John Yang is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on February 10, 1958 in Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. On November 29, 1999 Yang quit The Post after being offered a position as an Washington, D.C.-based correspondent at ABC News. In 2000, Yang became famous for his coverage of for the George W. Bush presidential campaign during the Republican Party primaries. Following the primaries, and up to the elections, Yang was a reporter for his coverage of the Al Gore campaign, and he continued to report on his campaign during the Florida recount. Following the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the United States, Yang frequently reported live from the Pentagon and was part of an ABC News team that was given the Peabody Award and Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Prize for its coverage of the 9/11 attacks.
In January 2007 Yang joined NBC News as a correspondent. In November 2007, he was named NBC News White House correspondent. He covered the 2008 presidential race for NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.
In 2009, Yang was transferred from NBC News’ Washington bureau to its Chicago bureau. “NBC is moving me from the city of big egos to the city of broad shoulders,” Yang told colleagues in a note.
In the year 1990, Yang became a reporter as well as an Editor at The Washington Post, where Yang worked for almost 10 years. As a reporter, Yang covered domestic politics, which included Congress as well as The White House. As editor, he was responsible for the coverage of economic policy for the business section of the newspaper and also edited political stories for the style section.
After graduation, Yang got a job as a reporter for The Boston Globe, where was employed from 1980 until 1981. Yang then moved to Time and worked as a reporter from 1981 until 1986, and was also an editor in The Wall Street Journal from 1986 until 1990.
From 2002 to 2004, Yang was transferred to Jerusalem, working as ABC’s Middle East correspondent. He covered every major development of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including suicide bombings and Israeli military operations in Palestinian territories. In April 2005, Yang covered the death of Pope John Paul II, working with the ABC News team that also won an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award for its coverage of the event.
