Cafferty, Jack 1942–

PERSONAL

Born 1942; raised in Reno, NV; married second wife, Carol, c. 1973; children: four.

Career: Broadcast journalist. Broadcast journalist in Reno, NV, beginning 1960; WHO-TV, Des Moines, IA, news director and anchor, 1970s; WNBC-TV, New York City, news reporter and anchor of programs; Cable News Network, anchor and presenter. Formerly affiliated with CNNfn (a defunct financial news network).

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award; Edward R. Murrow Award; State Broadcasters Award, New York Associated Press.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

New York reporter, The NewsCenter (also known as NewsCenter 4), WNBC (New York City), 1975–80.

Anchor, Strictly Business, syndicated, 1977–89.

Anchor, Live at Five (also known as Live at 5 and News 4 New York Live at Five), WNBC, c. 1979–89.

Anchor, Newsline New York, WNYW (New York City), 1989–92.

New York anchor, Fox News (also known as Fox 5 News and Fox 5 News at 7), Fox 5 (New York City), 1989–92.

Coanchor, News at Ten (also known as News at 10), WPIX (New York City), 1992–98.

Anchor, CNN Money Morning, Cable News Network, beginning 2001.

Host, In the Money, Cable News Network, beginning 2003.

Coanchor, American Morning, Cable News Network, 2004.

Himself, The Situation Room, Cable News Network, beginning 2005.

Presenter, Broken Government, Cable News Network, beginning 2006.

Appeared in other programs, including serving as the anchor for Before Hours, CNNfn; and as the coanchor for The Scarborough-Cafferty Report, WNBC. Anchor for the television news and appeared in "Cafferty Is" segments, WHO-TV (Des Moines, IA), 1970s.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Host, The Last Godfather: The John Gotti Story, Fox, 1992.

Host, The Conspiracy Tapes, syndicated, 1993, 1994.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(Uncredited) Himself, Late Night with David Letterman, NBC, 1986.

Film Appearances:

Television reporter, It Could Happen to You (also known as Cop Gives Waitress $2 Million Tip and Cop Tips Waitress $2 Million), TriStar, 1994.

Newscaster, City Hall, Columbia, 1996.

Third television journalist, Night Falls on Manhattan, Paramount, 1997.

Newscaster, Just the Ticket (also known as Gary & Linda), United Artists, 1999.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Broadcasting & Cable, October 12, 1998, p. 47.

San Francisco Chronicle, June 28, 2006.