Cynthia "Cinny" Clare Kennard (born December 28, 1953)[1] is an American business and nonprofit executive, author and former broadcast journalist.
Kennard started her journalism career in the late 1970s at WNLK Radio in Norwalk, Connecticut, as a reporter, anchor, and talk show host.
As a correspondent for CBS News, Kennard covered the 1992 Los Angeles riots, the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis and the war in the former Yugoslavia.
Her research on gender and television war coverage was presented at several conferences, including the American Political Science Association.
She also worked with former Secretary of the Smithsonian G. Wayne Clough on an e-book, "Best of Both Worlds: Museums, Libraries, and Archives in a Digital Age."
[15] Kennard also serves on the board of the GlobalPost, an online journalism website committed to providing international reporting rooted in integrity, accuracy, independence and power storytelling.