardo Delatorre reassured a driver pinned in his wrecked pickup truck for days that help was on the way.
American woman accused of conspiring to kill her husband released on bail in the Bahamas
Dec 8, 2023
American Lindsay Shiver, accused of conspiring to kill her husband with two co-defendants in the Bahamas, was granted bail of $100,000 by a Bahamian Supreme Court justice on Wednesday.
‘Every move I make, I second guess’: These Muslim and Arab Americans say the surge in hate has made them more vigilant
Nov 21, 2023
CNN recently asked Arabs, Muslims and Jews in America how they are facing the new reality of hate-motivated attacks against their communities. Nearly 800 people responded from across the country. These are their stories.
A mother shielding her son, a 26-year-old attending a music festival and 2 brothers are among the Americans killed in Israel
Oct 19, 2023
A mother who shielded her son from gunfire, a “pro-peace” academic, young people at a musical festival and a pair of brothers are among at least 32 Americans killed in the warfare between Israel and Hamas, family members and officials say.
These Americans are enduring an agonizing wait for news about loved ones in Israel and Gaza
Oct 14, 2023
For Israelis and Palestinians alike, the world has been upended in a matter of days. For them, along with anxious loved ones across the United States, a terrifying new reality is starting to set in: A sense of impending doom, loss and uncertainty.
He stopped at a gas station for a chocolate bar and Gatorade. Then he was gunned down
Oct 13, 2023
Alexander Lara Delgado’s mother lost her only child on the early morning of January 7, awoken by a phone call that her son had been shot after his car was struck by another at the gas station and an altercation ensued. The happy, lovable and outgoing teen left behind both parents, four half-siblings on his dad’s side and two stepsiblings.
