Gloria Riviera Biography
Gloria Riviera is an ABC News correspondent in Washington, D.C. She reports on a wide range of breaking, investigative, and feature topics for the network’s flagship show, Good Morning America, World News, and Nightline. She also routinely contributes to ABC News Digital and ABC News Radio. Riviera joined ABC News in 1999 as the assistant to then senior White House Correspondent, “20/20” and “This Week” Anchor Sam Donaldson.
Gloria Riviera Age
Riviera is 49 years old as of 2023, she was born in 1974, in Idaho, United States of America.
Gloria Riviera Height
Riviera stands at a height of 5 ft 6 inches/ 1.6 m tall.
Gloria Riviera Family- Parents
Gloria was born in Idaho, United States of America, the daughter of Daniel Riviera, and Charlotte Riviera.
Gloria Riviera Husband- Married
Riviera is married to former ABC News senior foreign correspondent Jim Sciutto, who is now CNN’s chief national security correspondent. Tristan, Caden, and Sinclair are their three children.
Gloria Riviera Health- Brain Cancer
Information regarding her health is under review.
Gloria Riviera ABC News – Career
Riviera is a Washington, D.C.-based ABC News correspondent. She reports on a wide range of breaking, investigative, and feature topics for the network’s flagship show, Good Morning America, World News, and Nightline. She also routinely contributes to ABC News Digital and ABC News Radio. Her series Daughters for Sale, which investigated underage sex trafficking, received many honors in 2017. She previously reported on families in North Carolina’s Muslim community in the aftermath of President Trump’s travel restriction. She traveled to Kentucky to interview Governor Bevin and meet Obamacare recipients who are also Trump supporters for a piece on the future of healthcare. She has long covered the pro-life vs. pro-choice argument in the United States.
Her reporting has brought her to more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, where she has encountered war zones, natural disasters, extreme adventures, and other challenges. Terrorism and counter-terrorism, human rights violations, nuclear disarmament, women’s empowerment in third-world nations, and hot-button social issues on the national arena are among the specific areas of experience and interest. Riviera was formerly stationed in Beijing, China, prior to her present assignment in Washington, D.C. She has worked for ABC News in London, the United Nations, and New York. Riviera was the ABC News lead correspondent reporting from Jindo Island in South Korea on the Sewol ferry catastrophe in April 2014.
Riviera, from Beijing, was the first ABC News television correspondent to report on the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March 2014. She then flew to Kuala Lumpur to cover the Malaysian Navy’s C-130 search and rescue mission, as well as the US Navy’s P-3 Orion mission. Riviera traveled to the Pacific Ocean’s US territory of Saipan in February 2014 to undertake an undercover investigation for “World News” investigating the growing trend of ‘ABC’ births, or American Born Chinese kids. Riviera reported from Beijing and traveled throughout Asia on cyber-security, pollution, US-China relations, China’s one-child policy, human rights, Edward Snowden, the NSA, and other topics.
Riviera joined ABC News’ political team in 2004 to cover the John Edwards campaign in the 2004 Presidential Election. She was designated New York reporter for ABC News’ affiliate news service, Newsone, in 2005. She traveled widely for Newsone, covering stories ranging from Hurricane Katrina to the 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanon. She relocated to London in 2006, where she covered Europe and the Middle East for all ABC News platforms. She was also a regular BBC commentator on American politics and current events. Riviera produced the award-winning September 11th coverage. Riviera earned an Emmy for breaking news coverage of 9/11, as well as the Alfred I. duPont Award.
Gloria Riviera’s Net Worth
Gloria has an estimated net worth of 2 million dollars.
