Jeff Rossen


Jeff Rossen is an American television journalist employed by Hearst Television. In 2019, Hearst signed Rossen to a multi-platform deal. His segments are now syndicated on Hearst Television stations nationwide. Hearst owns top-rated NBC, ABC and CBS television stations in dozens of major cities, including Boston, Baltimore, Sacramento, and Orlando. Rossen will also create original content for Hearst’s digital and mobile brands. He is based at the famed Hearst Tower in New York City.
Prior to Hearst, Rossen rose to fame at NBC News from 2008 until 2019. He was a fixture on Today and also contributed to NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. Rossen also filled in hosting Weekend Today.

Early life and education

Rossen was born in Hauppauge, New York and is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Career

Rossen worked as a reporter at WUTR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Utica, New York. He also worked in Syracuse, New York at ABC affiliate WIXT-TV, and at Fox affiliate WJBK-TV in Detroit before joining WABC-TV in May 2001. While at WJBK he covered the death of Kayla Rolland, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Flint, Michigan. Rossen's live report was featured in Michael Moore's 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine.. At WABC, he covered news segments such as the crash of TWA Flight 800 and the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, the New York City Olympic bid in Singapore, Ronald Reagan's death and the London terrorist attack, among others. He hosted a weekly segment on Eyewitness News called "What's Bugging You?"
On August 18, 2008, Rossen added an Instrument Rating to his Private Pilot certificate from the FAA. This fact was revealed when he filed an NBC Nightly News report on February 14, 2009 regarding the crash of Continental Airlines Flight #3407 and was corroborated by the FAA Airmen Certification database according to News 12 New Jersey.
Rossen joined NBC in 2008. In 2012, Rossen was named National Investigative Correspondent where he led an investigative unit titled "Rossen Reports" that appeared on all platforms, including Today, NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC.
Rossen published a book, Rossen to the Rescue: Secrets to Avoiding Scams, Everyday Dangers, and Major Catastrophes,'' in fall 2017.
Rossen left NBC in early 2019 after the expiry of his contract.
Rossen joined Hearst Television in 2019 to produce “Rossen Reports” across the company’s television and digital platforms.

Personal life

Rossen is married to former ABC News Executive Producer & Vice-President Danielle Rossen. Rossen was co-creator and show-runner of ABC’s primetime hit “What Would You Do?” Rossen served as Senior Producer and Senior Broadcast Producer of ABC’s 20/20. In addition, she developed several unscripted shows for cable networks including Lifetime, A&E, Travel Channel and Freeform.