Life and career Jake Tapper

1 life , career

1.1 abc news
1.2 cnn
1.3 other programs , media
1.4 published works

life , career

in 1992, tapper served campaign press secretary democratic congressional candidate marjorie margolies-mezvinsky (pa-13), , later served congressional press secretary. tapper worked powell tate, washington, d.c., public relations firm run democrat jody powell , republican sheila tate. tapper worked briefly handgun control, inc. (now brady center prevent gun violence) in 1997.

tapper wrote several articles freelance writer , began full-time journalism career in 1998; 2 years, senior writer washington city paper. while there, tapper wrote article going on date monica lewinsky, skewered washington s culture of scandal. tapper won society of professional journalists award work @ washington city paper.

tapper washington correspondent salon.com 1999 2002. tapper s reports enron nominated 2002 columbia university school of journalism online award, , questioner of bush administration s claims iraq having weapons of mass destruction.

in 2001, tapper host of cnn news talk show, take five. tapper columnist talk magazine, , has written new yorker, new york times magazine, washington post, los angeles times, weekly standard, , other publications. tapper frequent contributor national public radio s things considered , work included in best american political writing 2002. tapper correspondent series of vh1 news specials in 2002.

abc news

abc news hired tapper in 2003. while working there, tapper covered range of topics including; abc news baghdad bureau, new orleans after failure of levees after hurricane katrina, , afghanistan. march july 2010, tapper interim anchor of abc s week, hosting program until christiane amanpour became week s anchor.

tapper named senior white house correspondent on november 5, 2008, day after 2008 presidential election. unprecedented 3 years in row, white house correspondents association has awarded him prestigious merriman smith award presidential coverage under deadline pressure. key part of abc news coverage of inauguration of president obama awarded emmy award outstanding live coverage of current news story.

tapper passed on candidate replace george stephanopoulos anchor of week when stephanopoulos chosen replace diane sawyer co-host of morning america after became anchor of world news. cnn s christiane amanpour selected stephanopoulos s replacement instead. tapper served interim anchor until amanpour took on show on august 1, 2010. passed on again when stephanopoulous decided wanted return position.

tapper contributed regularly morning america, nightline, , world news diane sawyer. in addition anchoring world news , morning america weekend editions , nightline, tapper frequent substitute host of week , served interim host of 2010, scoring first tv interview cia director leon panetta, exclusives vice president biden, white house chief of staff rahm emanuel, retired gen. colin powell, , former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan, in addition interviews other newsmakers such house majority leader steny hoyer, d-maryland, house minority leader john boehner, r-ohio, , senate minority leader mitch mcconnell.

as senior white house correspondent, tapper interviewed president obama several times. prior assignment @ white house, tapper abc news national/senior political correspondent based in network s washington, d.c., bureau. contributed report broadcast of world news tonight peter jennings won 2005 edward r. murrow award best network newscast. abc news lead reporter covering 2008 presidential election, received recognition both breaking stories , even-handedness. traveling iowa new hampshire south carolina , beyond, tapper interviewed both republican presidential nominee sen. john mccain, r-ariz., , presumptive democratic presidential nominee sen. barack obama, d-ill., other white house hopefuls including former sen. john edwards, d-n.c., former new york mayor rudy giuliani, former arkansas gov. mike huckabee, new mexico gov. bill richardson, , former massachusetts gov. mitt romney.

cnn

it announced december 20, 2012, tapper join cnn , anchor new weekday program , serve network s chief washington correspondent. began cnn in january 2013, hosting own program, lead jake tapper. in 2014, mediaite called lead best show on cable news, writing tapper has developed reputation equal opportunity skeptic — confronting democratic politicians toughly republican ones. s among respected names in cable news, we’d argue; not because s affable, because reminds viewers news delivery can without shouting, battling, blasting, or slamming. mediaite named him best cable news host. in follow-up survey of cable news hosts, tapper named best cable news host on cnn.

the lead jake tapper won 3 national headliner awards reporting in 2013. among broadcast television networks, cable networks , syndicators, lead jake tapper won first prize coverage of boston marathon bombing , second prize coverage of oklahoma tornadoes in category of coverage of major news event. won third prize coverage of boston marathon bombing in category of continuing coverage of major news event. in june 2013, new york times allesandra stanley wrote jake tapper, year became host of lead on cnn, has proved s possible create afternoon news show intelligent, nonideological , not horribly boring. in 2014, lead honored series of reports on academic fraud @ university of north carolina @ chapel hill correspondent sara ganim society of professional journalists sigma delta chi award investigative reporting.

on september 16, 2015, tapper moderated 2 republican primary debates ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. main debate drew average of 23.1 million viewers, making watched program in history of cnn , second watched primary debate ever. moderated march 10, 2016 republican presidential debate in miami, drew 12 million viewers , according variety garnered acclaim substance.

in june 2015, tapper became host of cnn s sunday political show, state of union jake tapper. there, has become known challenging politicians of stripes, including challenging senator bernie sanders release tax returns; asking jeb bush why hillary clinton responsible benghazi if brother george w. bush bears no responsibility terrorist attacks on 9/11; asking hillary clinton fbi investigation private email server; , asking donald trump if denounce support white supremacists, ku klux klan, , david duke – referred days later infamous tapper-trump exchange mitt romney in march 2016 speech condemning trump.

other programs , media

tapper has contributed gq, weekly standard, npr s things considered, new york times, , washington post. in 2001, hosted program take 5 on cnn, in young journalists , commentators discussed politics , pop culture. in 2002, hosted series of entertainment news specials on vh1, , in 2003 hosted shows focused on independent film on sundance channel. tapper has been guest on jimmy kimmel live, colbert report, late night seth meyers, conan, view, real time bill maher, , appeared on judge john hodgman podcast guest bailiff, standing in regular bailiff jesse thorn during august 31, 2011 episode entitled de plane .

published works

tapper author of outpost: untold story of american valor, critically acclaimed book u.s. troops in afghanistan debuted @ number 10 on new york times bestseller list hardback non-fiction. bob woodward described book as: brilliant, dedicated reporting journalist goes ground truth. sad, real tale war, america , brave warriors live—and die—at point of spear , jon krakauer called mind-boggling, all-too-true story of heroism, hubris, failed strategy, , heartbreaking sacrifice. if want understand how war in afghanistan went off rails, need read book. in 2014, congressional medal of honor society recognized tapper book , reporting on military topics in general tex mccrary award excellence in journalism.

in addition outpost, tapper author of down , dirty: plot steal presidency, based on 2000 presidential election, washington post called lively , chicago tribune churning effusion worth reading , daily telegraph engrossing . wrote body slam: jesse ventura story (st. martin s press) excerpted washington post magazine.

his comic strip capitol hell appeared in roll call 1994 2003. has contributed cartoons american spectator magazine, los angeles times, , philadelphia inquirer. during week of may 23, 2016, tapper guest illustrated dilbert cartoon. original drawings auctioned online raise money homes our troops foundation.