Liz Cho
| Liz Cho | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lizabeth Aimee Cho |
| Alma mater | Boston University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit(s) | Evening Anchor for WABC-TV (2003-present) (with Bill Ritter) AM anchor for World News Now) (2002-2003) |
| Spouse(s) | Evan Gottlieb (divorced) Josh Elliott (2015–) |
| Children | 1 |
Liz Cho is a local news anchor at WABC-TV in New York City. She has co-anchored the weekday 4 and 6 p.m. editions of Eyewitness News.
Career
Liz Cho attended Boston University, majoring in journalism and history.[1] Her first professional work in journalism was as an assignment editor at New England Cable News in Newton, Massachusetts.[1]
Cho was next a reporter at WPLG in Miami, Florida before moving to ABC News as a Chicago-based correspondent for ABC NewsOne, the network's affiliate news service. She later co-anchored ABC's overnight news program, World News Now, with Derek McGinty. During this time, she also served as a correspondent and fill-in anchor for Good Morning America.[1]
Cho started at WABC-TV on July 6, 2003, replacing Diana Williams at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.[1] In 2011, Cho began anchoring the station's new "First at 4:00" newscast,[citation needed] with David Novarro, filling the hour left vacant by the departure of The Oprah Winfrey Show. In addition, as of 2012, she continues to anchor the 6 p.m. broadcasts with Bill Ritter.[1]
Personal life
Cho grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, and has a younger brother, Andrew.[2] She was born to Sang In Cho (d. March 13, 2009),[3] a Korean American surgeon,[2] and a Jewish-American nurse,[2] Donna Cho (née Weltman).[3] Her father, born and raised in Korea, immigrated to the US to practice medicine and was a liver and kidney transplant surgeon who headed the team that did the first liver transplant in Boston.[4] He died from colon cancer in 2009.[5]
In 2003, Cho was listed as one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People".[6] She and husband Evan Gottlieb had daughter Louisa Simone Gottlieb on May 17, 2007, in New York City.[7] She was scheduled to return to work on September 4, 2007.[8]
Cho filed for divorce from Gottlieb in 2012.[6] In August 2014, Cho became engaged to NBC Sports television journalist Josh Elliott.[9][10][11] On July 11, 2015, she married Elliott in Montecito, California.[12]
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External links
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- Living people
- People from Concord, Massachusetts
- American Jews
- American journalists of Korean descent
- American people of Korean descent
- American television news anchors
- American television reporters and correspondents
- American women journalists
- Television anchors from New York City
- Women television journalists
- ABC News personalities
- Boston University alumni
- Boston University College of Communications alumni
