Who is Elizabeth Vargas?
Elizabeth 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. 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
Vargas is 61 years old as of 2023, he was born on September 6, 1962, in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. She celebrates her birthday on September 6 every year.
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
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 separating 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.
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 X Handle
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