Josh Elliott Biography
Josh Elliott (born July 6, 1971) is an American television journalist who most recently worked for CBS News. He has previously worked as the news anchor for ABC’s Good Morning America, a sports anchor for NBC Sports and Today as well as a co-anchor for the live telecast of ESPN’s morning edition of SportsCenter.
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Josh Elliott Age
Josh is 51 years old as of 2022, he was born on July 6, 1971, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He celebrates his birthday on July 6, every year.
Josh Elliott Height
Josh stands at a height of 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall.
Josh Elliott Parents
Josh is the son of Toni Jordan (father), and Charles Elliott (mother). He was born to Susan, who gave Elliott up for adoption. Josh was adopted by Charles Elliott and Toni Jordan and grew up in Los Angeles, California.
When he was 13 years, his father came out as gay at the time of his parent’s divorce. Josh’s father died when he was 15 years.
| Father | Toni Jordan |
| Mother | Charles Elliott |
| Brothers and Sister | Not Available |
| Wife / Partner | Liz Cho (m. 2015) |
Josh Elliott Education
After graduating from Loyola High School of Los Angeles, Josh attended the University of California, Santa Barbara. He originally enrolled at UC Santa Barbara in hopes of joining the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men’s water polo team, but instead ended up working at the university paper, The Daily Nexus. Josh graduated from UCSB in 1993 with a B.A. degree in English literature.
He worked as a stringer for the Santa Barbara News-Press. Josh then moved on to graduate school at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he earned a Master of Science degree in the year 1999.
Josh worked in television as a producer for Galaxy Productions before moving to 20th Century Fox. Josh began there in comedy development and later worked in physical production. After graduating from Columbia, he worked for Sports Illustrated for six years, covering events in most major sports.
Josh Elliott Wife
Josh is married to his lovely wife news anchor Liz Cho since July 11, 2015. He is divorced from Priya Narang, with whom he has a daughter.
Josh Elliott First Wife
Josh is divorced from Priya Narang, with whom he has a daughter named Sarina Elliott.
Josh Elliott Children
Josh has one daughter named Sarina Elliott was born in 2010. He had his daughter from his previous marriage with Marketing Executive Priya Narang. Sarina is 12 years old as of 2022, she was born in the United States of America.
Josh Elliott Salary
Josh earns an annual salary of $2 Million Per Year, which he accumulates from his successful career as a television journalist who most recently worked for CBS News.
Josh Elliott Net Worth
Josh has an estimated net worth of $5 million dollars. This includes his assets, money, and income, which he accumulates from her successful career as a television journalist.
Josh Elliott CBS
On March 1, 2016, CBS News announced that it had hired Josh to serve as the lead anchor for its digital news service CBSN. Of the hiring, CBS News president David Rhodes explained that Josh needed an “outlet”, going on to say that “we’re going to need from him as much as he can bring in these different areas of reporting as well as anchoring.
It’s another reason it’s the perfect place for him because it’s kind of unlimited. We have some really hard-working people at CBSN, but we don’t have enough of them.”
On February 10, 2017, Josh announced on-air that he would be leaving CBSN, but stated that “knowing how things work around here, I may see you again on Monday morning”. Josh had been told by an executive that CBS had desired to place him in a larger role as a field correspondent, under which he would have filed reports for CBS’s television news programs.
However, CBS executives were caught off-guard by the abrupt announcement, as well as were unaware of any plans for him to be promoted from CBSN. On February 13, 2017, Josh was fired.
Josh Elliott ESPN
Josh first joined ESPN in 2004 as a panelist for Around the Horn and Jim Rome Is Burning, as well as serving as guest co-host for Cold Pizza on ESPN2. On ESPN Classic, he hosted the short-lived Classic Now, which aired from June 2005 to March 2006.
Josh also started appearing as a co-anchor on ESPNEWS and reporting for SportsCenter. After Classic Now was canceled, he began contributing to ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com.
When ESPN began airing SportsCenter live every weekday morning on August 11, 2008, Josh was paired as an anchor with Hannah Storm for the first 3 hours of the programming block beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.
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