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Oren Liebermann

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Oren Liebermann
Liebermann in 2017
Born1982 or 1983 (age 41–42)[1]
NationalityIsrael
United States
EducationB.A. University of Virginia
M.A. Syracuse University
OccupationJournalist
SpouseCassie Kramer

Oren Liebermann is an American journalist who works as a Pentagon correspondent for CNN.[2]

Biography

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Liebermann was born in Virginia on October 13, 1982. He spent his childhood in Virginia and Israel until he was raised in the Wayside section of Ocean Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, where he attended Ocean Township High School.[3] He speaks English in addition to his first language Hebrew.[3][4] He graduated with a B.S. from the University of Virginia informational technology and marketing and a M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University.[2][3] After school, he began his career in radio working as a sports reporter for WINA-AM in Charlottesville, Virginia before moving to television as a reporter for WBOC-TV in Salisbury, Maryland; the Washington, D.C. reporter for WYOU-TV of Scranton, Pennsylvania; and in 2007, he joined WAVY-TV in Norfolk, Virginia.[3] In 2010,[3] he worked as a general assignment reporter for CBS 3 in Philadelphia.[2] In 2015, he joined CNN as their Jerusalem correspondent.[2] During his time as a journalist, he has won two Emmys and three Associated Press awards.[2] He is now a Pentagon correspondent for CNN.

Personal life

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In 2012, he married Allentown-native Cassandra "Cassie" Kramer[1][5][6] in an interfaith ceremony.[7] They met while both were working as reporters at WBOC in Maryland.[1] He lives with his wife, daughter and son in Virginia. He has Type 1 Diabetes which only manifested when he was about 30 years old and hiking in Southeast Asia. He serves as an advocate for those who have the condition[2] and has authored a book detailing his experience entitled "The Insulin Express."[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Surviving a Life-Threatening Diagnosis — 12,000 Miles From Home". Yahoo. October 7, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Oren Liebermann – CNN Correspondent". CNN. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Oren Liebermann joins CBS3, CW Philly as reporter". The Philly Ad Club. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original on October 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Liebermann, Oren. The Insulin Express: One Backpack, Five Continents, and the Diabetes Diagnosis That Changed Everything, p. 26. Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., 2017. ISBN 9781510718494. Accessed October 29, 2018. "I never went to a single Ocean Township High School Spartans game and I never paid any attention to the NHL, MLB, NASCAR, MLS, NFL, or any other league, with the recent exception of the NBA."
  5. ^ a b "CNN's Oren Liebermann on Life With Type 1 Diabetes". Diabetes Self Management. January 26, 2018.
  6. ^ Derakhshani, Tirdad (May 24, 2017). "Former CBS3 reporter didn't let a surprise diabetes diagnosis re-route his bucket-list adventure". Philadelphia Inquirer.
  7. ^ "Cassandra Kramer and Oren Liebermann at Bear Creek". Rhinehart. October 10, 2012.