Jim Miklaszewski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jim Miklaszewski

American journalist

Date of Birth: 08-Jul-1949

Place of Birth: Cudahy, Wisconsin, United States

Profession: correspondent, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

James Alan Miklaszewski (born 8 July 1949), better known as Jim or Mik Miklaszewski, is a retired journalist.
He was most recently the chief Pentagon correspondent for NBC News.Miklaszewski was news director for KRXV (Radio 15) in Fort Worth, Texas, and used the air name of "James Allen." In mid-1979 he worked as an account executive for the station after its all-news format was dropped in favor of an easy listening music format, changing its call letters to KMZK-AM (K-Music).
He began his radio career in Wisconsin, working in Madison and La Crosse, Wisconsin. Following this, Miklaszewski was one of the CNN "Originals", serving as a National Correspondent and covering the Reagan White House.
He was also a moderator for two CNN public affairs programs, Election Watch and Newsmaker Sunday.
His series, After Nam, a documentary on the Vietnam War ten years after the fall of Saigon, earned the Edward R.
Murrow award for journalism. Upon joining NBC in 1985, Miklaszewski was a White House correspondent during the Bush Sr.
and Clinton administrations. During the 9/11 attacks, Miklaszewski was reporting for Today Show from his office at the Pentagon and was one of the first to report the impact of American Airlines Flight 77. Known to his colleagues in broadcasting as "Mik", Miklaszewski is a Cudahy, Wisconsin native.
He is married to Cheryl Heyse, and they have two sons, James and Jeffrey and two daughters-in-law, Cybill and Samantha.
He retired from NBC on September 28, 2016.