David Kaplan Bio, FOX 5 DC, Age, Height, Education, Family, Wife, Children and Career

David Kaplan Biography

David Kaplan is an award winning journalist currently working as a general assignment and sports reporter for FOX 5 DC News Team. He joined the station in September 2021.

David Kaplan Career

Kaplan was born and raised in Roanoke, Southwest Virginia and still loves going home to his parents and mountains. He was fortunate to know he wanted to be a journalist at a young age. Kaplan graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School for Public Communications and also majored in Political Science from Syracuse University in 2012.

After graduating, he moved back home to Roanoke, Virginia and started his career in journalism at the TV station he grew up watching, WDBJ7 as a general assignment reporter for over three years. During his time at the station, Kaplan covered some of the biggest stories in Virginia such as Hannah Graham’s disappearance and Ed Gillespie’s near shocking upset of Mark Warner. In addition, he covered a shooting at New River Community College and the fallout at UVA from the now-retracted Rolling Stone article. Kaplan covered anything and everything for WDBJ7, but was also the station’s education reporter.

Prior to moving to FOX 5 DC, he worked as a general assignment reporter for ABC affiliate – WTAE in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for six years. Kaplan covered the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh and the 2020 presidential election from his perch in Western Pennsylvania. He won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy for coverage of a February Tornado in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. In addition, Kaplan is a recipient of an Associated Press award for a feature on a Pittsburgh Pirates fan who’d missed just 22 home games in 37 years.

He worked as an intern in several places starting with four months as an intern reporter for WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia. In addition, Kaplan interned at NBC for four months and WDBJ-TV also for four months.

David Kaplan FOX 5 DC

Kaplan loves his job at FOX 5 DC so much, getting to meet people, tell their stories, share their perspective, hold the powerful to account and get answers for people who crave them. Additionally, he believes It’s an obligation and a privilege to do his job and viewers deserve an accurate accounting of what happens in their community, information to keep them safe; that’s the obligation. As for the privilege, Kaplan doesn’t take anyone’s willingness to share their story with him for granted, and values when people make a conscious decision to let them into their homes or on their newsfeeds. Your time is valuable; he appreciates people giving it to Fox 5 when they do.

In his spare time, Kaplan loves to run, cook, play golf, and spend time with his family and friends. He also enjoys sports, too and spends a lot of time watching the PGA Tour and National Football League (NFL).

Kaplan always asks people to ‘Consider the source, consider the context, if it seems too good to be true, double check it, if you disagree with it, that doesn’t make it wrong’ when consuming news. He further strives every day to be a trustworthy source who puts stories in context and works incredibly hard to deliver the full picture in every story.

David Kaplan Age

Kaplan was born in Roanoke, Southwest Virginia on 15 September 1989 and is now 35 years old as of 2024.

David Kaplan Height

He stands at an average height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70m) tall.

David Kaplan Education

Kaplan graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcast and Digital Journalism at the S.I. Newhouse School for Public Communications and also majored in Political Science from Syracuse University in 2012.

David Kaplan Family

Kaplan was born and raised in Roanoke, Southwest Virginia and still loves going home to his parents and mountains. His mother’s name is Debbie Kaplan according to a Facebook post as he wished her a happy mother’s day. He was excited to move closer to family in Washington DC as his sister, her husband and three kids live in DC.

David Kaplan Wife

There is no information about Kaplan being married or in a relationship. However, will update as soon as the information is available.

David Kaplan Children

There is no information about him having children. However, will update as soon as the information is available.


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