Robert Hager

Robert Hager is an analyst and a retired correspondent for the US television network NBC News. Hager started his journalism career in radio before moving to network news. He began his work at NBC in June 1969, covering the Vietnam War. He worked as a regular correspondent for NBC Nightly News for 35 years, before retiring from daily reporting in November 2004.

Biography Early life

Hager was raised in Woodstock, Vermont, United States. He was first drawn to journalism after being bedridden due to an ear infection during the summer after fifth grade. With nothing to do, he listened "all day long" to the radio, and "developed a love for news and sports."

Career

After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1960, Hager began his career by reporting for radio stations in Lexington, North Carolina and Raleigh, North Carolina. Because of his expertise in aviation accidents, Hager came back again to NBC Nightly News to report on the August 27, 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191 and the October 12, 2006 plane crash that killed New York Yankees pitcher Corey Lidle. In March 2014, he again returned to NBC to report on the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Hager returned to the air again in July 2014 (on MSNBC) to provide his expertise and commentary on the shoot down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in which 298 people died.

On October 14, 2012, Hager covered the Redbull Stratos high altitude skydive, broadcast on the Discovery channel and streamed live online.

In the 2019 Drama, The Irishman, Robert Hager is briefly mentioned as a broadcaster.

Personal life

Hager and his wife, Honore, have three daughters and 8 grandchildren, (youngest to oldest) Derek DeAngelo, Patrick Henegan, Brady DeAngelo, John Nossiff, Lilly Dukich, Peter Nossiff, Bobby Dukich, and Aaron Nossiff. He currently resides in Woodstock, VT. In 2000, the United Nations Environment Programme elected Hager to its Global 500 Roll of Honour in recognition of "his outstanding contributions to the protection of the environment." He was selected for his reporting on major climatic events, including "ozone depletion and global warming", as well as his coverage of the scandals that rocked the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1980s.