Shimon Prokupecz


Shimon Prokupecz is an American journalist who works as the crime and justice reporter for CNN.

Life and career

Prokupecz was raised in Brooklyn, New York and then graduated from Hunter College. After school, he worked as a paralegal in the office of the Brooklyn District Attorney before working as an assignment editor at WABC-TV and then as a producer at WNBC. In 2013, he joined CNN as their Crime and Justice producer based in Washington, D.C. and later New York City. In 2017, he returned to Washington, D.C. as a crime and justice reporter.