Tom jarriel biography

American network news anchor (1934–2024)

Thomas Edwin Jarriel (December 29, 1934 – October 24, 2024) was an American television news reporter who worked for the ABC network from 1964 to 2002.

Background

Jarriel was born in LaGrange, Georgia, on December 29, 1934.^[1] During his childhood, he and his family moved to Shreveport, Louisiana.^[1] He attended the University of Houston, graduating in 1956.^[1]

Career

Jarriel began his career at KPRC-TV in Houston.^[1] Shortly after joining ABC News in the 1960s, he became White House correspondent for ABC, during the administrations of U.S.

Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Later, in 1977, Jarriel co-anchored ABC Evening News on Saturdays for two years, and in 1979, joined the network's newsmagazine20/20, as an investigative correspondent. On that show and on several hour-long documentaries, he covered subjects such as the defects in the American criminal justice syst