Jon Leiberman is an American reporter, television producer, and radio news personality.
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Meet the Instructor: Jon Leiberman
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Hi . I’m Jon Leiberman and I teach Research and Reporting for Mediabistro. What’s my course about? Information. Where to find it. And how to use it. Knowing how to think like an investigative reporter can help you in just about any field, and I can teach you the skills you need to get the information you want. After attending journalism school at Northwestern University, I became an investigative reporter. I started up an I-team in Baltimore for the local FOX station and then headed to DC at Sinclair Broadcast Group. Most recently, I worked for America’s Most Wanted as a crime specialist – so information is my business. In this course, you’ll learn all the tricks of the trade to find accurate, trustworthy sources. Sure, the internet has changed reporting – instead of going down to the local clerk’s office, you can find out a lot online. But can you trust what your search engine tells you? I’ll show you some secret online resources, then I’ll teach you how to identify more sources you can rely on, even when you’re on deadline. We’ll also delve into the Freedom of Information Act and look at how to make it work for you. Once you’ve got a source, you need to know how to uncover the right information. In my course, you’ll learn how to ask the right interview questions – and we’ll also talk about ethical concerns for interviewing, so you’re sure to keep your reporting clean. You will leave this course with the tools you need to investigate anyone or anything – at any time. What’s more – you’ll get one-on-one help with the project you’re working on and we won’t stop until you have what you need. I’m Jon Leiberman, and I look forward to meeting you in class.
Career
Leiberman has been a reporter for WBFF in Baltimore and the newsman at WIYY 98 Rock radio in Baltimore. He has also worked as a reporter in New Mexico and Kansas.
In October 2004, Leiberman made headlines when he was fired by Sinclair Broadcast Group for publicly questioning the company's decision to air Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal, a 40-minute film critical of Presidential candidate John Kerry's role in the anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. Leiberman claimed he was fired by Sinclair for criticizing the film in The Baltimore Sun as "biased political propaganda," and later told CNN: "The reason for my firing was that I relayed what they called proprietary information from an in-house meeting and I divulged it to the media, which is against company policy."[1]
In 2006, Leiberman began reporting for America's Most Wanted, the long-running reality TV series hosted by John Walsh that profiles cases of wanted criminals. He reported mostly on cases from New York, such as Ralph "Bucky" Phillips, but he has also reported on the cases of Jose Campean, Ignacio Ramos and Gilmer Hernandez.
In August 2011, he joined Sirius XM Radio as a reporter for The Howard Stern Show and Stern's Howard 100 News department, replacing investigative reporter Steve Langford. In January 2013, Leiberman began to host Leiberman Live, a news radio show airing on Howard 101.[2] He is also currently the host of TrueFacts with Jon Leiberman on cyberstationusa.com, as well as a regular contributor to HLN on crime issues.[3]
Leiberman's book written with author Margaret McLean on Whitey Bulger, Whitey on Trial: Secrets, Corruption, and the Search for Truth, was released by Forge Books in February 2014.[4]
Personal life
Leiberman is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.[3]
In July 2014, Leiberman was admitted to the hospital with myocardial infarction. Lieberman presented to the emergency department with non-typical cardiac pain and was found to have 100% artery blockage during cardiac angiography. Following the insertion of a stent, Leiberman was released from the hospital and returned to work on The Howard Stern Show two weeks later.[5]
References
- ^ "Sinclair fires reporter for criticizing anti-Kerry program - Oct 19, 2004". CNN.com. 2004-10-19. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ "Weekly Program List - Howard 101 - SiriusXM Radio". Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ a b "About Jon Leiberman". Jon Leiberman. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Whitey on Trial: Secrets, Corruption, and the Search for Truth". Macmillan Publishers. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Monday, July 21, 2014: Jon Leiberman Lives!". howardstern.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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