Jake Tapper Biography
Jake Tapper is an American anchor working for CNN as an Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent. He joined the CNN news team in January 2013, after previously working for ABC News.
Jake Tapper Career
Tapper became an anchor and top Washington correspondent for CNN in January 2013. Tapper currently hosts The Lead with Jake Tapper, a two-hour award-winning show that started in March 2013 and airs during the week. His show, State of the Union, airs on CNN every Sunday morning since June 2015. He became CNN’s main man for Washington, D.C. events in April 2021.
Tapper shares his political knowledge on State of the Union by talking to important people in Washington, the country, and around the world about politics and policy. The Lead is a show that covers top stories in politics, health, money, the environment, sports, and pop culture from around the country and the world. It has won two Emmys and been nominated for best live news broadcast. The show focuses on bringing stories that aren’t on the front pages called “buried leads” to the forefront.
Most recently, Tapper used his knowledge of politics to help CNN viewers understand how important the historic House Speaker vote for Kevin McCarthy was by giving historical background and review. He also did a lot of work covering the midterm elections in 2022 and the election in 2020. During the week-long event, he was a key part of the network’s thorough coverage of the race by providing expert analysis of poll results. The New York Times called Tapper “tough and quick” and “a staunch defender of facts in the Trump era.” He has been praised for standing up for truth and decency without favoring any political party during a time when there has been a lack of both in U.S. politics.
Since more than 20 years ago, Tapper has been a recognized reporter in Washington, D.C. Several awards have been given to him for his work on the 2016 election. These include the 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism, the President’s Award for Impact on Media from the Los Angeles Press Club, the John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association, and The Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Tribute to Exemplary Journalism.
There have been a lot of presidential talks on CNN, including the 2015 GOP debate at the Reagan Library and the last Democratic debate of the 2020 cycle, which was between Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders. He has written and presented many documentaries for CNN. These have been about the January 6 uprising, former Russian hostage and U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, what went wrong in the U.S. war in Afghanistan, and the lives of Clint Romesha and Ty Carter, who both received the Medal of Honor. He interviewed President Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister Liz Truss. Moreover, he interviewed French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Schulz, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky all in 2022 alone.
Tapper has written five books besides his news stories. His first book, The Hellfire Club, came out in 2018 and was followed by The Devil May Dance, which came out in 2021. Both were New York Times bestsellers. In 2012, he wrote the best-selling non-fiction book The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor. In 2001, he wrote Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency, and in 1999, he wrote Body Slam: The Jesse Ventura Story. Moreover, the Outpost was one of the first 10 books to sell in the United States. Tapper was one of the executive producers of the highly acclaimed movie version of the book. It came out in 2020 and was directed by Rod Lurie. All The Demons Are Here, his much-anticipated next book will come out in July 2023.
Tapper has worked to bring veterans’ problems to people’s attention and get them help. He has been an ambassador for the top charity Homes for Our Troops since 2017. Moreover, he has put together an annual celebrity eBay auction to build specially designed mortgage-free homes for seriously injured veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He won the People’s Choice Vetty Award at the 3rd Annual Vetty Awards, which are given out every year by the Academy of United States Veterans. The “Tex” McCrary Award for Excellence in Journalism was given to Tapper by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society in 2014 for his book and his reports on veterans and troops.
Tapper moved from ABC News to CNN, where he was most recently a senior White House correspondent. He was named to that job right after the 2008 election, and there he won the Merriman Smith Memorial Award three times in a row for outstanding reporting on deadline. Moreover, among other things, he covered ABC News about President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009. In addition, he covered Osama bin Laden’s death, which won a Murrow Award.
Tapper worked for ABC News for more than nine years and covered a lot of different stories. Moreover, he went to rural parts of Afghanistan to report on the war there. He also covered the war in Iraq from Baghdad and spent time in New Orleans to report on the damage from Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the levee system. His job as lead political reporter during the 2008 presidential race was to cover it.
Tapper worked for Salon.com as a Washington reporter and then a national correspondent before joining ABC News. He started as a reporter for the Washington City Paper. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine. Moreover, it has been featured in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The Weekly Standard, among other places. He has done cartoons and sketches for the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. Moreover, from 1994 to 2003, his comic strip “Capitol Hell” ran in Roll Call. In 2001, he was the host of the CNN show Take 5. The show had young reporters talking about politics and pop culture on the weekends. Moreover, in 1991, he earned the Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude honor in hand at Dartmouth College.
Jake Tapper Salary
Tapper earns a salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Jake Tapper Net Worth
Tapper has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which he has earned through his career as an Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent.
Jake Tapper Age
Tapper was born in 1969, in New York, United States. He is 54 years old as of 2023. He has not disclosed any details concerning his date and month of birth. However, this information will be updated when available.
Jake Tapper Height and Weight
Tapper stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch tall (1.85m) and weighs 73 kgs (160 lbs).
Jake Tapper Family
Tapper was born in New York City and was raised in Queen Village, Philadelphia by his parents; Theodore S. Ted, a pediatrician, and Helen Anne Tapper. His mother, who is from Canada, used to work as a mental nurse at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center until she retired. Moreover, Theodore was born in Chicago and went to Dartmouth College and Harvard Medical School. He then became the head of South Philadelphia Pediatrics and an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Jefferson Medical College. His parents are Jewish, and his mother became Jewish after growing up as a Presbyterian. Moreover, as a child, Tapper went to Camp Ramah, a Jewish summer camp in the Poconos, every summer.
Jake Tapper Wife and Children
Tapper is married to Jennifer Marie Brown, a former Planned Parenthood official in her home state Missouri. They first met at the Hotel Fort Des Moines in Iowa in 2004 while Tapper was reporting a John Kerry campaign event for the caucus. The couple tied the knot in 2006 and are blessed with two children; a daughter named Alice Tapper and a son named Jack Tapper. Moreover, the family currently resides in Washington D.C.
Jake Tapper Daughter
Tapper and Jennifer share a daughter named Alice Tapper who is a young author who has published a book titled “Raise Your Hand.” Alice made a Girl Scout patch called “Raise Your Hand,” wrote an opinion piece about it in The New York Times, and illustrated a picture book called “Raise Your Hand” to help girls feel more strong in school. She talked about this on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Jake Tapper Social Media Platform
SAMPLE is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 3M followers on Twitter 315.4k followers on Instagram, and 243k followers on Facebook.