Geraldo Rivera is an American journalist, attorney, author, political commentator, and former television host, best known for his sensationalistic reporting and habit of inserting himself into stories.
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Geraldo Rivera rose to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s, winning awards for his investigative journalism reports on abused patients, the death of John Lennon, and the death of Elvis Presley.
Geraldo Rivera switched to Fox News two months after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Geraldo spent the next several years as a war correspondent, reporting from Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, and other locations.
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During this time, he had 22 combat assignments, the majority of which lasted weeks at a time and put him in dangerous situations.
He hosted “Geraldo at Large” on Fox News from 2009 to 2011. For the next decade, he worked as a Fox correspondent on various Fox shows. Geraldo debuted a radio show in Cleveland in 2018.
Geraldo Rivera won seven Emmys and a Peabody award during his career for his report on abused and neglected mentally retarded patients. He has written eight books as of this writing. He appeared on both Dancing with the Stars and The Celebrity Apprentice.
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