Deborah Feyerick is an American journalist and formerly National Correspondent for CNN and CNN International.
Early life Deborah Feyerick spent her early childhood in France and UK before moving to the United States. Feyerick grew up in New Jersey and moved to Manhattan to attend Barnard College where she graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and where she later received the Young Alumna Award.Barnard College – Reunion Awards During college Feyerick worked at NBC as a news assistant. After graduation she went to work for Conde Nast as a researcher at GQ Magazine, leaving to travel on her own for a year through Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and Middle East.
Feyerick returned in 1990 and soon after moved to London and Norway where she worked for an independent news & video production company funded by Swedish media giant Millicom. She spent weeks living in Gaza and the West Bank while working on a two-part series for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour on Palestinian refugee camps and Israeli settlers.
She returned to Manhattan and worked at Time, Inc as a Special Correspondent for Life magazineCNN Profiles - Deborah Feyerick - National Correspondent - CNN.com covering the Los Angeles Riots, The American Family, and the 50th anniversary of D-Day.
Career In 1992, Feyerick was among the first group hired for Time Warner start-up NY1 News. She covered entertainment, health and, ultimately, breaking news. She received multiple Emmy nominations for her work covering the AIDS epidemic through the eyes of New York City high school teacher.Wayne Fischer, 39, Teacher - Chronicled his daily life living with HIV/AIDS on TV to spread knowledge of how to prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS- NYTimes.com
In 2000, Feyerick joined CNN as a New York-based correspondent. A year later, she covered the 1998 United States embassy bombings trial of terrorists who reported to Osama Bin Laden and who were ultimately convicted of murder and conspiracy to blow up US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The Federal trial in Manhattan took nearly six months with the verdict coming May 2001. Months later on 9/11 the World Trade Center towers and Pentagon were attacked. Feyerick was at Mayor Rudy Giuliani's makeshift headquarters when he announced thousands had died in the towers, among them 343 New York City firefighters. Her accountCovering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11 - Allison Gilbert - Google Books appears in the book Covering Catastrophe: Broadcast Journalists Report September 11.
During CNN's extensive coverage of the tragedy, Feyerick was on the investigative team breaking news about the hijackers and their US connections in New York, New Jersey, Boston and the Midwest. The team was later recognized with a 2002 National Headliner Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of 9/11. She was in court when Zacharias Moussaoui,[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/LAW/07/18/feyerick.otsc/index.html|Zacarias Moussaoui the so-called 20th hijacker, tried to plead guilty,tried to plead guilty http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0207/26/lt.01.html later reversing his plea in the Eastern District of Virginia.CNN.com - Transcripts Feyerick also covered the arraignment of American Taliban John Walker Lindh.CNN.com - TranscriptsJohn Walker Lindh http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0202/13/lt.29.html|John Walker Lindh
In 2002, Feyerick covered the murder trial of Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel,CNN.com - Transcripts nephew of Ethel Kennedy. Skakel was convicted of the 1975 murder of his neighbor Martha Moxley who was beaten to death with a golf club. Both were 15 at the time of the murder.
Feyerick covered the 2004 Federal trial of Martha StewartCNN.com - Transcripts who was found guilty of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements. Feyerick was on site in West Virginia at Alderson Federal Prison camp when Stewart arrived in the early morning hours of October 8 and when she left six months later on a freezing day in March 2005.CNN.com - Transcripts
Feyerick's other high-profile CNN trial coverage includes the 2009 Federal death penalty case of US soldier Steven Dale Green Defense: Military missed soldier's symptoms before rape, killings - CNN.com in Kentucky; the 2011 Cheshire, CT Home Invasion & MurderJury recommends death in Connecticut home invasion case - CNN.com trial; and the 2013 Federal murder and racketeering trial of Irish gangster James "Whitey" BulgerBulger's attorneys release photos designed to show his softer side - CNN.com in Boston.
Feyerick's in depth reporting includes long-form pieces for CNN Investigations specifically rampant mold at US naval facilities in CNN's "Toxic Homefront";CNN.com - Transcripts the incarceration of NYPD transit officer Richard DeGuglielmo Jr. in "Twisted Justice" ;Deborah Feyerick – CNN Presents - CNN.com Blogs and the search for gangster & FBI Most Wanted James "Whitey" Bulger in "Stone Cold Killer.The fugitive life of 'The Elvis of gangsters' - CNN.com"
Feyerick's reputation as an investigative and breaking news reporter has put her on the front-lines of major stories including the devastation of Hurricane Sandy,80 homes destroyed by New York fire amid superstorm - CNN.com the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting,CNN.com - Transcripts and the manhunt for Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the perpetrators of the Boston Marathon bombing.Boston bombing suspects seen at gym days before attack - CNN.com
Feyerick covered the national gun debate, examining the issue from the perspective of gun-owners. She visited rocker and NRA activist Ted NugentTed Nugent sings praises of gun ownership - CNN.com at his Spirit Wild Ranch; interviewed the head of the National Shooting Sports Foundation;Feyerick Interviews President of NSSF – YouTube and experienced firearmsCNN.com - Transcripts first hand from the perspective of a non-gun-owner.
Feyerick retired from CNN in May 2017.
Personal life Feyerick is on the board of various charities, including one that helps young girls in India receive a higher education. She resides in New York City with her two children.
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External links slate.com