Craig Rivera (born October 10, 1954) is an American television journalist, producer, and correspondent for

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. He also appeared regularly on the Fox News Channel

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program '' Geraldo at Large''.

Early life

Craig Rivera was born in Manhattan on October 10, 1954. He is the youngest child of Lillian (

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Friedman), a

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, and Cruz "Allen" Rivera (October 1, 1915 – November 1987), a restaurant worker and cab driver. Rivera's father was a

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Puerto Rican, and his mother was of

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ish descent. He grew up in

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and

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where he attended

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. He has four siblings: Irene, Geraldo, Wilfredo, and Sharon.

Career

He attended

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and majored in

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and

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. After graduating, he joined ABC's

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in 1978 as a Producer. He transitioned to ''

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'' in 1986, working for the first time as an on-air talent. He then left ''

'' to, along with his brother, join

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Channel in light of the

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attacks to cover American combat in the

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and

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Wars. Four years into his career at Fox, he became a Senior Field Producer for '' Geraldo at Large'' and appeared each week on the show to present an investigative reporting segment called “Craig Investigates”.

Recognitions

A year before he left ''

'', he worked on an investigative segment titled “Home Depot Dangers”, which won a Deadline Club Award for Best Series/Investigative Reporting.

References

External links

"Craig Investigates" Segments on FoxNews.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera, Craig Living people 1954 births American journalists of Puerto Rican descent American people of Russian-Jewish descent American television reporters and correspondents Fox News people Jewish American journalists Kutztown University of Pennsylvania alumni Journalists from Brooklyn People from West Babylon, New York 21st-century American Jews