Gary Tuchman
{{Short description|American TV reporter (born 1960)}}
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| education = Pascack Valley High School, New Jersey
| alma_mater = Boston University
| occupation = Reporter
| employer = CNN
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| parents = Ronald E. Tuchman
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Gary Tuchman (born October 2, 1960) is an American television reporter who works for cable news channel CNN.{{cite web
| title = Anchors & Reporters – Gary Tuchman | work= CNN | url = http://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/tuchman.gary.html | accessdate=2012-11-07 }}
Early life and education
Tuchman's father, Ronald E. Tuchman, was CEO of Child World, which was the 2nd largest toy store in the US at the time.{{Cite web|last= |first= |authorlink= |title= Katherine Stark and Gary Tuchman Are Married |work=The New York Times|date=December 2, 1990 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/02/style/katherine-stark-and-gary-tuchman-are-married.html |accessdate=}}{{Cite web|last=Barmash |first=Isadore |authorlink= |title=Business People; Toys 'R' Us in Past, Child World in Future |work=The New York Times|date=April 24, 1991 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/24/business/business-people-toys-r-us-in-past-child-world-in-future.html |accessdate=}}
Tuchman was educated at Pascack Valley High School, a public high school in the borough of Hillsdale, New Jersey, from which he graduated in 1978,{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/GaryTuchmanCNN/status/1056788835416371201?lang=en|title=Gary Tuchman, CNN|author=Gary Tuchman|work=Twitter|date=October 29, 2018|accessdate=May 6, 2024}} followed by Boston University, from which he gained a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast journalism.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/tuchman.gary.html|title=Anchors and Reporters|work=CNN|accessdate=January 13, 2023}}
Career
Before joining CNN in 1990, Tuchman worked for five years as an anchor and reporter at WPEC, a television station in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he specialized in political reporting.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122738036/at-least-one-police-chief-likes-the-beat/|date=June 28, 1990|page=1D|first=Thom|last=Smith|title=At least one police chief likes the beat of 2 Live Crew|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 12, 2023}}
He is a staff correspondent for CNN's primetime show Anderson Cooper 360°. Tuchman has also made regular appearances as a correspondent during CNN's New Year's Eve Live (which is co-hosted by Cooper), usually being assigned to smaller and more offbeat events alongside his daughter Lindsay.{{Cite web |last1=Directo-Meston |first1=Danielle |last2=Directo-Meston |first2=Danielle |date=2022-12-31 |title=Where to Watch the Best New Year's Eve 2023 Specials Online |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/watch-best-2023-new-years-eve-specials-online-1235289418/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2023-12-29 |title=This year's Las Cruces Chile Drop will receive national coverage |url=https://www.krwg.org/krwg-news/2023-12-29/this-years-las-cruces-chile-drop-will-receive-national-coverage |access-date=2024-01-10 |website=KRWG Public Media |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Brian |date=2018-12-19 |title=Inside CNN's Frenzied and Sometimes Freaky New Year's Eve |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/cnn-new-years-eve-anderson-cooper-andy-cohen-don-lemon-brooke-baldwin-1203093120/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}
Personal life
In 1990, Tuchman married Katherine M. Stark in a Jewish ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, New York City, New York.
His daughter Lindsay is also a journalist. She began her career at WBOC-TV in Salisbury, Maryland, the same station where her father started.
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External links
- [http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/tuchman.gary.html Gary Tuchman] at CNN's website
- {{IMDb name|2331494|Gary Tuchman}}
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Category:American television reporters and correspondents
Category:Pascack Valley High School alumni
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