Charles Jaco
Charles Jaco | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 21, 1950 Poplar Bluff,Missouri,USA |
| Education | University of Chicago(1973) Columbia University(M.S., 1976) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist; writer; commentator |
| Employer(s) | WXRT,NBC Radio,CNN;KMOX,KTVI,KTRS,St. Louis American |
| Known for | The Jaco Report |
Charles Jaco(born August 21, 1950) is an American journalist and author, best known for his coverage ofIraq'sinvasion of Kuwaitand the ensuingGulf War.Jaco was born inPoplar Bluff, Missouri.
He graduated from theUniversity of Chicagoin 1973 and earned a master's degree fromColumbia Universityin 1976.[1]In 1976, he began his broadcast career withWXRTradio in Chicago, Illinois.
He worked forNBC Radiofrom 1979 until 1988. In 1987, he was badly beaten by the security forces of Panamanian dictatorManuel Noriega.[2]In late 1988, he became a correspondent forCNN.In 1989, while covering allegations of electoral fraud by the Panamanian government, Jaco was visited by vigilantes of Noriega. He fled the country with the aid of the U.S. military.[3]While covering the Gulf War for CNN in 1991, he proposed to fellow CNN correspondent Pat Neal.[4]He left CNN in 1994 and joinedKMOX.[2]
He authoredDead Air,a novel about the Gulf War, andLive Shot,a novel set in Cuba.[1]In 2002, he authoredThe Complete Idiot's Guide to the Gulf War,and in 2003 co-authoredThe Complete Idiot's Guide to the Politics of Oil.[1]In 2003 he became a reporter and anchor forKTVItelevision in St. Louis, Missouri, while hosting the station'sThe Jaco Report.In 2009, he began work at the radio stationKTRS550, doing a daily morning talk show, also titledThe Jaco Report.In February 2010 Jaco allegedly bumped into conservative blogger Adam Sharp. Based on Sharp's video of the encounter, the city prosecutor declined to pursue charges against Jaco.[5]
In October 2010, Jaco was replaced by J.C. Corcoran at KTRS.[6]In August 2012 Jaco interviewed then U.S. Representative and senatorial candidateTodd AkinonThe Jaco Reportin which Akin controversially claimed that women rarely become pregnant from "legitimate rape."[7]Jaco left KTVI in 2014.[8]Jaco writes regular columns for theSt. Louis American.[9]
References
[edit]- ^abc"Charles Jaco".Fox2 St. Louis. September 14, 2006. Archived fromthe originalon February 4, 2010.RetrievedJanuary 20,2010.
- ^abSalter, Jim (April 20, 1995). "Jaco Goes Home to Talk Radio".Chicago Sun-Times.
- ^Shanor, Donald (2003).News From Abroad.Columbia University Press. p. 120.ISBN0-231-12240-3.Retrieved7 January2016.
- ^Kubasik, Ben (April 3, 1991). "UNEXPECTED FAME FOR ARTHUR KENT AND CHARLES JACO The News Guys on the Block".Newsday.p. 55.
- ^Garrison, Chad (3 March 2010)."Charges Dropped Against Charles Jaco Following Dust Up with 'Tea Bagger'".Retrieved7 January2016.
Based on the 'evidence' presented, I saw no basis for proceeding with the charge
- ^Garrison, Chad (6 October 2010)."Used Condoms Can't Keep Charles Jaco Off Air, but KTRS Can; Jaco Replaced by JC Corcoran".The Riverfront Times.Retrieved7 January2016.
- ^Hoyt, Mike (23 August 2012)."Backstory: the reporter who interviewed Akin".Columbia Journalism Review.Retrieved7 January2016.
- ^Currier, Joel (28 February 2016)."KTVI's Charles Jaco leaving the news station".St. Louis Post Dispatch.Retrieved7 January2016.
- ^Columnist Charles Jaco at the St. Louis American