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Jay Dow
Jay Dow is a two-time Emmy award winning journalist who joined CBS 2 in 2002 as a New Jersey Correspondent. He reports regularly for the station's morning, noon, and evening newscasts.
Dow has covered many of the biggest stories of the past several years. He filed reports from Harlem and New Jersey on the scandal that led to the resignation of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer – and the eventual swearing in of Governor David Paterson. Dow also provided extensive coverage of the foiled Ft. Dix terror plot. Dow traveled to Houston for that city's mass evacuation in the wake of hurricane Rita in 2005, and to New Jersey's western border to cover severe flooding along the Delaware River in 2006. Dow also covered the resignation of New Jersey Governor James McGreevey, ex-NBA star Jayson Williams' manslaughter trial, and the arrest of Charles Cullen (the nurse accused of killing dozens of patients under his care).
Just months after arriving at CBS 2, Dow led the station's coverage of the Faheem Williams fatal child abuse case. The boy's death triggered major reform within New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services.
Dow has reported regularly on New Jersey's political landscape, and provided detailed coverage of the state's gubernatorial, legislative, and senatorial campaigns. His reporting responsibilities also take him outside of the Garden State, requiring him to file reports from across the New York Metropolitan area.
Since joining CBS 2, Dow has earned wide recognition for his work. He won his first Emmy award for outstanding breaking news coverage of the 2003 New York City blackout, and again in 2007 for coverage of a fatal fire in the Bronx that devastated two African families. Dow is also the recipient of three Emmy award nominations.
In 2003, the Harlem YMCA honored Dow with its Black Achievers in Industry award. He also received a second place Public Affairs award from the New York Association of Black Journalists for a profile of a local school district's alternative curriculum program.
Before joining CBS 2, Dow was the general assignment night reporter for NY1 News - the Time Warner-owned cable news station (1999-2002). While at NY1 Dow covered the 9/11 attacks and the anniversary of the Murrah Federal Building from Oklahoma City. He also provided coverage of the aftermath of the Flight 587 crash from the Dominican Republic.
Previously, Dow served as the Blair County reporter for WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Penn. (1998-1999). He began his career in journalism as a news assistant at "CBS News This Morning" (now "The Early Show")(1997-1998).
Dow is a native of the US Virgin Islands and was raised in Hackensack, NJ. In 1997, he earned a B.S. in political science with a concentration in economics from The College of New Jersey. Dow currently resides in Bergen County, N.J. with his wife and two children.