Andrew Charles Griffin was an award winning American journalist for the CNN. He was famously known for his reporting on the delayed care for military veterans at Veterans Affairs hospitals which led to the resignation of the secretary of the department. He is also known for his coverage of hurricane Katrina in 2005. He won several Emmy Awards and Peabody Awards for his work at CNN. Griffin was born in Chicago, Illinois to Michael and Judith Griffin, who worked as a civil engineer and lawyer, res... moreAndrew Charles Griffin was an award winning American journalist for the CNN. He was famously known for his reporting on the delayed care for military veterans at Veterans Affairs hospitals which led to the resignation of the secretary of the department. He is also known for his coverage of hurricane Katrina in 2005. He won several Emmy Awards and Peabody Awards for his work at CNN. Griffin was born in Chicago, Illinois to Michael and Judith Griffin, who worked as a civil engineer and lawyer, respectively. He majored in communications at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His career began at WICD-TV in Illinois then became an investigative reporter for ten years at CBS 2 News. In 2004 he joined the CNN where he did ground breaking work that won him awards. He won an Emmy Awards for his reports on a fault in Ford Motor Company vehicles which caused them to catch fire and fraudulent practices behind Donald Trump's real estate school. Among his last notable works was the coverage of events following the January 6 United States Capitol attack in 2021.
