Dennis Murphy (journalist)
Dennis Murphy | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | Williams College |
| Occupation | NBC News Correspondent |
Dennis Murphy is an American television journalist and winner of four national
Personal life
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Murphy graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in Maryland in 1965 and from Williams College in Massachusetts 1969. He and his wife, Marilyn, live in Florida.
Career
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Dennis J. Murphy has covered stories for
Early career
Before joining
NBC News
Murphy began his career as an NBC News correspondent in 1982 at the Burbank bureau. The following year he was assigned to Miami from where he traveled extensively throughout South and Central America. The invasion of Grenada, civil war in Nicaragua and El Salvador, a deadly volcanic eruption in Colombia and drug lords were all part of his watch in the 1980s. In 1988 he covered the Democratic presidential primaries and was NBC's traveling correspondent on the Bush campaign.
Dateline NBC
Since May 1994, Murphy has been a correspondent with
NBC Foreign Correspondent
Before Dateline, Murphy was posted in NBC's London bureau as chief
in 1989.Awards
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In addition to his four Emmys, Murphy has won two
References
- ^ "Dennis Murphy – Dateline NBC" Correspondent". Retrieved June 6, 2011.
External links
- Dennis Murphy at IMDb