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Chris Cuomo
Chris Cuomo at 2016 Democratic National Convention.jpg
Cuomo in 2016
Born
Christopher Charles Cuomo

(1970-08-09) August 9, 1970 (age 51)[1][2]
New York City, U.S.
EducationYale University (BA)
Fordham University (JD)
OccupationJournalist
EmployerCNN
Known forCuomo Prime Time
Spouse(s)
Cristina Greeven
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(m. 2001)​
Children3
Parents
RelativesCuomo family

Christopher Charles Cuomo (/ˈkwoʊmoʊ/ KWOH-moh; born August 9, 1970)[1][2] is an American television journalist, best known as the presenter of Cuomo Prime Time, a weeknight news analysis show on CNN.[3][4] He has previously been the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent and the co-anchor for ABC's 20/20,[3][4] and before his current show, he was one of two co-anchors of the weekday edition of New Day, a three-hour morning news show, until May 2018.[5]

Cuomo is the brother of Andrew Cuomo, who served as the 56th Governor of New York from 2011 until 2021, and son of Mario Cuomo, who served as the 52nd Governor of New York from 1983 until 1994.

Early life and education

Cuomo was born in the New York City borough of Queens. He is the youngest child of Mario Cuomo, the former governor of New York, and Matilda Cuomo (née Raffa), and the brother of Andrew Cuomo, the former Governor of New York.[4] His parents were both of Italian descent; his paternal grandparents were from Nocera Inferiore and Tramonti in the Campania region of southern Italy, while his maternal grandparents were from Sicily (his grandfather from Messina).[6][7]

Cuomo was educated at Immaculate Conception School in Jamaica, Queens,[8] and at The Albany Academy, a private university preparatory day school in Albany, New York, followed by Yale University, where he earned an undergraduate degree, and the Fordham University School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1995. He is a licensed attorney.[3][4][9]

Career

Cuomo's early career in journalism included appearances related to social and political issues on CNBC, MSNBC, and CNN. He was a correspondent for Fox News and Fox Broadcast Network's Fox Files, where he covered a wide range of stories focusing on controversial social issues.[3][4][10] He also served as a political policy analyst for Fox News.[3][4]

At ABC and as co-anchor of 20/20, his coverage included a look at heroin addiction.[3][4][10] His year-long coverage revealed the heroin addiction affecting suburban families.[4][10] His other work has included coverage of the Haiti earthquake, child custody, bullying, and homeless teens. Policy change has come after his undercover look at for-profit school recruiters, leading to an industry cleanup; and Cuomo's tip from a BMW owner led to a recall of over 150,000 affected models.[3][4][10]

From September 2006 to December 2009, he was the news anchor for Good Morning America.[3][4][10] He was the primary reporter on breaking news stories, both in the U.S. and around the world, including dozens of assignments in some 10 countries.[4][10] He covered the war on terrorism, embedded on multiple occasions in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq[3] (where his convoy was hit by an IED).[4][10] In the U.S., he covered shootings such as Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, and the Pennsylvania Amish school shootings, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Sago Mine collapse, and the Minneapolis bridge collapse in August 2007.[3][4][10] He anchored morning and evening coverage.[4][10]

During his time at ABC, he had a website, "Cuomo on the Case," as well as two weekly digital programs: The Real Deal and Focus on Faith.[3][4][10] He also appeared with Father Edward Beck on ABC News Now, the network's 24-hour digital outlet.[3][10]

In February 2013, Cuomo moved to CNN to co-host its morning show.[3][11] He made his debut on CNN as field anchor on the February 8, 2013, episode of Piers Morgan Tonight, covering the February 2013 nor'easter.[12] In March 2018, while serving as the co-anchor of CNN's morning show New Day, it was announced that Cuomo would move to prime time to host Cuomo Prime Time.[13]

In October 2017, sister network HLN premiered a new documentary series hosted by the anchor, Inside with Chris Cuomo, which focuses on "stories affecting real people, in real towns and cities across America."[14]

In September 2018, he began hosting a two-hour weekday radio show "Let's Get After It" on the P.O.T.U.S. channel on SiriusXM.[15]

Andrew Cuomo coverage

Over his career as a journalist, Chris has made it a practice not to cover his brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. He briefly made an exception during his quarantine while recovering from COVID-19 in early 2020, when he and his brother did a series of semi-serious, brotherly conversations on CNN, largely discussing Chris's recovery and their families, all of which took place before the sexual misconduct scandal regarding his brother began.[16]

As the scandal began to gain momentum, Cuomo said on his March 1, 2021 program that he could not cover any issues regarding sexual harassment allegations against his brother, acknowledging his obvious conflict of interest. In his statement, he noted his understanding that, as a news network, CNN and his colleagues would continue to do so.[17] In May 2021, Cuomo was reported to have participated in strategic discussions to advise his brother on how to respond to the allegations. The network called Cuomo's engagement in the conversations "inappropriate" but said that it would not take any disciplinary action against him.[18][19] Multiple CNN staffers said they were "vexed" by Cuomo's conduct and the violation of journalistic norms.[20][21] Cuomo subsequently issued an apology and stated that advising his brother was a "mistake" that would "never happen again."[20]

On his August 16, 2021 program, the first where he appeared on camera after his brother's resignation, Cuomo addressed events that occurred the previous week while he was on vacation, "I'm not an adviser. I'm a brother. I wasn't in control of anything." Chris also said, "[M]y advice to my brother was simple and consistent: Own what you did, tell people what you'll do to be better, be contrite, and finally, accept that it doesn't matter what you intended." He concluded by noting he had advised his brother to step down as governor.[22]

Awards

Cuomo has received multiple Emmy Award nominations. His Good Morning America profile of the 12-year-old poet Mattie Stepanek was recognized with a News Emmy, making Cuomo one of the youngest correspondents to receive a News Emmy in network news history.[3][4][10]

He has been awarded Polk and Peabody Awards for team coverage. His work has been recognized in the areas of breaking news, business news, and legal news, with the Edward R. Murrow Award for breaking news coverage, the 2005 Gerald Loeb Award for Television Deadline business reporting for "Money for Nothing?",[23] and the American Bar Association Silver Gavel Award for investigating juvenile justice.[3][4][10]

Personal life

In 2001, Cuomo married Gotham magazine editor Cristina Greeven[4] in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Southampton, New York.[24] They reside in Manhattan with their three children.[3][4][10][25] Cuomo also owns a home in Southampton.[26]

On August 13, 2019, in Shelter Island, New York, Cuomo threatened to throw a heckler down a flight of stairs at a bar, and chastised him with profanity-laced insults after the man called him Fredo, in reference to the fictional character from The Godfather novel and films. Cuomo told the man that the use of the name "Fredo" was tantamount to "the n-word" for Italian-Americans,[27] which caused debate on Twitter about the assertion.[28][29][30] Cuomo addressed the incident publicly, tweeting his appreciation to his supporters but acknowledging that he "should be better than what [he] oppose[s]."[31]

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuomo announced on March 31, 2020 that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19.[32][33] During his quarantine, he had broadcast his usual weekday program from his home.[34] Cuomo later said he had a hallucination of his dead father, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, as a result of symptoms from the virus.[35] On April 15, Cuomo announced on his program that his wife, Cristina, tested positive for COVID-19,[36] and on April 22, his wife revealed that their 14-year-old son also tested positive for the virus.[37]

See also

References

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Cuomo, Christopher C. [@chriscuomo] (August 9, 2019). "Today is my birthday. 49. My gift to myself is to redouble efforts to expose where our govt falls short. We can do better than this form of justice. As a second generation American, as a lawyer and a journalist and a parent - I know this. So do you" (Tweet). Retrieved April 2, 2020 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Happy birthday, Chris Cuomo!". CNN Video – via www.cnn.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Anchors & reporters: Chris Cuomo". Atlanta, GA: CNN. 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2014.
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  16. ^ Steinberg, Brian (March 2, 2021). "Chris Cuomo's Interviews With His Brother Create Family Affair for CNN". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  17. ^ Bauder, David (March 1, 2021). "CNN's Chris Cuomo says he 'obviously' can't cover brother". Associated Press. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
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  28. ^ Bote, Joshua (August 13, 2019). "Chris Cuomo said 'Fredo' is an ethnic slur as he erupted in anger in a viral video. Is it?". usatoday.com. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  29. ^ Horton, Alex (August 13, 2019). "How Fredo, the tragic 'Godfather' character, became an insult wielded by Trump". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
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  33. ^ Reed, Anika; Truitt, Brian (March 31, 2020). "COVID-19 positive, Chris Cuomo talks about chest 'tightness;' Don Lemon tears up for friend". USA Today. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
  34. ^ Weiss, Joanna (April 6, 2020). "Chris Cuomo, Stay in Bed". Politico. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
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