Early LifePeter Jennings was born in Toronto, the eldest of two children born to Elizabeth Osborne, a homemaker, and Charles Jennings. Jennings later said that his father, who had been away on business in the Middle East at the time, was upset to learn this, as he abhorred nepotism. Career in the United StatesWithin just a few months of taking his correspondent job with ABC News, Peter Jennings found himself helming that network’s nightly newscast. Jennings later called this his “great failure.”After three years in the anchor role, Jennings was dispatched to ABC News’ Rome office in 1968, beginning his career as a foreign correspondent. In addition to the regular daily newscast, Jennings also hosted and produced special prime time documentary features for ABC News under the banner Peter Jennings Reporting.
