Jake Tapper

Pundit 

Jake Tapper is Senior White House Correspondent at ABC News. He is based in the network's Washington, D.C. bureau covering Capitol Hill and recently served as ABC News' senior political correspondent during the 2008 elections.

Tapper contributes regularly to Good Morning America, Nightline, World News with Charles Gibson and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. He also contributes to ABC News' digital properties, including ABC News Now and ABCNEWS.com.

Since joining ABC News in July 2003, Tapper has reported on a wide range of stories, including the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the investigation into the disclosure of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity and the debate over Terri Schiavo.

During the 2004 Presidential election, Tapper reported on charges by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth against Sen. John Kerry and also manned the Fact Check desk during ABC News' debate and election coverage. He also reported on the California gubernatorial recall and the election of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Tapper frequently reports on politics, faith in America and the culture wars.

In addition to his daily weblog Political Punch and weekly podcast, Tapper has served as a substitute anchor on Nightline and the Weekend edition of Good Morning America, and contributed a report to a broadcast of World News Tonight with Peter Jennings that won the 2005 Edward R. Murrow award for best network newscast.

The author of two books, Tapper has significant print, broadcast and online experience. Prior to joining ABC News, he was the national correspondent for Salon.com, writing on a range of topics from political profiles to the accounting scandal at Enron. Tapper was also a columnist for TALK Magazine and has written for The New Yorker, The New YorkTimes Magazine, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times and The Weekly Standard, among many other publications. He was a frequent contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered and his work was included in The Best American Political Writing 2002.

Tapper has also frequently reported on American popular culture, including interviews for ABC News with Tiger Woods, Donald Trump, Don Cheadle, Michael Moore and Apple CEO Steve Jobs. He was the host of The Sundance Channel's 24 Frame News in 2003 and he was the correspondent for a series of VH1 news specials in 2002. Throughout 2001, Tapper was host of the CNN news talk show, Take Five. He has served as a substitute host on a number of CNN programs including The Point, Crossfire and The Spin Room.

Tapper was the Washington correspondent for Salon.com from March 1999 to March 2002. His writing for Salon.com has received widespread critical acclaim. Tapper broke a number of stories including then-Governor George W. Bush's controversial trip to BobJonesUniversity during the 2002 presidential campaign. Tapper's reports about Enron were nominated for a 2002 Columbia University School of Journalism online journalism award.

Tapper is the author of Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency, (Little, Brown) a look at the Florida recount and Body Slam: The Jesse Ventura Story (St. Martin's Press). Tapper's political comic strip, Capitol Hell appeared in Roll Call from 1994 until 2003.

He began his journalism career as a senior writer for Washington City Paper and won a Society of Professional Journalists award for his work there. Tapper is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth College. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Jennifer.