Josh Elliott is an American television journalist who most recently worked for CBS News.
20 Facts About Josh Elliott
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Josh Elliott has previously worked as the news anchor for ABC's Good Morning America, a sports anchor for NBC Sports and Today, and was a co-anchor for the live telecast of ESPN's morning edition of SportsCenter.
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Josh Elliott was adopted by Charles Elliott and Toni Jordan and grew up in Los Angeles, California.
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Josh Elliott 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.
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Josh Elliott then moved on to graduate school at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he earned a Master of Science degree in 1999.
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Josh Elliott worked in television as a producer for Galaxy Productions before moving onto 20th Century Fox.
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Josh Elliott began there in comedy development and later worked in physical production.
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Josh Elliott 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.
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On ESPN Classic, Josh Elliott hosted the short-lived Classic Now, which aired from June 2005 to March 2006.
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Josh Elliott started appearing as a co-anchor on ESPNEWS and reporting for SportsCenter.
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In May 2011, Josh Elliott joined the team at ABC's Good Morning America following the departure of previous news anchor Juju Chang.
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Josh Elliott started as a substitute anchor on the weekend edition of ABC World News, debuting on May 21,2011.
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On March 30,2014, it was announced by ABC News President Ben Sherwood that Josh Elliott had signed a contract with NBC, and would depart ABC News and Good Morning America.
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In December 2015, it was reported that Josh Elliott had left NBC.
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On March 1,2016, CBS News announced that it had hired Josh Elliott to serve as the lead anchor for its digital news service CBSN.
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On February 10,2017, Josh Elliott 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".
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Josh Elliott 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.
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Josh Elliott received a local Emmy Award in New York City in 2005 for writing and contributing to Angles on MSG Network and served as one of the co-hosts for Super Bowl XL for Westwood One Sports.
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In 2018, Josh Elliott co-hosted Yellowstone Live on National Geographic Channel with wildlife expert Chris Packham, a four-night event showcasing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with feeds from dozens of live cameras and seven camera crews.
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On July 11,2015, Josh Elliott married news anchor Liz Cho.