Drew Griffin Biography
Drew Griffin is a journalist working for CNN’s investigative unit in the United States. Griffin, who works out of CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta, joined the network in May 2004 after ten years as an investigative reporter for CBS 2 News in Los Angeles.
How old is Drew Griffin? – Age
He was born in the United States of America. He has not revealed his date of birth to the public.
Is Drew Griffin Married? – Wife – Family
He is married to Becky Martin Griffin. The couple wedded on April 2, 2005. Drew and Becky have a sonToby Griffin.
Drew Griffin Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $ 1 Million.
Drew Griffin CNN – Career
Griffin’s diverse background includes reporting on politics, sports, business, and government investigations. Griffin won a Peabody Award in 2015 for his investigation into Veterans Affairs hospital delays. According to Griffin’s investigation, at least 19 military veterans have died as a result of appointment delays, and thousands more are facing excruciatingly long waits for treatment. VA Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned and other managers were fired as a result of the coverage, which was led by Griffin and CNN. Congress took action as well, passing legislation that allows veterans to seek care outside of the VA system.
Griffin’s other recent investigations include how gerrymandering and so-called “Super Pacs” affect the election process, as well as how some medical residents cheat on radiology board certification exams. Griffin went to New Orleans in September 2005 to cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. His reporting on the looting by some New Orleans police officers prompted an investigation by the department. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, he also broke stories about nursing home deaths.
Griffin’s work as an investigative reporter has taken him all over the world, including to Somalia to cover a famine, Singapore to cover illegal drift net fishermen, and El Salvador to cover Los Angeles gang members. He has conducted interviews with the presidents of the United States and Russia. Griffin covered the war on terror from both New York City and Israel for CBS 2 News after the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Griffin won a national Emmy Award for business and financial reporting in December 2005 for his reports on a Ford vehicle defect that allegedly caused them to catch fire. In 2006, he won his second national Emmy for the CNN Presents documentary “How to Rob a Bank,” and in 2007, he won his third for “Hidden Spending,” an Anderson Cooper 360° segment on congressional spending. In 2007, he was named Journalist of the Year in the category of national television reporting by the Atlanta Press Club, and the National Press Foundation honored him with the Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for “Distinguished Coverage of Congress” by the National Press Foundation.
Griffin won the Associated Press Television-Radio Association Bill Stout Award for Enterprise Reporting for a series of stories on groundbreaking research being conducted in reversing Alzheimer’s disease before joining CNN. Griffin has also received three Los Angeles Emmys, nine Golden Mikes, an Investigative Reporters and Editors award for exposing an underground medical network in Los Angeles, a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for exposing fraudulent soliciting at Los Angeles International Airport, and numerous other investigative reporting awards from the Associated Press, the Los Angeles Press Club, and the Radio and Television News Directors Association.
Griffin started out as a reporter/cameraman for WICD-TV in Champaign, Illinois. Griffin has worked in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Washington since then. When he joined KIRO-TV in Seattle, he became an investigative reporter. In January 1994, he joined CBS 2 News in Los Angeles as a reporter and anchor, and he helped establish the station’s investigative reporting team.
