Jamie Gangel Biography

Fast Facts

• Has won numerous awards, including an Edward R․ Murrow Award, a Gracie Award, and an Associated Press Award
• Studied International Economics at Harvard University in 1976 and graduated from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 1977
• Met her future husband, novelist Daniel Silva, when they were both serving as correspondents covering the Iran-Iraq war in the Persian Gulf in 1987
• Started out as an assignment editor for WJLA-TV in Washington, D․C․ in 1978, and also worked at the WTOP-AM radio station
• Began working as a general assignment reporter and substitute anchor for WPLG-TV in Miami in 1982
• Best known as a television reporter and national correspondent for NBC's "Today․"
• Has traveled all over the world to do her news reports, including the Persian Gulf to cover the Iran-Iraq war in 1987 and Central America to report on the war between the Nicaraguan government and the Contras in 1986
• Conducted the only television interview with actor Robert Downey Jr․ while he was in California State prison
• Has interviewed six U․S․ Presidents, including President Barack Obama, as well as other politicians like Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton