Chad Pergram Biography – Chad Pergram Wiki
Chad Pergram covers Congress for FOX News Channel as a correspondent. He joined the network in September 2007 and is based out of Washington, D.C. He has won an Edward R. Murrow Award & is a two-time recipient of the Joan Barone Award for his Capitol Hill reporting.
He reported live from inside the Capitol building as it was mobbed by rioters on January 6, 2021. Pergram, who was barricaded in the basement, provided critical minute-by-minute updates on the situation for fifteen hours straight on the air until the building was secured. In addition to that, he was a staple of FNC’s coverage of the first and second impeachments of President Trump, breaking down the procedural elements and providing timely analysis. According to Nielsen Media Research, FNC’s special coverage of the impeachment hearings outpaced all of broadcast and cable news coverage.
In his past positions, he served as a senior Capitol Hill producer covering a range of historical moments from Capitol Hill, including the 2010 and 2018 midterm elections, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings, the 2016 presidential election cycle, and various legislative hallmarks and showdowns, including the 2010 passage of both the Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform, the 2011 debt-ceiling fight, tax reform in 2017, as well as the 2018-2019 government shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. From his years of reporting, he has gained particular expertise in House and Senate procedure, especially the workings of appropriations, intelligence, and foreign policy.
In 2017, just blocks from his residence in Alexandria, Virginia, a gunman opened fire at a baseball practice for Republican members of Congress ahead of the annual Congressional game, critically wounding then-House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and injuring several others. Pergram led the breaking news coverage and followed the story throughout Scalise’s recovery.
Before he joined FNC in September 2007, he worked as a reporter for Capitol News Connection. He also produced and anchored newscasts for NPR in Washington and served as a Senate producer for C-SPAN. He started his career as a reporter at WKRC-AM in Cincinnati and WKRC-TV, the ABC affiliate at the time, before being part of the Cincinnati Public Radio-operated WMUB-FM in Oxford, Ohio. While at WKRC-AM, he covered the first congressional race of then-little-known John Boehner, who would go on to serve as Speaker of the House. In 1992, he was named Best Radio Reporter by the Ohio Associated Press.
In 2007, he won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in reporting for his coverage of outgoing House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). In 2006, he became the youngest recipient of the Joan S. Barone Award for Excellence in National Affairs/Public Policy Broadcast from the Radio/Television Correspondents Association, which he was awarded for his Washington-based broadcasts. Pergram received the award a second time in 2020, becoming one of the few journalists to do so. In 2009, the Washingtonian named him a top 50 journalist of the year.
He earned both a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in communication from Miami University (Ohio). During his time there, he resided down the street from future Speaker of the House and Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan.
Chad Pergram Age
He was born on March 5, 1969, in Jacksonburg, Ohio in the United States.
Chad Pergram Wife
He is married to his long-time girlfriend, Carrie Giddins Pergram. They were married in November 2011 in an intimate, private wedding ceremony. His wife and partner, Carrie is a Political Consultant and a Professor of Political Communications.
Chad Pergram Family
He was brought up by his parents. His father named Ray was attentive to baseball. While he was still young, he developed an interest in journalism. He aspired to be a sportswriter or a sports broadcaster. After a period of listening to his grandfather’s stories about Cox, he became interested in news and politics.
James M. Cox was the Dayton Daily News owner. He served two terms as Ohio governor and was also the Democratic Party candidate for U.S. president in 1920. Chad was brought up in tiny Jacksonburg near his mansion.
No other extra information about his entire family like the mother or siblings is publicized.
Chad Pergram Height
He stands at a listed height of 5 feet and 11 inches tall.
Chad Pergram Twitter
He is active on his Twitter account as @ChadPergram.
