Tom Costello

Education

Costello received a bachelor"s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1987 and a master"s degree in Administration/International Commerce from in 1996 at its Graduate Center in Brussels.

Career

His reports appear across National Broadcasting Company News platforms, including online, The Today Show, National Broadcasting Company Nightly News, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, and Consumer News and Business Channel. His portfolio of coverage includes aviation and transportation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, consumer and regulatory issues, business and economics. Costello joined National Broadcasting Company News in 2004 as a New York-based correspondent and in 2005 moved to Washington, District of Columbia at the request of then-Bureau Chief Tim Russert. Prior to joining National Broadcasting Company News, Costello was the senior correspondent at Consumer News and Business Channel Business News in New New York

Since 2005, Costello has been National Broadcasting Company News"s lead aviation correspondent.

His major recent assignments include the Philadelphia train derailment that killed 8. The protests in Baltimore over allegations of police conduct.

The deliberate crash of a GermanWings plane in France. The loss of Malaysia Airlines flights 370 and 17.

The crash landing of Asiana 214 in San Francisco.

The investigation into Air France 447. The massive Yosemite National Park forest fire. And earthquakes and tornadoes.

Costello received a bachelor"s degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1987 and a master"s degree in Administration/International Commerce from Boston University in 1996 at its Graduate Center in Brussels.

He spent six years at KUSA-television in Denver, and two years at KVIA-television in El Paso, Texas. Before joining Consumer News and Business Channel, Costello contributed to Financial Times television and Cable News Network while earning a master"s degree in Brussels, Belgium. From 1996 to 2004, Costello worked at Consumer News and Business Channel business news.

From 1996-1999, Costello reported from London for both Consumer News and Business Channel and National Broadcasting Company News, covering Europe"s economic union and the death of Princess Diana, among many stories. From 1999-2002, he served as Consumer News and Business Channel"s Nasdaq correspondent and was on duty in Manhattan when terrorists attacked on 9/11.

Former National Broadcasting Company Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert brought Costello to the District of Columbia bureau in 2005.

Previously, he was based at National Broadcasting Company News headquarters in New New York His assignments have taken him around the world – from the terrorist bombings in Madrid, to the Korean DMZ, across the Persian Gulf, Russia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Central America, Eastern and Western Europe. timeline

Reporter for KVIA-television in El Paso, Texas

Reporter for KUSA-television in Denver, Colorado

1995-1996: Correspondent for Financial Times television, Cable News Network, and Consumer News and Business Channel Europe

1995–2003: Consumer News and Business Channel

1996–1999: London anchor

1999–2002: National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation editor

2004–present: National Broadcasting Company News

2004–2005: New York City-based correspondent

2005–present: Washington-based correspondent for National Broadcasting Company News.

Achievements

• Among the major aviation stories he’s covered: the crash of Asiana flight 214 in San Francisco. Air France 447 over the Atlantic. Colgan Air flight 3407 in Buffalo. Comair 5191 in Lexington. The missing Malaysian Airlines MH370 jet. And the Miracle on the Hudson landing in 2009 for which National Broadcasting Company News was honored with a prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award and a National Emmy Award for Breaking News Coverage. In 2008, Costello led National Broadcasting Company"s Emmy Award-winning coverage of the Financial Bailout Talks in Congress. National Broadcasting Company"s coverage of the Miracle on the Hudson was honored with a prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Costello also led National Broadcasting Company"s coverage of the 2008 Financial Bailout Talks in Congress, for which he was honored with a National Emmy Award. He has been recognized with national and regional Emmy awards, National Headliner Awards, awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the duPont-Columbia University Award for Excellence in Journalism and awards from the Associated Press, Gannett, the Radio Television Digital News Association, the University of Colorado and Boston University.