Michelle Kosinski

Michelle Kosinski is an American journalist who appears on the podcast "The Perfect Scam."[1] Previously she was a Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for CNN[2] until 2019.[3] She was a foreign correspondent for NBC News based in London (2010–2014); before that she was a correspondent based in Miami (2005–2009).[4]

Michelle Kosinski
Born
Willingboro, New Jersey, United States
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist
EmployerCNN
Known forNBC News/CNN correspondent
Spouse(s)Kimbell Duncan (2014–present)
Children2

Career overview

Kosinski began work in broadcast journalism in Rockford, Illinois for WIFR while earning her BA and MA from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Leaving WIFR, she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina at WSOC-TV and founded the Piedmont Bureau. In 2001, she was voted the Best Reporter in Charlotte by readers of the city's arts and entertainment magazine. In Fall of 2001, she left WSOC-TV for WTVJ in Miami. She is a 2003 Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards Craft Winner for reporting on Haitian immigrants and was named Woman of the Year in 2005 by Women in Communications of South Florida.[5]

Kosinski has covered such world events as the War in Afghanistan, terrorist plots in Europe, international court cases, and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.[6]

In 2005, Kosinski was exposed faking a video scene while covering flooding in New Jersey. In the video she was seen paddling in a canoe, in what she claimed were in deep floodwaters, when two pedestrians walked through the shot exposing the water to only be a few inches deep.[7][8]

In 2009, she won a national Emmy award for live reporting during NBC News' special coverage of the 2008 U.S. presidential election.[9]

In 2010, Kosinski was named a foreign correspondent and moved from NBC's Southeast Bureau to London.[10]

In 2014, she became a White House correspondent for CNN.[11][12]

NBC News

In 2005, Kosinski worked as a foreign correspondent for NBC News based in London.[6] She covered numerous international events such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the aftermath of the Arab Spring, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, terrorist plots and bombings in Europe, US-Russia relations,[13] and Virginia tech shooting.[14][6]

Other

In August 2005, while covering the Natalee Holloway disappearance in Aruba, NBC arranged an interview with the director of Aruban prisons and a tour of suspect Joran van der Sloot's prison. During the tour, she ran into van der Sloot and conducted an off-camera interview. Prison director Fred Maduro appeared live on MSNBC and admitted that he offered her the tour. After Van der Sloot's attorneys called for a hearing on the matter, NBC declined to air the footage.[15]

In 2009, Kosinski purchased a $5.6 million, 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) home in Coral Gables, Florida.[16]

Education

Kosinski attended St. Charles Borromeo School[17] and graduated from Holy Cross High School. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[6] Originally in the magazine writing program, she later switched to the broadcasting division.[18]

Personal life

Kosinski was born in Willingboro Township, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey, a suburb of Philadelphia.[19] She is one of four children of Jeanette, a chemist, and Robert, a retired biologist who worked for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. While working as a television news photographer and reporter in Charlotte, North Carolina, she also performed with the award-winning Piedmont Players theater group, in roles such as Elvira in Blithe Spirit and Suzanne in Don't Dress for Dinner.[20] As of 2011 she is living in London.[10]

In August 2013, Kosinski announced her engagement to retired investment banker and philanthropist Kimbell Duncan.[21][22] They married on August 9, 2014.[23] The Times reported allegations about a 2018 “passionate affair [lasting] at least several months” with an ambassador, that resulted in "resulted in impressive scoops for Kosinski." Kosinski denied the scoops originated with the ambassador,[24][25] and hired Prince William's lawyer to combat reports of the affair.[26]

Community

For several years, Kosinski has served on the executive host committee for Amigos For Kids, a charitable organization based in Miami. Kosinski has volunteered for and supported numerous community organizations. She has sought out and highlighted innovative charitable work around the United States, as a regular contributor to Nightly News' "Making a Difference" series, which has in turn positively impacted those efforts.[27][28]

References
  1. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/oct/18/man-arrested-over-leak-of-kim-darroch-cables-criticising-trump?ref=hvper.com
  2. "Michelle Kosinski Joins CNN as White House Correspondent; Bash and Brown Take on New Roles as the 2014 and 2016 Campaigns Approach – CNN Press Room - CNN.com Blogs". Cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  3. Dana Kennedy. "Ex-British ambassador to US probed over alleged relationship with CNN reporter". New York Post. Retrieved 18 October 2020. left Darroch no option but to resign once President Trump made his feelings clear. Kosinski appears to have left her CNN job five months later, according to her LinkedIn profile
  4. "NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt - NBC News". MSNBC. Archived from the original on 2008-01-21. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  5. Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Michelle Kosinski profile". CNN. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgm3_jzcNm4. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Lights, Camera Oops". 2005-08-17. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  9. "30TH ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT NEW YORK CITY GALA". The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. September 21, 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  10. "Michelle Kosinski - TVSpy". Mediabistro.com. 2011-01-12. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  11. "CNN Names Michelle Kosinski White House Correspondent". Deadline.com. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  12. "Michelle Kosinski Leaves NBC for CNN, Named White House Correspondent - TVNewser". Mediabistro.com. 2014-02-07. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  13. "acklash on Russia anti-gay laws". NBC News. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  14. "Virginia Tech remembers". NBC News. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  15. "Lovely Girl Tells All!". The New York Observer. Retrieved 2007-07-23.
  16. "NBC Reporter Buys Coral Gables Estate". tonischrager.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  17. "Jeanette Kosinski". St. Charles Borromeo Parish School. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  18. "Michelle Kosinski - TODAY.com". Today.msnbc.msn.com. 2008-01-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
  19. Cusack, Bob. "Answer these questions: CNN’s Michelle Kosinski", The Hill, March 12, 2014. Accessed October 31, 2015. "Born in: Willingboro, N.J., a suburb of Philadelphia; Grew up in: Cinnaminson, N.J., yet another suburb of Philadelphia"
  20. Archived October 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  21. "Anchors congratulate Michelle Kosinski on engagement". Today. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  22. "NBC News' Michelle Kosinski Engaged to Kimbell Duncan". IMDB. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  23. "Michelle Kosinski and Kimbell Duncan". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  24. Tony Allen-Mills. "Kim Darroch and Michelle Kosinski: it's like Heartburn, the sequel". The Times. Retrieved 18 October 2020. “a passionate affair [lasting] at least several months” with Michelle Kosinski, 46, a CNN correspondent who is married to an American former investment banker. The US Department of Justice was reported by The Sun to have launched an investigation into a series of leaks that resulted in impressive scoops for Kosinski.
  25. UK’s US ambassador investigated over fears he leaked White House secrets to CNN reporter https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-us-ambassador-investigated-secrets-cnn-reporter
  26. https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-michelle-kosinski-hires-prince-williams-lawyer-to-fight-rumors-of-affair-with-uk-ambassador-kim-darroch
  27. Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  28. Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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