Jim Cummins (reporter)

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Jim Cummins (died October 26, 2007) was an Emmy Award-winning American television reporter for the NBC News network.

Cummins was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and attended Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, where he earned both his Bachelors and Masters degrees.

Cummins began his professional career at KGLO-TV in Mason City, Iowa in 1969. From there, his career took him to WOTV (Grand Rapids, Michigan), WTMJ (Milwaukee) and WMAQ (Chicago).

He joined NBC News in 1978 working out of their Chicago bureau. Cummins won an Emmy Award for his coverage of the Midwest floods in 1993.

Cummins died October 26, 2007 of cancer, aged 62. ^[1] ^[2]