All Headline News focus is breaking headline news and a small investigative news effort. AHN covered international and national news using a network of journalists, writers, contributors and freelance "stringers" from the US, Europe, Asia, and Africa. AHN editors were located in various cities in the United States and abroad and managed electronic news gathering operations using a proprietary news content management system called NewsBahn. At its peak, AHN produced over 100,000 news articles a year. In January 2008, AHN was sued by much larger competitor Associated Press, claiming that AHN allegedly infringed on its copyrights and its hot news, a contentious 'quasi-property'
CNN slave auction of African refugees in Libya. Reporting done by Nima Elbagir and Raja Razek. 2018: CNN received the Overseas Press Club of America David Kaplan Award for best TV or video spot news reporting from abroad for reporting on the fall of ISIS. Reporting done by Nick Paton Walsh and Arwa Damon. 2017: CNN received the Prince Rainier III Special Prize at Monte Carlo TV Festival for the documentary, "Midway: A Plastic Island" about sea pollution. 1998: CNN received the Four Freedom Award for the Freedom of Speech. CNN Cable News Network (CNN) is an American news-based pay television