Jason Carroll
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Jason Frederick Carroll is a national correspondent for CNN
.
Carroll began his broadcast career at KAKE-TV in Wichita, Kansas
, where he served as a general assignment reporter. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in literature and creative writing from USC
.
While at CNN, Carroll has covered breaking news stories including the London Bombing Plot, The crash of American Airlines Flight 587
, Hurricane Katrina
, and a number of political stories for CNN's American Morning during the 2008 presidential election.
Carroll is an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist.
CNN
Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
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Carroll began his broadcast career at KAKE-TV in Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
, where he served as a general assignment reporter. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in literature and creative writing from USC
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
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While at CNN, Carroll has covered breaking news stories including the London Bombing Plot, The crash of American Airlines Flight 587
American Airlines Flight 587
American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens, a borough of New York City, New York, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 12, 2001. This is the second deadliest U.S...
, Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
, and a number of political stories for CNN's American Morning during the 2008 presidential election.
Carroll is an Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist.