Kaj Larsen worked for the Vanguard international news documentary investigative reporting show on Current TV beginning in 2005.
26 Facts About Kaj Larsen
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Kaj Larsen produced the documentary series LOCKUP Maricopa County and LOCKUP RAW for MSNBC from 2010 to 2011.
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Kaj Larsen has covered international and domestic conflict, including stories about waterboarding, ebola outbreaks, drug trafficking, Boko Haram, Somalia, and the militarization of the Arctic.
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Kaj Larsen initially attended the United States Naval Academy where he played water polo, but he transferred to the University of California, Santa Cruz after two years.
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Kaj Larsen originally aspired to be a Naval Aviator, having taken flying lessons growing up.
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Kaj Larsen graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz with a degree in political science and later received a master's degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was awarded a fellowship from the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.
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Kaj Larsen was a joint fellow at Tufts University Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism studies.
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Kaj Larsen enlisted in the United States Navy in 2001 and attended Basic Training at Recruit Training Command Great Lakes, Illinois.
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Kaj Larsen received the Navy Enlisted Classification 5326 as a Combatant Swimmer, entitled to wear the Special Warfare Insignia.
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Kaj Larsen is a combat veteran Navy SEAL who served in the War on Terror during Operation Enduring Freedom.
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Kaj Larsen helped develop the Vanguard journalism series, which received an Emmy Award.
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Kaj Larsen has reported from Yemen, Cambodia, Colombia and Haiti.
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In 2010, Kaj Larsen joined CNN as a correspondent for the Special Investigations and Documentary Unit covering the drug war in Mexico, the floods in Pakistan and WikiLeaks.
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Kaj Larsen has appeared as a guest on ABC, NBC, MSNBC, and The Huffington Post.
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Kaj Larsen was the senior correspondent and host of Current TV's The Current Election and has consulted on Aaron Sorkin's HBO fictional news program The Newsroom.
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Kaj Larsen has received an Emmy nomination, a Peabody nomination, two Telly Awards, and several Golden Cine Awards.
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Kaj Larsen helped launch The Mission Continues, providing fellowships to veterans, and continues to serve on the group's board of directors.
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Kaj Larsen is close friends with Eric Greitens as both served together in Iraq.
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Kaj Larsen began working as a bureau Chief for VICE News is 2014.
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Kaj Larsen traveled to Nigeria to embed with the Nigerian military and report on Boko Haram's effect on the region.
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Kaj Larsen's name was added to a list of influential people from a variety of industries who have faced public accusations of harassment.
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In 2019, Kaj Larsen appeared on The Fighter and the Kid podcast with Bryan Callen to discuss his career in journalism, including being waterboarded on TV and being embedded in Nigeria.
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Kaj Larsen created and served as the executive producer for the 2020 Netflix documentary series The Business of Drugs, which tracks the economics of the international narcotics trade.
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Kaj Larsen has served on the board of advisors of Team Rubicon, a veteran service organization that uses disaster response to help veterans transition to civilian life.
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Kaj Larsen was the keynote speaker at the Cupertino Veterans Day dedication of the statue of Matt Axelson and James Suh, two SEALs Kaj Larsen had served with, who were killed in action during Operation Red Wings in June 2005.
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Later in 2018, during the Woolsey Fire in California, Kaj Larsen used a private yacht to stage rescue missions in Malibu, delivering supplies and aid to first responders and evacuating residents by paddling back and forth between the yacht and the shore 30 times.