Veteran Reporter, Off TV, Looks to the Web...for Now

Jay DeDapper has spent the last 22 years as a TV reporter at two New York stations: WABC, and since 1998, WNBC. A political reporter, DeDapper’s last story aired on WNBC four days before the inauguration.

The NY Daily News’ Richard Huff caught up with DeDapper who has launched Get Real with Jay DeDapper, a blog-style news site which intends to “drill down” on stories that usually only get superficial treatment on TV.

“I’m basically trying to cut through the fog of counterclaims,” DeDapper tells Huff.

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