Elizabeth Vargas Bio, NewsNation, Age, Alcoholism, Divorce,

Who is Elizabeth Vargas?

Elizabeth Vargas is an American Emmy Awrad winning journalist working at NewsNation as the host of Elizabeth Vargas Reports, an hour-long daily news program that started on NewsNation on April 3, 2023, This program airs on weeknights, at 5 p.m. ET. She is also an investigative reporter and documentary anchor for A&E Networks. Previously, Elizabeth spent 14 years anchoring ABC News specials and the television news magazine 20/20. Before that, she was employed as an anchor at NBC covering NBC Nightly News in New York City.

Elizabeth was born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. From there, she went to the American high school in Heidelberg where she received her high school diploma. After that, she enrolled at the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1980, graduating in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Vargas received a Peabody Award in 2013 for her work on ABC News’ 20/20 Hurricane Sandy coverage.

Elizabeth Vargas Date of Birth / Age

Born as Elizabeth Anne Vargas, she will be celebrating 62years old in September 2024. She was born on September 6, 1962, in Paterson, New Jersey, United States.

Elizabeth Vargas Height/Weight

Vargas is 5 feet and 6 inches tall on average with a healthy weight.

Elizabeth Vargas’s Parents and Siblings

Vargas was born in Paterson, New Jersey. She moved about a lot as a little girl, living in Germany, Belgium, and the United States. Her mother, Anne Vargas, is Irish American and a part-time English teacher, while her father, Rafael “Ralf” Vargas, is of Italian-Spanish ancestry and a colonel in the U.S. Army from Puerto Rico. She has two siblings Amy and Christopher, who work in Silicon Valley’s computer industry.

Elizabeth Vargas Husband/Divorce

Vargas was previously married to singer-songwriter Marc Cohn after dating for three years. They had two sons Zach and Sam. Additionally, Vargas has two stepchildren from Cohn’s previous marriage: Max and Emily. Entertainment Tonight revealed in August 2014 that Vargas and Cohn were divorcing after 12 years of marriage.

Elizabeth Vargas Kids/ Children

Vargas has two children, Zach and Sam, from her previous marriage to Cohn. She has not shared much about them but we will update this information once more details concerning this are available.

Elizabeth Vargas Education

Vargas went to the American high school in Heidelberg where she received her high school diploma. After that, she enrolled at the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1980, graduating in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

Elizabeth Vargas Career

Vargas is an American journalist working at NewsNation as the host of Elizabeth Vargas Reports, an hour-long daily news program that started on NewsNation on April 3, 2023, This program airs on weeknights, at 5 p.m. ET. She is also an investigative reporter and documentary anchor for A&E Networks. She began her broadcasting career in college serving as a student reporter at KOMU-TV and a student editor at KBIA.

Following her graduation, Vargas was employed at the CBS affiliate KTVN in Reno after which she relocated to Phoenix to serve as a main reporter for the ABC network KTVK-TV. After working there for three years, she relocated to Chicago to work at the CBS station WBBM-TV. Senior vice president at ABC, Phyllis McGrady said that Elizabeth was one of the most flexible talents he has ever worked with. She left the station in 1993.

Vargas then joined NBC News in 1993, working as a correspondent for Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric. She eventually started working as a correspondent, mostly for Dateline NBC. She also filled in as an anchor for Today and NBC Nightly News on the weekends. After that, Vargas began working on ABC News’ Good Morning America in June 1996, serving as the newsreader and potential “heir apparent” to Joan Lunden. ABC promoted Vargas to prime-time magazine program correspondent in June 1997; Kevin Newman took over as newsreader at that time.

Vargas started working as one of 20/20 Downtown’s anchors in 2002. She was recognized in 2013 with a Peabody Award for her work on ABC News’ 20/20 Hurricane Sandy coverage. Vargas formally left ABC on May 25, 2018. She joined NewsNation Prime as a guest anchor on September 19, 2022, and was there during the week until September 23, 2022. Shortly after, Vargas started hosting a syndicated real crime show called iCrime with Elizabeth Vargas. She currently anchors Elizabeth Vargas Reports on NewsNation.

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How Much Does Elizabeth Vargas Earn/Salary?

Vargas earns an annual salary that ranges from $100,000-$500,000.

How Much is Elizabeth Vargas Worth/Networth?

As an anchor, Elizabeth has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges from $1 million to $5 million.

Elizabeth Vargas Battle with Alcoholism

Vargas battle with alcohol began from anxiety in her childhood after her father joined the Vietnam War. Therefore, her daily panics began and unfortunately was advised to hide her anxiety hence appearing weak, which made problem worse and hence her addiction to alcohol. Later in 2012 during a family vacation Vargas realized she needed help seeking treatment in Utah. However, she departed prematurely leading to a relapsed. In 2013, Vargas restarted but left rehab but maturity although she realized it was a mistake and went back for treatment for a third time. Unfortunately, she and husband Marc Cohn divorced Shortly after she came back home.

Over time she wrote Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction where her book was published by Grand Central Publishing in 2016. It became New York Times and USA Today best-seller and since then she has been completely sober.

Elizabeth Vargas X Handle

Vargas is active on X, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media accounts. You can also reach her via email.