Charles Jaco

Charles Jaco ( born August 21, 1950 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri) is an American journalist who became known for his coverage by CNN, especially in the second Gulf War in 1990 and 1991.

Jaco went in 1973 to the University of Chicago and received the Master in 1976 from Columbia University. In the same year he began his journalistic career at WXRT radio in Chicago. From 1979 to 1988 he worked at NBC Radio Network, where he won three Peabody Awards ..

In 1987, he was severely mistreated by security forces of the Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega. Towards the end of 1988 he went to CNN where he reported in 1990 and 1991 on the Gulf War.

In 1994 he moved to KMOX. In 2003 he was a reporter and news anchor at TV station KTVI in St. Louis, where he held the show, The Jaco Report. In 2009 he worked at the radio station KTRS 550, with a program of the same title. On 6 October 2010 Jaco resigned at KTRS.