 For 14 years, Popkin served in several high-ranking positions at NBC News in Washington, DC. He was a Senior Investigative Producer, and oversaw a team of correspondents and producers that broke major stories for NBC News on politics, Wall Street scandals, defense, and intelligence and law-enforcement controversies.
He also was an on-air correspondent, and his stories appeared on NBC’s TODAY show, the weekend Nightly News, CNBC and MSNBC.
On September 11, 2001, Popkin helped spearhead NBC’s coverage of the simultaneous terrorist attacks. Months later, he created the award-winning NBC News Investigative Unit. He began his television career as an Investigative Correspondent for WRC-TV in Washington.
Popkin won four national Emmy awards for outstanding journalism, two Edward R. Murrow Awards and was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. The American Journalism Review profiled him as one of Washington’s “most enterprising journalists.”
Prior to NBC News, Popkin was a writer and Senior Editor for U.S. News & World Report for six years. His articles and reports also have appeared in the Washington Post, USA TODAY, Washingtonian and on National Public Radio.
Popkin received a B.A. from Northwestern University and a Masters of Studies in Law from the Yale Law School.
Today, Popkin runs the Seven Oaks Media Group, a Washington-based communications firm. It provides strategic communications, crisis management, media placement and media training to corporations and institutions nationwide.
CONTACT JIM POPKIN:
Jim Popkin
Seven Oaks Media Group
Office: Washington, DC
Work: (202) 686-6699
Email: jim.popkin@sevenoaksmedia.com
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