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EARLY LIFE Kroft graduated from Horace Greeley High School in 1963, and went on to finish Syracuse University in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree. Kroft also earned a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Indiana University . JOURNALISM CAREER Kroft began his journalism career as a reporter for WPLG-TV Miami , WJXT-TV Jacksonville, Florida , and WSYR-TV Syracuse, New York . In 1980, Kroft joined CBS News as a reporter in the Northeast bureau. In 1981, he was named a correspondent and effectively moved to the Dallas bureau where he stayed until 1983. That year, Kroft was moved to the Miami bureau, where he frequently traveled to the Caribbean and Latin America. He later became a foreign correspondent in the CBS News London bureau. He went to become a correspondent for CBS News magazine ''West 57th.'' In 1989, Kroft became a correspondent of '' 60 Minutes '', a post he still holds today. FAMILY Kroft lives in New York with his wife, Jennet Conant, and has one son, John Conant Kroft. AWARDS
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