Alan Cohn

Alan Michael Cohn is a Peabody Award winning television investigative journalist. He is running for Congress in Florida's 15th congressional district.

Alan Cohn
Born
Alan Michael Cohn
Alma materHofstra University
OccupationJournalist
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Patricia
ChildrenTwo
WebsiteCampaign website

Personal life and education

Cohn has two children with his wife, Patricia. Aaron Cohn is a pitcher at Fairleigh Dickson University and Ann Cohn attends the University of Central Florida. He graduated from Hofstra University.[1] While at Hofstra, Cohn anchored Hofstra news broadcasts and interned at CBS. Cohn considers fellow reporter Charles Osgood to be his mentor.[2]

Career

Alan Cohn long served as the anchor and managing editor of ABC7 at 7 in Sarasota. His nightly broadcast features in reporting and interviews with newsmakers from Donald Trump to Jerry Springer.[3] Cohn has worked for WFTS-Channel 28 and ABC.[4] Cohn won the Peabody Award for a multi-year investigation of quality control issues at Sikorsky Aircraft.[5] While at WTNH, Cohn uncovered a scandal involving DMV employees illegally selling driver's licenses, as well as security gaps in Metro North.[2] Cohn has also worked for NBC, New England Cable News (where he won an Emmy Award for uncovering a convicted killer attempt to become a Boston Police officer), the Boston Globe, WTIC-TV, WGGB-TV, and WAMI-TV in Miami, Florida (where he won an Emmy Award for winning back benefits for a forgotten Vietnam veteran).[1][2]

In 2014, Cohn ran as a Democrat for Congress in Florida's 15th congressional district, the seat held by Republican Congressman Dennis A. Ross.[4] On announcing his candidacy, Cohn stated, "People remember what I did in this area in terms of exposing political corruption and scams and frauds."[6] Cohn lost to Ross, getting 84,620 votes (39.7%) to Ross's 128,533 (60.3%).[7]

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References
  1. "Alan Cohn". WTNH. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  2. "Alan Cohn Q and A". Hofstra. August 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  3. Rufty, Bill (August 29, 2013). "Alan Cohn Announces Candidacy for Congress". The Ledger. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  4. Perry, Mitch (August 29, 2013). "Investigative news reporter Alan Cohn to take on Dennis Ross in Fla. CD-15 race". Creative Loafing. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  5. Kaufman, Debra (June 4, 2007). "WTNH-TV: Defective Parts In Sikorsky Helicopters". TelevisionWeek. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  6. Newborn, Steve (August 29, 2013). "Former TV Reporter Shoots for Capitol Hill". WUSF News. Retrieved September 7, 2013.
  7. http://enight.elections.myflorida.com/FederalOffices/
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