Mike Taibbi is a former television journalist who spent most of his career at NBC News. He joined NBC News in 1997 as a correspondent for Dateline NBC and got retired in 2014 ending his 40 years of service in TV news.
The Emmy Award winning former journalist is currently enjoying his retired life with wife Siobhan Walsh. Taibbi didn't make his personal life public when he was in the media, so many of his fans are still curious. We have some interesting details though!
Mike Taibbi's Wife and Married Life
Mike Taibbi is a family man. He is married to Siobhan Walsh since a long time. The journalist hasn't disclosed the date of their wedding date yet.
The couple makes their public appearance very rarely and also they not exactly active social media. Mike Taibbi and Siobhan Walsh together have a son, Matthew who is also a journalist and an author.
Matthew is also known as Matt and he is 46 years old now. He is currently an editor for Rolling Stone. Matt is also a married man and he married Jeanne Taibbi in 2010. They together have two children.
Given that Mike Taibbi and Siobhan Walsh's son is 46, we can safely a s sume they have been married for several decades.
NBC's Mike Taibbi's Career Highlights
Mike Taibbi served in the field of television for more than 40 years. He began his career on TV as a reporter from WCVB-TV, a local station in Boston in 1971. He also served WNAC-TV as an investigative reporter and in WNBC-TV and WCBS-TV. Taibbi also worked as a London-based correspondent for ABC News and correspondent for CBS's 48 Hours.
He then joined NBC News in 1997 where he was appointed the correspondent for Dateline NBC. He got retired in 2014. Besides being a journalist, he is also an author and in 1989 he published the book Unholy Alliances: Working the Tawana Brawley Story along with Anna Sims-Phillips.
Mike Taibbi Quick Facts
- He was born in 1949 to a Filipino-Hawaiian mother, Camila Salinas.
- His birth name is Loren Ames Denny.
- At the age of 7/ 8, he was adopted by Salvatore and Gaetana Taibbi from foster care and then raised in New York City.
- He has achieved an Emmy Award and is a four-time recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award.
- He graduated from Rutgers University in 1971. He earned a degree in Bachelor of Science, degrees in English and sociology.
- His son Matt Taibbi is also a journalist.
