Jake Tapper

Birth Name:

Jake Paul Tapper

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Actor, Writer, Producer

Was awarded the Merriman Smith Award for presidential coverage under deadline pressure from the White House Correspondents' Association three years in a row
Was named ABC News' senior White House correspondent in 2008
Graduated Magna Cum Laude from Dartmouth College with a degree in History
Began his journalism career at "Washington City Paper" as a senior writer, where he won a Society of Professional Journalists award
Had a variety of jobs, including spokesman for a congresswoman, publicist for Powell Tate, and freelance writer for The Washington Post before breaking into TV
He worked at Salon․com as their Washington correspondent, and wrote on a range of topics including political profiles and the Enron scandal
Best known as the anchor of the TV news show "The Lead with Jake Tapper․"
Has reported on a wide variety of stories, including the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and the war in Iraq
Has written three books, one of which, "The Outpost," debuted at number ten on the New York Times Best Seller list
Got a job at City Paper by writing a cover story about Monica Lewinsky, with whom he'd gone on a date a few weeks before the scandal broke

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