Years active 1990–present Role Television host | Name Neal Karlinsky Spouse(s) Malia | |
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Full Name Neal A. Karlinsky Born October 14, 1968 (age 55) ( 1968-10-14 ) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. Known for Correspondent for ABC News TV shows Good Morning America, Nightline Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast Similar People Dan Harris, Paula Faris, Ron Claiborne, Amy Robach, Jonathan Karl Profiles | ||
Alma mater Michigan State University | ||
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Neal A. Karlinsky (born October 14, 1968) is the Seattle correspondent for ABC News. He has been nominated twice for the 30th and 32nd News & Documentary Emmy Award in the Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story category. Karlinsky received a nomination, in the Television Segment category at the 2012 James Beard Awards, where he hosted a cooking segment with John Berman, on Nightline.
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Early life and education
Karlinsky was born, on October 14, 1968, in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Arnold and Vivian Karlinsky (née, Monarch), and he was raised with a brother, Paul, and a sister, Deborah. He obtained his baccalaureate from Michigan State University in journalism.
Career
He started his journalism career at WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan, where he would eventually move to Nashville, Tennessee to WKRN-TV, while finally landing at KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington. In August 2000, Karlinsky joined ABC News as a Seattle-based correspondent, where he has covered the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, garnering him a nomination at the News & Documentary Emmy Award, for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story. This ongoing story appeared on ABC World News Tonight. John Berman and Karlinsky received a nomination for a cooking segment on Nightline, at the 2012 James Beard Awards, in the Television Segment category.
Personal life
He is married to Malia Karlinsky, where they have two children, residing around the Seattle, Washington area.