PERSON: Rick Sallinger
Employer
CBS4 (CBS News Denver)
Position
Reporter
Biography
Rick has been with CBS4 since 1993. He has covered virtually every major story in Colorado during that time including the Columbine High School shootings, the Oklahoma City bombing trials, the murder of JonBenet Ramsey, the Kobe Bryant case, catastrophic wildfires, the Aurora Theater massacre and many more. Rick’s stories have appeared numerous times on the CBS Evening News, CBS This Morning, The CBS Early Show, CBS Sunday Morning and CBS Weekend News.
His investigative reporting has received numerous commendations, including the George Foster Peabody Award, considered one of broadcasting’s highest honors.Rick is a native of Chicago and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Illinois. His career has included radio reporting in Cleveland and Chicago. He has been a television news reporter in Indianapolis (WRTV), Denver (KUSA/KCNC), Chicago (WMAQ) and London (CNN).
In 1990, Rick signed on to become a correspondent for CNN’s London bureau. The very next day, Iraq invaded Kuwait, and within the next three years, he made five trips to Iraq, five to Jordan and one to Kuwait, and spent two and a half months, including the entire first Gulf War, in Saudi Arabia. During his years with CNN, he covered the reunification of Germany, the war in Yugoslavia, and other major events in Moscow, Somalia, Northern Ireland, Paris, Geneva, Spain and Denmark.
When Rick left Denver in 1986 to puruse his career goals The Denver Post wrote that his ambition was to one day return. He has achieved that and is proud to call Colorado his home.
His investigative reporting has received numerous commendations, including the George Foster Peabody Award, considered one of broadcasting’s highest honors.Rick is a native of Chicago and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Illinois. His career has included radio reporting in Cleveland and Chicago. He has been a television news reporter in Indianapolis (WRTV), Denver (KUSA/KCNC), Chicago (WMAQ) and London (CNN).
In 1990, Rick signed on to become a correspondent for CNN’s London bureau. The very next day, Iraq invaded Kuwait, and within the next three years, he made five trips to Iraq, five to Jordan and one to Kuwait, and spent two and a half months, including the entire first Gulf War, in Saudi Arabia. During his years with CNN, he covered the reunification of Germany, the war in Yugoslavia, and other major events in Moscow, Somalia, Northern Ireland, Paris, Geneva, Spain and Denmark.
When Rick left Denver in 1986 to puruse his career goals The Denver Post wrote that his ambition was to one day return. He has achieved that and is proud to call Colorado his home.
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