Jonathan Karl

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Jonathan Karl

Won the 2011 Joan Shorenstein Barone Award for excellence in Washington-based reporting
Won the National Press Foundation's Everett McKinley Dirksen Award, the highest honor for Congressional reporting, in 2001
In 1990, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar College
Was the editor-in-chief of "The Vassar Spectator" in college
His aggressive investigative journalism shed light on government waste and earned him a reputation as a government watchdog
His reporting experience covers U․S․ politics, foreign policy and the military
Was named Chief White House Correspondent for ABC News in 2012
A new effort to sell off unused government real estate went underway because of his reports on vacant federal buildings
Anchored for more than 14 hours straight during election night coverage in 2004
The rules for the travel costs of members of Congress and their staffs were changed following his reporting on Congressional junkets

2006Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine:Nominated
2015Emmy - Outstanding News Discussion & Analysis:Nominated
2019Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Morning Program:Nominated
2019Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast:Nominated
2021Emmy - Outstanding Health or Medical Coverage:Winner

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