PERSON: Jim Miklaszewski

Chief Pentagon Correspondent

James Allen Miklaszewski (born 8 July 1949), better known as Jim or "Mik" Miklaszewski, is chief Pentagon correspondent for NBC News. "Mik" was reporting live for the Today Show on September 11, 2001 when a plane hit the Pentagon, where his office is based.<br> <br> Miklaszewski was news director for KRXV (Radio 15) in Fort Worth, Texas, and used the air name of "James Allen." In mid-1979 he worked as an account executive for the station after its all-news format was dropped in favor of an easy listening music format, changing its call letters to KMZK-AM (K-Music).<br> <br> Following this, Miklaszewski was one of the CNN "Originals", serving as a National Correspondent and covering the Reagan White House. He was also a moderator for two CNN public affairs programs, Election Watch and Newsmaker Sunday. His series, After Nam, a documentary on the Vietnam War ten years after the fall of Saigon, earned the Edward R. Murrow award for journalism.<br> <br> Upon joining NBC in 1985, Miklaszewski was a White House correspondent during the Bush Sr. and Clinton administrations.<br> <br> Known to his colleagues in broadcasting as "Mik", Miklaszewski is a Cudahy native. He is married to Cheryl Heyse, and they have two sons, James and Jeffrey.<br> <br> -- Wikipedia