Elaine Quijano Biography
Elaine Quijano is a reporter for CBSN, the company’s internet streaming network. From 2016 until 2020, Quijano hosted the Sunday edition of CBS Weekend News. CBS This Morning and The CBS Evening News have both featured her work.
How old is Elaine Quijano?- Age
Quijano is 48 years old as of January 2022. She was born Elaine Cagas Quijano on 21 January 1974 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Elaine Quijano Education
She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1995 from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
Elaine Quijano Height
The reporter for CBSN Quijano stands at an average height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall.
Elaine Quijano Family – Parents
She was born Elaine Cagas Quijano in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Quijano’s mother and father are from the Philippines, and her family now lives in Batangas and Davao City. She is one of the 36 million second-generation immigrants in the United States, having grown up in the Chicago suburbs of Skokie and Morton Grove.
Elaine Quijano Husband – Married
She has not gone public with his relationship. It is not known whether she is married, engaged, divorced, or single.
Elaine Quijano CBS News – Career
Quijano began her career in 1994 as an intern at WCIA-TV in Champaign, Illinois, and later rose through the ranks to become a reporter, producer, and anchor there. Quijano departed WCIA in 1998 to work for WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida, as a general assignment reporter. Starting in December 2000, Quijano worked as a correspondent for CNN Newsource, a CNN affiliate. She was in Kuwait City just before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, covering the September 11th attacks. For approximately a month, she was in Kuwait. Quijano also reported on the Columbia Space Shuttle catastrophe in 2003 and the Beltway sniper assaults. Quijano joined CNN/US as a general assignment correspondent in Washington, D.C. in 2004.
She covered the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign, and vice-presidential candidate John Edwards’ campaign. She joined CNN as a White House correspondent in 2006. Quijano covered important topics throughout George W. Bush’s presidency, including the War on Terror, the failed attempt at comprehensive immigration reform, and the 2008 financial crisis. Quijano departed CNN on December 23, 2009, and began working for CBS News as a general assignment reporter in early 2010. Quijano is stationed in New York City for CBS News. Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, the Sandy Hook Elementary School atrocity in 2012, and the 2014 World Cup were all covered by her.
Quijano is a correspondent for CBSN, the company’s internet streaming network. From 2016 until 2020, Quijano hosted the Sunday edition of CBS Weekend News. CBS This Morning and The CBS Evening News have both featured her work. Quijano was the commencement speaker at her alma mater, the UIUC College of Media. Quijano was named the moderator for the vice-presidential debate on Tuesday, October 4, 2016, at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). Quijano was the first Asian American to moderate a U.S. debate for national elected office in the general election, and the youngest journalist to moderate a debate since 1988.
Elaine Quijano Salary
Quijano earns an annual salary ranging from $40,000 – and $ 110,500.
Elaine Quijano’s Net Worth
Quijano has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million.