Josh Elliot Biography

Joshua Michael Elliott is a well-known name in the field of journalism, most recently working for CBS News. He has worked as a news anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America, a sportscaster for NBC Sports and Today, and co-hosted the live broadcast of ESPN’s SportsCenter morning edition. He received a local Emmy Award in New York City in 2005 for writing and contributing to Angles on the MSG Network. He worked as one of the co-hosts of Super Bowl XL for Westwood One Sports. He co-hosted Yellowstone Live in 2018, on the National Geographic Channel, with wildfire expert Chris Packham.

Early life and education of Josh Elliott

Josh Elliott was born on July 6, 1971 in the US. He had a troubled childhood, as he was put up for adoption. He was born to Susan, who gave Elliott up for adoption. He was adopted by Charles Elliott and Toni Jordan. He grew up in Los Angeles, California, and spent most of his childhood in Los Angeles.

When he was 13 years old, his father came out as gay at the time of his parents’ divorce. His father died when Elliott was 15 years old.

Josh Elliott attended Loyola High School in Los Angeles and transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara. He originally enrolled at UC Santa Barbara hoping to join the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men’s polo team. But instead, he ended up working for the college newspaper called The Daily Nexus .

Josh Elliott was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He graduated from Colombia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1999, earning his Master of Science. After his graduation, he got his hands on something big and worked in television as a producer for Galaxy Productions.

He then worked at 20th Century Fox Film Corporation where he developed into comedy and later worked in physical production. He worked for Sports Illustrated after graduating from Columbia. He worked with Sports Illustrated for six years covering events at most major sporting events.

Josh Elliot’s career

ESPN

Josh Elliott’s career began on ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2004 as a panelist on the show. Around the horn and Jim Rome is burning . He also worked as a guest co-host for Pizza Fría on ESPN2.

He hosted the short-lived ESPN Classic show Clásico now which aired from June 2005 to March 2006. He was seen as a co-anchor (with fellow host Hannah Storm) on ESPNEWS and also reported for Sports Center .

Josh Elliott began contributing to ESPN magazine and ESPN.com after Clásico Now was cancelled. He was paired as an anchor with Hannah Storm for the first three hours of the programming block when ESPN began airing Sports Center live every weekday morning on August 11, 2008 .
Good morning america

Following the departure of former anchor Juju Chang, Elliott joined the ABC team Good Morning America in May 2011. He also began as a fill-in anchor on the weekend edition of ABC World News , debuting on May 21, 2011.

From July 9 to September 7, 2012, Josh Elliott anchored Good Afternoon America, a spinoff broadcast, as a temporary replacement for the canceled ABC talk show La Revolución. He was joined by anchor Lara Spencer during the time.

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On March 30, 2014, Ben Sherwood, president of ABC News, announced that Elliott had signed a contract with NBC and would be leaving. ABC News and Good Morning America.

With NBC, Elliott made $4 million per year, but a six-month no-compete clause barred him from appearing on news-related programming, relegating him primarily to NBC Sports programming like the 2014 Kentucky Derby, where he aired. . debut. He reportedly left NBC in December 2015.

CBS

Josh Elliot was hired by CBS News on March 1, 2016 to serve as lead anchor for its CBSN digital news service.

Elliott announced on air on February 10, 2017 that he would be leaving CBSN, but stated that “knowing how things are going around here, I may see you again Monday morning.”

An executive had told Elliott that CBS had wished to place him in a larger role as a field correspondent, under which he would have reported for CBS television news programs.

However, CBS executives were caught off guard by the abrupt announcement and were unaware of any plans for him to be promoted from CBSN. On February 13, 2017, Elliott was fired.

Another job

In 2005, Josh Elliott won a local Emmy Award in New York City for writing and contributing to Angles on the MSG Network. Josh also served as co-host of Super Bowl XL for Westwood One Sports in 2006. Elliott co-hosted Yellowstone Live in 2018, on National Geographic Channel with wildlife expert Chris Packham, a four-night event showcasing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with feeds from dozens of live cameras and seven camera crews.

Josh Elliot Net Worth and Salary

Josh Elliot’s net worth is $5 million today. He earns an annual salary of around $2 million from his successful career.

He served as a panelist on multiple shows and co-hosted Pizza Fría and later went on to co-host ‘SportsCenter’ in the morning. She became part of the Good Morning America hosting team in 2011. She briefly co-hosted Good Morning America and received a local New York Emmy Award for his writing work for the MSG Network in 2005.

Josh Elliott’s personal life

Josh is a huge supporter of LGBTI equality and is good friends with former GMA weather presenter Sam Champion.

There have been rumors that Josh is an artist and good at photography, which is fictional and wildly interpreted by the public because the specified features are of a different individual with a name simply similar to Josh’s.

Josh Elliot was married to Priya Narang of Westport, CT. Priya Narang is the vice president of Citigroup. The couple have a daughter, Sarina Elliot. They divorced following reports of infidelity by Elliot . Elliot later admitted that he is a sex addict, and reports claim that he had sex with ESPN interns. Priya Narang has custody of her son.

Elliot got engaged to news anchor Liz Cho in August 2014. The couple married on July 11, 2015 in Montecito.

Josh and Liz Cho along with their friend Sam Champion have celebrated their joining NBC Sports in Miami. The two were seen going to their hotel rooms together after a late-night dinner.

Liz Cho and Josh had met on the set of ABC, where they used to work together. The couple share many similarities related to their personal lives.