Josh Elliott Biography
Josh Elliott is a television journalist from the United States who most recently worked for CBS News. He formerly worked as a news anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America, a sports anchor for NBC Sports and Today, and a co-anchor for ESPN’s morning version of SportsCenter’s live telecast.
How old is Josh Elliott? – Age
He is 52 years old as of 6 July 2023. He was born in 1971 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Josh Elliott Education
Elliott attended the University of California, Santa Barbara after graduating from Loyola High School in Los Angeles. He came to UC Santa Barbara with the intention of joining the men’s water polo team but instead ended up working at The Daily Nexus, the university newspaper. In 1993, he received his B.A. in English literature from UCSB. Elliot worked for the Santa Barbara News-Press as a stringer. He subsequently went on to Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism to pursue his Master of Science degree, which he received in 1999.
Josh Elliott Family
Susan gave up Elliott for adoption when he was born. Charles Elliott and Toni Jordan adopted him and raised him in Los Angeles, California. When his parents divorced when he was 13, his father came out as gay. Elliott’s father died when he was 15 years old.
Josh Elliott’s Wife- Children
Elliott has a daughter with Priya Narang, with whom he is divorced. Elliott married Liz Cho, a news anchor, on July 11, 2015.
Josh Elliott’s Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Josh Elliott ESPN
Elliott began his ESPN career in 2004 as a panelist on Around the Horn and Jim Rome Is Burning, as well as a guest co-host on ESPN2’s Cold Pizza. Elliott hosted the short-lived Classic Now on ESPN Classic from June 2005 to March 2006. He also began appearing on ESPNEWS as a co-anchor and reporting for SportsCenter. Elliott began contributing to ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com when Classic Now was canceled. Elliott was teamed as an anchor with Hannah Storm for the first three hours of the programming block beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET, when ESPN began airing SportsCenter, live every weekday morning on August 11, 2008.
Josh Elliott Career
Elliott joined the staff at ABC’s Good Morning America in May 2011. On May 21, 2011, he made his debut as a substitute anchor on ABC World News’ weekend edition. He also hosted Good Afternoon America, an afternoon spin-off that aired from July 9 to September 7, 2012, as a temporary replacement for ABC’s canceled chat shows The Revolution, alongside Lara Spencer. On March 1, 2016, CBS News announced that Elliott had been hired as the lead anchor for CBSN, the company’s internet news service. David Rhodes, president of CBS News, revealed why Elliott was hired “”We’re going to need as much from him as he can bring in these many areas of reporting and anchoring,” he continued. Another reason it’s the ideal environment for him is that it’s almost limitless. At CBSN, we have a lot of dedicated employees, but there aren’t enough of them.”
Elliott announced his departure from CBSN on-air on February 10, 2017, but added, “Knowing how things work around here, I may see you again on Monday morning.” An official told Elliott that CBS wanted to promote him to a larger role as a field correspondent, where he would file reports for CBS’s television news shows. The quick announcement, however, caught CBS management off surprise, and they had no preparations for him to be promoted from CBSN. Elliott was fired on February 13, 2017.