Jamie Gangel CNN Reporter’s Wiki: Age, Net Worth, Husband Daniel Silva, Family, Parents



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Who is Jamie Gangel?

Jamie Gangel is an American journalist as well as a television reporter and an anchor, who is probably best known for being a current Special Correspondent for the CNN TV channel. Besides this, she is also widely recognized for her previous engagement as the National Correspondent for the NBC News’ “TODAY” program.

Jamie Gangel’s Early Life, Family and Education

Jamie Sue Gangel was born on the 2nd November 1955, in New York City, USA, in the family of Civil Court Judge Phyllis Gangel-Jacob and Richard I. Gangel, who was an investor. Apart from being of white ethnicity and American nationality, Jamie is also of Jewish descent from her mother’s side. She suffered a tough childhood as her parents divorced less than a year after her birth, and she was raised in the Jewish faith by her mother and her stepfather Bernard E. Jacob, who was a professor at the Law School of Hofstra University. Upon matriculating from The Dalton School, in 1976 Jamie enrolled at Harvard University where she began her studies in international economics. However, she graduated in 1977 from Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., from which she obtained her Bachelor of Science degree.

Career beginnings

Upon graduation, in 1978 Jamie dived into the world of broadcast journalism in Washington D.C. when she landed a job as an assignment editor for the WJLA-TV station, then during the late 1970s and the early 1980s, Jamie was also a crew member of CBS’s affiliate, all-news radio station WTOP-AM. In 1982, Gangel transferred to Miami, Florida, where she became a general assignment reporter for the WPLG-TV station, also occasionally serving as its substitute anchor.

Jamie Gangel and NBC

In 1983, Jamie Gangel joined NBC News, where in the course of the next 31 years, she has established herself as one of the networks’ “landmark” reporters. Contributing to NBC Nightly News and serving as the National Correspondent for NBC News’ “TODAY”, Jamie has covered various topics from important global events to interviews with numerous celebrities, including politicians, musicians and artists among plenty of others. She was also among the first broadcasters who reported on the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers in New York City. Her exclusive interviewees include former presidents of the USA, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush as well as Barack Obama, and even the current one – Donald Trump, plus other notable people from the world of politics, such as former first ladies Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, as well as the former vice-president Dick Cheney to name a few.

Don’t know how this happened but this is what 22 looks like! Happy Birthday Lily Silva and Nick Silva ! Love you to the moon and back! Xo

Posted by Jamie Gangel on Thursday, December 15, 2016

Due to her high-level of professional skill, Jamie also had a chance to interview popular celebrities such as artist Andrew Wyeth, rock legends Keith Richards and Eric Clapton, moviemaking industry’s legends such as George Lucas and Arthur Miller, as well as international ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov. while the list of interviewed actors and musicians seems to be endless.

For her huge contribution to journalism and her acknowledged reporting skills, Jamie Gangel has been honored with numerous rewards, including Associated Press, Daytime Emmy as well as Edward R, Murrow and Clarion Awards.

Joining the CNN

After announcing her departure from the NBC on Twitter in March 2014, in August 2015 Jamie Gangel teamed up with CNN, beginning a new phase of her professional journalist’s career as its Special Correspondent. Judging by her previous works through her more-than-a-three-decades-long career, this engagement is as successful as all of her previous ones.

Jamie Gangel’s Net Worth

Have you ever wondered how much wealth this experienced American reporter has accumulated so far? How rich Jamie Gangel is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Jamie Gangel’s net worth, as of mid-2018, revolves around the sum of $800,000 which has been acquired through her successful and prosperous career in the world of journalism, that has spanned for 40 years, since 1978.

Jamie Gangel on Social Media

Being involved in public media for the course of the past four decades and regularly appearing on-cameras around the globe, Jamie is also quite active on social media networks, Twitter in particular, on which she regularly posts updates from her personal life as well as daily events from her professional career. Being active since 2009, so far Jamie has amassed a total of more than 8,000 followers.

Jamie Gangel’s Age and Personal Appearance

The 63 year-old American reporter is quite energetic and still enthusiastic about her job. Pretty and alluring as in her earlier years, Jamie features a figure of 5ft 8ins (170cms) and a weight of around 167 lbs (76kgs). Sporting blonde hair in combination with her deep, blue eyes, Jamie Gangel easy occupies the camera lenses as well as the audience’s close attention.

Is Jamie Gangel married? Jamie Gangel’s Personal life and marriage with Daniel Silva

Jamie Gangel is married to New York Times’ best-selling author, American journalist and novelist Daniel Silva. After a long-term relationship, the couple tied the knot on 8th October 1988 in a wedding ceremony held at an historic palace – The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. During their almost three decades long marriage, the couple has welcomed twins Lilly and Nicholas. With her family, Jamie Gangel splits her time between Florida and the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C.

Facts

# Fact
1 Resides in Georgetown area of Washington, D.C.
2 Her husband is a best-selling author
3 Has two children named Lily and Nicholas
4 Graduated from School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University [1977]
5 Attended Harvard University (international economics) [1976]

Pictures

Movies

Self

Title Year Status Character
@ This Hour 2016 TV Series Herself – Correspondent
Today 1993-2013 TV Series Herself – Correspondent / Herself – National Correspondent / Herself
Meet the Press 2011 TV Series Herself – National Correspondent, ‘Today’

Awards

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2007 Daytime Emmy Daytime Emmy Awards Excellence in Morning Programming Today (1952)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2006 Emmy News & Documentary Emmy Awards Outstanding Feature Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast Today (1952)

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia