Charlie D’Agata Biography

Charlie D’Agata is an award winning journalist currently working as a CBS News’ senior national security correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. Previously, he was a senior foreign correspondent, based in London since 2011.

Charlie D’Agata Career

D’Agata has spent more than twenty years covering international news for CBS, touching virtually every significant worldwide conflict since the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and war in Afghanistan. He reports for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms, including “CBS This Morning,” and the “CBS Evening News” and CBS News 24/7.

Moreover, D’Agata has been reporting from the frontlines of the conflicts in Ukraine and Israel-Gaza as war and humanitarian crises have engulfed these regions. In early 2024, he conducted an exclusive, in-depth interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a bombed-out building, 12 miles from near the Russia border, where Zelenskyy warned of Vladimir Putin bringing war to Europe. In addition, D’Agata was given exclusive access to the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division who were practicing for war with Russia several miles from Ukraine’s border — the unit’s first deployment to Europe since World War II.

Furthermore, he was among one of the first reporters on the ground in Israel after the Hamas terrorist attack on 7 October, 2023. D”Agata has reported from inside Gaza, embedding with the Israeli military multiple times since the conflict began. As tensions spread in the region, he joined a crew aboard the USS Bataan in the eastern Mediterranean as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels continued to attack commercial vessels linked to Israel and its allies.

Besides offering insights from active participants of the conflicts, D’Agata has relentlessly extended a platform to honor the lives of civilian casualties and individuals whose lives have been uprooted as a result of war.

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In addition, D’Agata and his team spearheaded coverage of the migrant crisis that led to CBS News winning both the prestigious 2017 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Sigma Delta Chi award. In 2013, he also received the Overseas Press Club Award for the dramatic story of the crackdown in Cairo following the Egyptian revolution. His work helped CBS News earn numerous Edward R. Murrow awards for his coverage primarily throughout Iraq and inside Syria.

Furthermore, D’Agata and his team were among the first Western journalists to reach eastern Mosul, while reporting on the fight against ISIS. Before that, he covered the offensive to liberate Fallujah, and embedded with Kurdish Peshmerga in the battle for Sinjar. In 2003, D’Agata was also the first American journalist in Baghdad 10 months before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Additionally, D’Agata and his colleagues were also the first to report from Benghazi, Libya, when Islamic militants launched a coordinated attack on the U.S. Consulate, which resulted in the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three U.S. personnel.

He has also covered natural disasters from the Asian tsunami, earthquakes in Italy, and the earthquake and tsunami in Japan that triggered a nuclear crisis at the Fukushima power plant.

D’Agata has also been a correspondent for many other international events, including the death of Pope John Paul II and succession to Pope Benedict. He also reported on the Royal Wedding of William and Catherine, Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee, the upheavals during the Arab Spring, and multiple terror attacks in Europe.

Charlie D’Agata London

Previously, D’Agata was the London correspondent for CBS Newspath, the affiliate news service of CBS News; Newspath’s first internationally based correspondent. Before that, he was CBS Radio’s chief overseas correspondent from 2002- 2005.

Prior to joining CBS News, D’Agata was a correspondent for APTN in London, and began his international career in 1992 as assignment editor for ABC News in London. He was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts. D’Agata graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Colorado State University.

Charlie D’Agata Age

D’Agata was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on 16 June, 1970 and is 54 years old as of 2024.

Charlie D’Agata Height

He stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.

Charlie D’Agata Education

D’Agata graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Colorado State University.

Charlie D’Agata Family

He was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts. There is no information about his parents or siblings. However, will update as soon as the information is available.

Charlie D’Agata Wife

D’Agata lived in London with his wife.

Charlie D’Agata Children

He is a father of two daughters.