| Jamie Gangel | |
|---|---|
| Born | New York City |
| Occupation | Television Reporter |
Jamie Gangel is a television reporter in the United States. She became a National Correspondent for the NBC News' Today Show in February 1992. Since joining NBC News in 1983 as a general assignment and political correspondent based in Washington, DC, Gangel has been a frequent contributor to NBC Nightly News, Today, and Sunday Today.
Gangel was born and raised in New York City. She graduated with a B.S. degree from Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service in 1977. She attended Harvard University in 1976, where she studied international economics.
Gangel began her career in broadcast journalism in 1978 as an assignment editor for WJLA-TV in Washington, DC. At the same time, she worked for all-news radio station WTOP, the CBS affiliate in Washington. In 1982, she joined television station WPLG-TV in Miami as a general assignment reporter and substitute anchor.
Gangel provided some of the first reports of the September 11, 2001 attacks from New York, including confirming that the Pentagon had been hit by a plane and that the CIA offices had been evacuated. Her exclusive interviews include Frank Zappa and former Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Gangel is married to author Daniel Silva and they have two children.
Gangel has won numerous awards for reporting, including the