David Begnaud Biography
David Begnaud an American award-winning journalist working at CBS News in New York, as the lead national news correspondent. He previously worked as a TV host at Ora TV in Los Angeles, CA for one year. He as well featured in CBS This Morning, the CBS Evening News, 48 Hours, CBS Sunday Morning and CBSN, CBS News’ 24/7 streaming news service.
David Begnaud Age
Begnaud was born on June 13, 1983, in Lafayette, LA, United States.
David Begnaud Career
Begnaud worked for Newsbreaker at Ora TV, based out of Los Angeles, CA. Prior to that on he worked at KTLA in Los Angeles from 2010 to 2012 and KOVR in Sacramento from 2007 to 2010. He joined CBS News in August 2015 as a Miami-based correspondent and was relocated to the Network’s Dallas bureau in Jan 2017.
In Sept 2017, Begnaud was sent by CBS News to report on Hurricane Irma and remained in Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria. From various locations in Puerto Rico, Begnaud filed multiple reports of conditions on the ground that were broadcast through CBS News. In addition, Begnaud reported through his own various social media accounts. His social media accounts have been hailed for helping keep followers in the mainland US to know the conditions in Puerto Rico.
After his time in Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria, Begnaud continued to file reports through CBS news, or his own social media accounts, on topics related to Puerto Rico and the Hurricane Maria recovery. CBS News also continued to send Begnaud to various locations, including additional trips to Puerto Rico, to report on other breaking stories such as a mistreated children’s case in California, wildfires in California, and undocumented immigrant children separations.
In July 2019, Begnaud was back in Puerto Rico reporting on the Puerto Rico protests, and the resignation of then-governor Ricardo Rossello and was received warmly by the Puerto Ricans on the island, who see him as their ally.
David Begnaud Net Worth
Begnaud has an estimated Net Worth of between $750K and $1.5 Million.
David Begnaud Salary
Begnaud earns am annual estimated salary of between $50,000-$158,549
David Begnaud CBS News
In Aug 2015, he joined CBS News as a Miami-based correspondent and was relocated in January 2017 to the Network’s Dallas bureau.
David Begnaud CBS Puerto Rico Documentary
Begnaud was sent by CBS News in Sept 2017, to report on Hurricane Irma and remained in Puerto Rico for Hurricane Maria. Begnaud filed multiple reports of conditions on the ground from various locations in Puerto Rico, that was broadcast through CBS News. He also reported through his own various social media accounts that have been hailed for helping keep followers in the mainland US to know the conditions in Puerto Rico.
Begnaud continued to file reports through CBS news, or his own social media accounts, on topics related to Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria recovery, after his time in Puerto for Hurricane Maria was over. The news station also continued to send Begnaud to various locations, including additional trips to Puerto Rico, to report on other breaking stories such as a mistreated children’s case in California, wildfires in California, and undocumented immigrant children separations.
David Begnaud Carmelo Diaz
David Begnaud had to get involved with the people of Puerto Rico during the hurricanes and that’s how he met Carmelo Diaz, a former tennis coach who’d been living with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) for 29 years. He said ” I got a message from a random woman in Los Angeles to please check on this man. We walked in there, and he was in bed pouring in sweat — the power was unreliable and he was on a ventilator.
With no power the ventilator wouldn’t run and he would die. He was desperate to get off the island. The man has no control over his body and would blink his eyes and clack his teeth together to communicate with his wife, who would somehow interpret what he was communicating.”
David Begnaud Whitefish Montana
He also reported on Whitefish Energy, a tiny Montana-based company with clear connections to the Trump administration, believed to have secured a $300 million contract to restore Puerto Rico’s electricity.
David Begnaud CBS This Morning
David Begnaud’s reporting has been featured across CBS News broadcasts and platforms including CBS This Morning, the CBS Evening News, 48 Hours, CBS Sunday Morning and CBSN, CBS News’ 24/7 streaming news service.
David Begnaud Yale
He was given a chance to speak as a Poynter Fellow in Journalism at Yale on Monday 1st October 2018. The event, which was co-sponsored by the Yale Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration and Ezra Stiles College, took place at 4 p.m. in the Ezra Stiles Head of College House, 9 Tower Parkway. It is free and open to the public.
David Begnaud Awards
In Feb 2018, David Begnaud was awarded the George Polk journalism award for public service for his work reporting on Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria. He was also designated a “Puerto Rican Champion” and participated in the 2018 Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. Begnaud is an honorary Puerto Rican highly esteemed by the people of Puerto Rico.
David Begnaud Height and Weight
David stands tall at a height of 5′ 11″ (1.8 m) and has an average body weight
David Begnaud Education
Begnaud joined Teurlings Catholic High School based in Lafayette, LA. He then joined the University of Louisiana where he studied and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in general studies in 2005.
David Begnaud Family
David information about his family is publicly unavailable. We will update this section as soon as this information is available.
David Begnaud Partner and Gay
David is openly gay, he shared a picture with his partner Jeremy on June 24, 2018. He as well revealed to Washington Blade in 2018 that he had been in a romantic relationship with his partner Jeremy since 2011.
He however revealed his relationship with Jeremy to his family in 2008.