Deborah Feyerick

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Deborah Feyerick
reporter
Known forCNN reporter and presenter (2000–present)[1]
Children2

Deborah Feyerick is an American journalist and National Correspondent for [1] CNN and CNN International.

Early life

Deborah Feyerick spent her early childhood in France and UK

Conde Nast as a researcher at GQ
Magazine, leaving to travel on her own for a year through Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and Middle East.

Feyerick returned in 1990 and soon after moved to London and Norway where she worked for an independent news & video production company funded by Swedish media giant

MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour
on Palestinian refugee camps and Israeli settlers.

She returned to Manhattan and worked at Time, Inc as a Special Correspondent for

D-Day.[1]

Career

In 1992, Feyerick was among the first group hired for Time Warner start-up

NY1 News. She covered entertainment, health and, ultimately, breaking news. She received multiple Emmy nominations for her work covering the AIDS epidemic through the eyes of New York City high school teacher.[4]

In 2000, Feyerick joined CNN as a New York-based correspondent.

firefighters. Her account[6] appears in the book Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11[permanent dead link
].

During CNN's extensive coverage of the tragedy, Feyerick was on the investigative team breaking news about the hijackers and their US connections in New York, New Jersey, Boston and the Midwest. The team was later recognized with a 2002

Zacharias Moussaoui,[7] the so-called 20th hijacker, tried to plead guilty,[8] later reversing his plea in the Eastern District of Virginia.[9] Feyerick also covered the arraignment of American Taliban John Walker Lindh.[10][11]

In 2002, Feyerick covered the murder trial of Kennedy cousin

Michael Skakel,[12]
nephew of Ethel Kennedy. Skakel was convicted of the 1975 murder of his neighbor Martha Moxley who was beaten to death with a golf club. Both were 15 at the time of the murder.

Feyerick covered the 2004 Federal trial of Martha Stewart[13] who was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements. Feyerick was on site in West Virginia at Alderson Federal Prison camp when Stewart arrived in the early morning hours of October 8 and when she left six months later on a freezing day in March 2005.[14]

Feyerick's other high-profile CNN trial coverage includes the 2009 Federal death penalty case of US soldier

James "Whitey" Bulger[17]
in Boston.

Feyerick's in depth reporting includes long-form pieces for CNN Investigations specifically rampant mold at US naval facilities in CNN's [[Toxic Homefront http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1204/15/cp.01.html%7CToxic[permanent dead link] Homefront]];[18] the incarceration of NYPD transit officer Richard DeGuglielmo Jr. in [["Twisted Justice" http://cnnpresents.blogs.cnn.com/category/deborah-feyerick/%7C"Twisted[permanent dead link] Justice"]];[19] and the search for gangster & FBI Most Wanted James "Whitey" Bulger in "Stone Cold Killer.[20]"

Feyerick's reputation as an investigative and breaking news reporter has put her on the front-lines of major stories including the devastation of Hurricane Sandy,[21] the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting,[22] and the manhunt for Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing.[23]

Feyerick covered the national gun debate, examining the issue from the perspective of gun-owners. She visited rocker and NRA activist Ted Nugent[24] at his Spirit Wild Ranch; interviewed the head of the National Shooting Sports Foundation;[25] and experienced firearms[26] first hand from the perspective of a non-gun-owner.

Personal life

Feyerick is on the board of various charities, including one that helps young girls in India receive a higher education. She resides in New York City with her two children.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e CNN Profiles - Deborah Feyerick - National Correspondent - CNN.com
  2. ISBN 978-0-9653159-9-9
    .
  3. ^ Barnard College – Reunion Awards
  4. ^ Wayne Fischer, 39, Teacher - Chronicled his daily life living with HIV/AIDS on TV to spread knowledge of how to prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS- NYTimes.com
  5. ^ "Breaking News, Latest News and Videos - CNN.com". Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
  6. ^ Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11 - Allison Gilbert - Google Books
  7. ^ Zacarias Moussaoui http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/07/18/feyerick.otsc/index.html%7CZacarias[permanent dead link] Moussaoui
  8. ^ tried to plead guilty http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/26/lt.01.html
  9. ^ CNN.com - Transcripts
  10. ^ CNN.com - Transcripts
  11. ^ John Walker Lindh http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0202/13/lt.29.html%7CJohn[permanent dead link] Walker Lindh
  12. ^ CNN.com - Transcripts
  13. ^ CNN.com - Transcripts
  14. ^ CNN.com - Transcripts
  15. ^ Defense: Military missed soldier's symptoms before rape, killings - CNN.com
  16. ^ Jury recommends death in Connecticut home invasion case - CNN.com
  17. ^ Bulger's attorneys release photos designed to show his softer side - CNN.com
  18. ^ CNN.com - Transcripts
  19. ^ Deborah Feyerick – CNN Presents - CNN.com Blogs
  20. ^ The fugitive life of 'The Elvis of gangsters' - CNN.com
  21. ^ 80 homes destroyed by New York fire amid superstorm - CNN.com
  22. ^ CNN.com - Transcripts
  23. ^ Boston bombing suspects seen at gym days before attack - CNN.com
  24. ^ Ted Nugent sings praises of gun ownership - CNN.com
  25. ^ Feyerick Interviews President of NSSF – YouTube
  26. ^ CNN.com - Transcripts

External links

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