Carol Costello Biography
Carol Costello is an American Award-winning journalist working as the television anchor and former host of CNN Newsroom, hosting HLN’s Across America with Carol Costello, a two-hour news show that airs weekdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET and covers the day’s news and most-talked-about stories. She is based in the Los Angeles bureau of the network.
How old is Carol Costello? – Age
She is 62 years old as of 11 October 2023. She was born in 1961 in Minerva, Ohio, United States.
Carol Costello Family – Education
Her younger brother Jimmy died of cancer when she was 25. Costello attended Minerva High School in Minerva, Ohio, and Kent State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Costello worked as an award-winning police and court reporter at WAKR-TV in Akron, Ohio, after graduating from Kent State University.
Carol Costello Husband
She is married to educator, mathematician, academic administrator, and musician Timothy Law Snyder. The couple met when she interviewed him for a story on the odds of winning the Powerball lottery and married in 2004. Costello relocated to the New York area. Later, she and Snyder settled in Baltimore, Maryland. Costello cited her husband’s relocation as a major factor in her decision to leave CNN for HLN and relocate to Los Angeles in January 2017.
What happened to Carol on CNN? – Career
Costello previously worked for CNN Daybreak, the network’s former early morning news program, and contributed to The Situation Room. President Jimmy Carter, President Ronald Reagan, President George H.W. Bush, and President Bill Clinton have all been interviewed by Costello, who has also covered four presidential inaugurations. Costello covered the Gulf Oil Spill, the 2008 presidential election, and Hurricane Katrina for CNN, which won a Peabody Award.
She has also covered the last Space Shuttle launch, the Ohio midterm elections, the Virginia Tech shooting, the South Asian tsunami disaster, the Russian school hostage crisis, and Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne during her time with CNN. Costello’s work has received numerous awards, including an Emmy nomination in 1993 for a special on crack and cocaine, a UPI award, several Associated Press awards, and a UPI award in 1991.
Costello joined CNN in October 2001 after five years as an anchor and investigative reporter at WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. She previously worked as an anchor and co-anchor at WBAL-TV in Baltimore for three years. She started her career as a weekend anchor and reporter for WAKR-TV in Akron, Ohio, before moving to WBNS-TV in Columbus to become the station’s primary weeknight anchor.
How much is Carol Costello worth? – Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $8 million.