Kayce Freed Jennings

Kayce Freed Jennings, widow of ABC news anchor Peter Jennings who dominated airwaves for over two decades. Kayce is co-founder and executive vice president of The Documentary Group as well as senior producer for films like State of the Union and Out of Control: AIDS in Black America.

Early Life and Education

Kayce Freed Jennings hails from the United States and belongs to white ethnicity. She is well-known as an American film and TV producer as well as an entrepreneur, being co-founder and executive vice president of Documentary Group.

She attended Phillips Academy from 1974-1976 before enrolling at London School of Economics and then Brown University.

Jennings has built up extensive connections within the nonprofit world and has worked closely with The Coalition for the Homeless, Teach for America, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Veritas Therapeutic Community among many others. Additionally, she serves on Women In Need’s board as well as The Peter Jennings Project for Journalists and the Constitution at National Constitution Center Philadelphia.

She worked at ABC News as a producer for over 21 years, serving on Nightline, World News Tonight and 20/20’s staffs respectively. Additionally, she served as Senior Producer at Girl Rising as well as director of their US Educator Program.

Professional Career

Kayce Freed Jennings is the widow of ABC journalist Peter Jennings and co-founder of The Documentary Group. For many years she was a producer for 20/20 as well as other ABC News productions like Nightline and World News Tonight. Additionally she co-founded Girl Rising Educators as well as sitting on boards like Win – an agency serving homeless families; SOLA (School of Leadership in Afghanistan); Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreation Center.

On April 5, 2005, Peter Jennings made his final anchor appearance as part of the evening news anchor trio (Tom Brokaw from NBC and Dan Rather from CBS). Four months later he would succumb to lung cancer that would ultimately claim him at age 67.

Achievement and Honors

Kayce Freed Jennings is still active in journalism as the widow of famed ABC News anchor Peter Jennings, co-founding The Documentary Group – an independent production company. For several years she worked at ABC News in London, Atlanta and New York as a producer. Kayce could often be found working Nightline or World News Tonight shows!

Jennings has dedicated herself to humanitarian causes. She currently sits on the board of Win, an agency assisting homeless families in New York. Additionally, she sits on SOLA (School of Leadership Afghanistan) advisory boards as well as those for Jimbere Fund.

In 2023, she honored two Teach For America alumni – Reyna Montoya and Jose Patino from Arizona – with the Peter Jennings Award for Civic Leadership. These individuals led efforts for Proposition 308, which restored state tuition for Arizona immigrants.

Personal Life

Kayce Freed Jennings, best known as the fourth wife of television journalist Peter Jennings (deceased), co-founded The Documentary Group with Diane Sawyer and Ted Koppel as well as receiving awards such as two Peabody Awards for Out of Control: AIDS in Black America and Babyland films she produced.

She brings an impressive 25 years of journalism experience, having served as Vice President and Senior Producer on films such as State of the Union and Out of Control: AIDS in Black America for which she received the Peabody Award before forming The Documentary Group manufacturing company. Additionally, she serves on boards for Win, New York City’s largest provider of shelter for homeless families, as well as SOLA (School of Leadership Afghanistan).

Net Worth

Kayce Freed Jennings, known by most for being Peter Jennings’ partner and television producer with an estimated net worth of around $1 Million.

She began her career at ABC News London as a producer for Nightline, covering Europe, the Middle East, Africa and national politics. Later she relocated to Atlanta bureau where she focused on southern United States, Caribbean, Latin American politics as well as national political issues.

As coeditor of Peter Jennings: A Reporter’s Life, she also founded and serves as executive vice president of The Documentary Group – an independent production company dedicated to documentary-style journalism. Additionally, she serves on both boards for Win, an organization helping homeless families in New York, as well as on SOLA (Society of Leadership for African Achievement), which mobilizes girls against poverty in Africa.