Neal Karlinsky Biography
Neal Karlinsky was an ABC News’ Seattle correspondent. He began his journalism career with WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan, and later moved to WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee.
Neal Karlinsky Age
He was born Neal A. Karlinsky on October 14, 1968, in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America. He is 54 years old as of October 2022.
Neal Karlinsky Education
He obtained his baccalaureate from Michigan State University in journalism.
Neal Karlinsky Family- Parents
Karlinsky was born, and raised in Detroit, Michigan, to Arnold and Vivian Karlinsky, and he was born alongside his brother, Paul, and a sister, Deborah.
Neal Karlinsky Wife- Children
Neal is married to Malia Karlinsky, an Emmy-winning Lifestyle Reporter and Producer at Seattle’s ABC affiliate KOMO-TV. They have two kids.
Neal Karlinsky Career
He began his journalism career at WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan, and later moved to WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee, before arriving at KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington. Karlinsky joined ABC News in August 2000 as a Seattle-based journalist, where he covered the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, earning him a nomination for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards. This developing story was shown on ABC World News Tonight. At the 2012 James Beard Awards, John Berman and Karlinsky were nominated in the Television piece category for a cooking piece on Nightline.
Karlinsky spent six years with CBS station KIRO-TV in Seattle before joining ABC News, where he won a New York Festivals Silver World Medal for investigative reporting. He also received a number of local and regional prizes for investigative, breaking news, and hard news reporting. Karlinsky pursued the trail of Russian organized crime to Vladivostok, Russia, during his stint at KIRO-TV. He also went to Brazil to break the news of a Seattle murder suspect’s detention, then returned on the extradition trip a year later. Karlinsky has covered big stories for the channel on a national scale. He previously worked at ABC affiliate WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee, where he also got an award for breaking news coverage, and CBS affiliate WLNS-TV in Seattle.
Neal Karlinsky Net Worth
Neal has an estimated net worth of 500 thousand dollars.
