SHORT TAKES : CNN Adds 2 Foreign Bureaus

ATLANTA — Cable News Network announced today it has opened bureaus in Manila and Brussels in an effort to enhance Southeast Asian and European coverage. Maria Ressa has been named CNN correspondent in Manila. Ressa, a free-lance correspondent since June, played an instrumental role in CNN’s coverage of the recent coup attempt in the Philippines. Patricia Kelly will head the Brussels bureau. CNN operates 12 other foreign bureaus in London; Paris; Rome; Frankfurt, West Germany; Moscow; Jerusalem; Cairo; Beijing; Tokyo; Santiago, Chile; Managua, Nicaragua, and Nairobi, Kenya.