Catherine Herridge
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Born | Toronto, Ontario |
Education | Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (MA) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author |
Spouse | Lt Col JD Hayes |
Children | 2 |
Catherine Herridge is an American journalist who was a senior investigative correspondent for CBS News in Washington D.C. from 2019 to 2024. She began at CBS after leaving her role as chief intelligence correspondent for Fox News Channel, which she joined at its inception in 1996.[1] Herridge was among twenty CBS News employees laid-off in February 2024.
Early life and education
Herridge was born in Toronto, Ontario, and attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute for high school before moving to the US for college.
Herridge earned a Bachelor's degree from Harvard College and a Master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[2][3]
Career
In journalism
Initially a London-based correspondent for ABC News, Herridge joined the Fox News Channel at its inception in 1996. Herridge has also served as a field correspondent for the defunct Fox newsmagazine The Pulse.[citation needed]
At Fox, she covered Hillary Clinton almost exclusively, including Clinton's campaign for Senate in 2000, the 2004 Democratic presidential elections, the Washington, D.C.-area sniper attacks, the U.S.-sponsored resolution calling for the lifting of sanctions against Iraq, and the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the U.S. over the 9/11 attacks.[citation needed]
Herridge was in New York on September 11, 2001, and reported for the network from locations in New York City.[4]
On October 31, 2019, Fox News announced Herridge would be leaving the network shortly after being awarded the Tex McCrary Award for Journalism from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for her enterprise reporting at Fox News.[citation needed] She then joined CBS News as a senior investigative correspondent later that year.[5]
Some CBS staffers and Democrats accused Herridge of promoting Republican talking points and conservative conspiracy theories. Daily Beast media reporter Maxwell Tani observed that Herridge at times got scoops with prominent Trump administration officials and asked "softball" questions, adding she was "considered a star in conservative media circles" but was "careful to never cross the line into overt advocacy." CNN anchor Jake Tapper and national security attorney Mark Zaid have defended her work.[6]
Herridge was among twenty CBS News employees laid off on February 13, 2024, among hundreds terminated by CBS parent Paramount Global.[7]
In 2024 Herridge was held in civil contempt of court for refusing to testify regarding the sources for a story. In 2017 Herridge reported on a government investigation of University of Management and Technology and its founder. Charges were never filed. The founder sued several government agencies alleging they had leaked information to Herridge to damage the founder's reputation. Pursuant to that suit Herridge was ordered to testify about her sources, then held in contempt for refusing to do so.[8][9][10] According to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, courts had ruled Herridge would be unable to appeal the order to testify until she had first been held in contempt for refusing.[10]
Author
In 2011, Herridge authored The Next Wave: On the Hunt for Al Qaeda's American Recruits.[11]
Personal life
On June 6, 2006, she donated a portion of her liver to her infant son, who was diagnosed with biliary atresia.[12][13][14]
References
- ^ Stelter, Brian (October 31, 2019). "Fox News departure: Catherine Herridge joins CBS News, saying 'facts matter'". CNN.
- ^ "Alumni Board 2015-16". Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "Catherine Herridge". Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau. Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ "Catherine Herridge". The Aspen Institute. Retrieved 2015-10-16.
- ^ Stelter, Brian (October 31, 2019). "Fox News departure: Catherine Herridge joins CBS News, saying 'facts matter'". CNN.
- ^ Tani, Maxwell (15 May 2020). "The New CBS Reporter Driving Democrats—and Some of Her Own Colleagues—Crazy". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (February 13, 2024). "Paramount Layoffs Hit 20 CBS News Staffers". Variety.
- ^ Richer, Alanna Durkin; Tucker, Eric (November 14, 2023). "A veteran journalist who is refusing to divulge her sources could be held in contempt of court". AP News. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ Richer, Alanna Durkin; Tucker, Eric (February 29, 2024). "Judge holds veteran journalist Catherine Herridge in civil contempt for refusing to divulge source". AP News. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ a b "Chen v. FBI". Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ Herridge, Catherine (June 21, 2011). The Next Wave: On the Hunt for Al Qaeda's American Recruits (1st ed.). Crown. ISBN 978-0307885258.
- ^ Van Susteren, Greta (2006-06-06). "Catherine Herridge Fights to Save Her Son's Life – Fox News". Fox News. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
- ^ Story about liver donation on FoxNews.com
- ^ "Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts - Patrick Kennedy, Facing Up to a 'Miserable' Reality". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2020-12-06.
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