Jim Cummins (reporter)

Jim Cummins
Jim Cummins
Born	March 11, 1945; News reporter, NBC News; Southwest bureau chief
Notable credit	NBC News reporter (1978–2007)
Spouse	Constance Driscoll Cummins
Children	3 sons, 3 daughters
Website	NBC profile

Jim Cummins (March 11, 1945 – October 26, 2007) was an American television reporter for the NBC News network. He became a recognizable member of the network, having worked there for nearly thirty years.

Education

Cummins was born in

forward at for the Wildcats basketball team

at NU.

Career

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-TV (Milwaukee),^[1] and WMAQ (Chicago).

He joined

Waco Siege. Cummins' work manifested itself when he won an Award for his coverage of the Midwest floods in 1993. He also earned two National Emmy nominations for his coverage of Hurricane Hugo

and the Salvadoran Civil War.

Cummins retired from his NBC position in 2007, but shortly after was diagnosed with cancer. He died at the

Presbyterian Hospital of Plano on October 26 at age 62, and was buried at Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery

in Dallas. Cummins was survived by his widow and six children.

Personal life

Jim Cummins had an extensive family consisting of his wife, Connie of Dallas; three daughters, Chrissy Cummins and Molly Cummins, both of Dallas, and Kim of

Waco; two brothers, Richard Cummins of New York City and Bob Cummins of Sarasota; and two grandchildren. He also coached youth baseball and basketball teams for his six children.^[2]^[3]^[4]