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Early life
Jake Paul Tapper Known as Jake Tapper, he was born on March 12, 1969 in New York, United States of America. Furthermore, Jack is 54 years old and holds American citizenship. He belongs to Christian and had pieces of the zodiac sign. His ancestors were the American Canadians. He was the son of a pediatrician (father) and a nurse (mother), Theodore S. Tapper and Helene Anne Palmatier. Talking about his brother, he has a younger brother named Aaron Joshua Hahn Tapper, who is a well-known academic and writer.
The presenter remembers the atmosphere in his family during the ‘Watergate’ affair, despite his parents’ lack of political experience. He remembers his parents talking about Nixon and his mother after ‘Watergate’ unfolded on television. What happened affected him deeply. Jake’s parents separated when he was young and he spent his youth in Philadelphia traveling between his parents’ homes.
Education
Talking about his academic qualification, he attended Akiba Hebrew Academy. His friends at school and his teachers remember him for his pranks and his incredible cartoon drawing skills. In school, he was class president and editor of the school newspaper. After finishing school, he attended ‘Dartmouth College’. There he studied history and visual studies, graduating “magna cum laude” in 1991. After that, he went to the ‘University of Southern California’ to study film. But he soon quit because he was no longer interested and dropped out of the program after one semester.
Jake Tapper – Professional Career
Speaking of Jake’s professional career, he began his political and media career in 1992, when he joined the parliamentary campaign of Marjorie Margolies, a family friend. Jake worked as her press secretary. Margolies remembers writing press releases faster than anyone and making everyone in the company laugh in the past.
At a Washington-based public relations firm known as ‘Powell Tate’, he worked for 3 years. Furthermore, he was also a spokesperson for ‘Handgun Control Inc.’ Jake’s experiences in political circles and his skills as a cartoonist came together in a comic strip called ‘Capitol Hell’ on ‘Roll Call’. From 1994 to 2003 he was a regular collaborator. He also contributed cartoons to the ‘Los Angeles Times’.
Caption: Jake Tapper working at CNN (Source: CNN)
working as a freelancer
Jake found an article in ‘The New Republic’, published by a freelancer his age, while on vacation in 1995. He learned that he could submit a freelance story and have it published alongside the work of well-known journalists. As a result of this, his passion for journalism arose. He failed to get a freelance job at ‘The New Republic’; He wrote and earned bylines for many other publications, including ‘The Washington Post,’ ‘Entertainment Weekly,’ and ‘Moment.’
Starting in 1998, he began working as a senior editor for the ‘Washington City Paper’. At that time, he wrote an article about how he had once dated Monica Lewinsky. He posted an emotional post about her and expressed her displeasure at the smear that was happening at the time. He works as a reporter in Washington for the online magazine ‘salon.com’ from 1999 to 2002. While he was reporting on the issues related to the bankruptcy of ‘Enron Corp’. In 2001, he hosted a television show on ‘CNN’, called ‘Take 5’. On the talk show he invited young journalists to talk about politics and pop culture.
As a reporter for ABC News
In 2003 he started working for ‘ABC News’. Where he worked in ABC’s Baghdad bureau, covering the Iraq war. He is also known as the first person to question the Bush administration’s claim about “weapons of mass destruction.” Working as a reporter at ‘ABC’, he traveled and reported from remote parts of Afghanistan. He has also written about the aftermath of ‘Hurricane Katrina’. In 2008, during the presidential election campaign, he was the main political reporter for ‘ABC’. As a reporter, he interviewed candidates such as Barack Obama and John McCain. He was promoted to senior “White House” reporter after the presidential election.
‘CNN’ as its chief Washington correspondent
In 2013 he joined ‘CNN’ as chief correspondent in Washington. There he began hosting “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” a daily afternoon show that covered the latest events from around the world. The program was popular and successful. In the year 2015, he started hosting ‘State of the Union’. The platform was used to interview politicians such as Jeb Bush, Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump. He asked them about their policies, views and comments. Jake moderated a ‘Republican’ primary debate in 2015. More than 23 million people tuned in to this debate, making it CNN’s most-watched show in history.
Awards and Achievements
Talking about Jake’s awards and recognitions, he won many for reporting. In 2010, he won the ‘Emmy for Best Live Coverage of a Current News’ for his coverage of Obama’s inauguration. From 2010 to 2012, he also won the prestigious ‘Merriman Smith Memorial Award’ for broadcast journalism for three consecutive years.
In 2014, he received the ‘Tex McCrary Award for Excellence in Journalism from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. He was named ‘President’s Award for Media Impact’ by the ‘Los Angeles Press Club’ in 2017. Additionally, he received his fourth ‘Merriman Smith Memorial Award’ as an anchor for ‘CNN’ in 2018. In the same year, he earned a ‘Vetty’ award for reporting on veterans issues.
Both ‘CNN’ and its chief correspondent in Washington have a lot of money. Furthermore, his net worth is estimated to be $10 million and his salary is around $4 million per year.
Despite his popularity and fame, he has not received any brand endorsement deal so far. However, it is possible that he will start promoting brands in the near future.
Jake Tapper – Marital Status
Caption: Jake Tapper with his wife Jennifer Marie Brown (Source: Oprah Daily)
Jake is a married man. He married Jennifer Marie Brown on September 3, 2006. The couple met during the 2004 Iowa Caucus. They had a daughter, Alice Paul Tapper. Jake’s daughter Alice also published a children’s picture book, ‘Raise Your Hand’, in March 2019.
Talking about Jake’s rumors and controversy, he is not a part of them so far. He is focusing on his career and his personal life.
Jake Tapper – Body Measurement
Jake Tapper is 6 feet tall and weighs around 79 kg. He has dark brown eyes and light brown hair. Apart from that, there is no more information about other body measurements.
Caption: Jake Tapper’s Body Measurement (Source: GQ)
Social media
Talking about his social media presence, he is active on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. On his Facebook he has more than 204 thousand followers and on Twitter he has more than 10 thousand followers. Likewise, he has more than 264 thousand followers on his Instagram.
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