Blake Essig Biography
Blake Essig is a CNN international correspondent based in the network’s Tokyo bureau, where he has won numerous awards. He is in charge of reporting on major events in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
How old is Blake Essig? – Age
He is 35 years old as of 2021. Blake was born in 1986 in the United States of America.
Blake Essig Wife – Family
He is married to Haley Essig. The couple has two young daughters.
Blake Essig Education
He earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication with honors.
Blake Essig Net Worth – Salary
He has an estimated net worth of $2 Million. His salary is not revealed.
Blake Essig Career
Essig played a key role in the network’s coverage of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. He detailed the difficulties Japan faced in the run-up to and during the historic Games. His coverage included the effects of Covid-19, a slew of scandals, and fierce opposition to holding the global event during the pandemic.
He’s also covered the aftermath of the Diamond Princess cruise ship disaster in Japan for CNN’s Covid-19 coverage, reporting from the China-Hong Kong border in the early days of the outbreak. Essig has covered a number of natural disasters in Asia, including a deadly mudslide in Atami, Japan in 2021 and the eruption of the Taal Volcano in the Philippines in 2020. In early 2021, he covered the search for a missing Indonesian Navy submarine in great detail.
Before joining CNN, Essig worked at KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska, as a multimedia journalist, covering major breaking news stories such as deadly plane crashes, earthquakes, flooding, and wildfires. He also produced a five-part series on Alaska’s whalers, focusing on the history and controversy surrounding the subsistence hunt, as well as a weekly series profiling people, events, and life in one of the world’s most beautiful and harsh environments.
Essig filed in-depth reports from the front lines of the Afghan war, followed a trade delegation from Alaska to China as the trade war escalated, produced several long form pieces on the climate crisis, and covered the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi while on special assignment. Essig has received numerous awards throughout his career, including seven Edward R. Murrow Awards, three Emmys, and the Society of Professional Journalism’s Sigma Delta Chi Award.