Focus Assignment

Sometimes the public perception of a person is straight on or completely wrong. When it comes to talking about Anderson Cooper he is exactly as what he appears to be to the public. Anderson Cooper comes off to the public as a very serious news anchor, who works a lot while traveling to many dangerous places. Cooper doesn’t try to be anything he is not and does not hide his true feelings of important matters during serious interviews. His life has had a number of ups and downs that turned him into the man he is today.

Cooper comes across as a man who is very passionate about work but his life as a kid explains a lot about him now. His coverage’s usually involve a lot of tragedy and disaster. People know he can relate to this tragedy because he has had many losses in his life too. At the young age of ten, he lost his father due to a heart attack and later on his brother committed suicide, leaving just him and his mother. Cooper lets people into his life by his work so there are no surprises when it comes to actually getting to know him.

The public knowledge of Cooper is that he is a hard worker and he is not afraid to share his strong opinions and he is exactly that. When he was in New Orleans he got to interview Senator Mary Kandrieu. He was not happy with her responses to his questions so he kept on asking important questions until he got an answer. He wasn’t trying to be disrespectful but just thought the audience at home deserved an honest answer. People respect him for this because they know he is only trying to get the truth. Through his work and interviews Cooper acts exactly the same as if no one was watching.

When he travels to different places and meets new people, he acts with such passion and seriousness that people assume that this is how he appears all the time and they are safe to assume so. When you think of Anderson Cooper you think of the news and that is what he is thinking of most of the time. He is always trying to get to the bottom of a story and won’t give up until he has discovered it. An example of this would be when he went to Sri Lanka. There was a report of two kidnapped children and Cooper didn’t stop until he found out the real truth of the story. People can rely on Cooper to bring the real facts to a story and not pretend to be anything he is not.

Anderson Cooper’s can portray stories in such a way that his viewers are keen to hear his next story. His audience feels that they already know him because he always shows his true personality. With Anderson Cooper you may never know what he is going to report on next but you can always be sure that he is showing his true self.