Dan Kloeffler
| Dan Kloeffler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Daniel L. Kloeffler January 1, 1976 |
| Education | University of New Hampshire |
| Occupation | Journalist |
Daniel L. "Dan" Kloeffler (born January 1, 1976)[1] is an American television journalist. Since 2010, he is an anchor of ABC News Now, a cable-news channel of the ABC broadcasting network.
Early life
Kloeffler graduated from Algonac High School in Algonac, Michigan, in 1994. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, in 1999.
Career
He worked at WSTM-TV – an NBC-affiliated television station in Syracuse, New York – prior to joining MSNBC, a cable-news channel. While at MSNBC, he anchored overnight MSNBC Now news updates as well as MSNBC's First Look and broadcast network NBC's Early Today, both early-morning news programs;[2] Kloeffler left MSNBC in 2009.
In 2010, he became a freelance anchor and correspondent for ABC News, where he anchors on its ABC News Now channel.[3]
Personal life
In response to the news that actor Zachary Quinto had come out as gay, Kloeffler publicly came out on the air in October 2011.[4] In a statement on the ABC News website, he wrote that a series of suicides by gay youth also led him to hope his being publicly out would help encourage young gay people struggling to accept themselves.[5]
He lives in New York City, New York.
References
- ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
- ↑ "Dan Kloeffler Joins MSNBC…?". Inside Cable News. March 31, 2006. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ↑ Database (undated). "Dan Kloeffler". LinkedIn. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ↑ Moylan, Brian (October 17, 2011) "Zachary Quinto Inspires ABC News Anchor To Come Out on Air". Gawker. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ↑ Kloeffler, Dan (October 17, 2011). "To Boldly Go…". Advice (blog of ABC News). Retrieved December 5, 2011.