Liz Cho

Liz Cho
Cho in 2013
Alma materBoston University
OccupationJournalist
Notable credit(s)Evening Anchor for WABC-TV (2003-present) (with David Novarro, "First at 4:00pm") and (with Bill Ritter, at 6:00pm)
AM anchor for (World News Now) (2002-2003)
Spouse(s)Evan Gottlieb (divorced)
Josh Elliott (2015 –present)
Children1

Liz Cho is a news anchor at WABC-TV in New York City. She has co-anchored the weekday 4 and 6 p.m. editions of Eyewitness News.

Early life and education

Cho grew up in Concord, Massachusetts, and has a younger brother, Andrew.[1] She was born to Sang In Cho,[2] a Korean American surgeon,[1] and a Jewish-American nurse,[1] Donna Cho (née Weltman).[2][3] Her father, born and raised in South Korea, immigrated to the United States 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 on March 13, 2009.[2][5] Liz Cho attended Boston University, majoring in journalism and history.[6]

Career

Her first professional work in journalism was as an assignment editor at New England Cable News in Newton, Massachusetts.[6] 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.[6]

Cho started at WABC-TV on July 7, 2003, replacing Diana Williams at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.[6] In 2011, Cho began anchoring the station's new "First at 4:00" newscast, with David Novarro, filling the hour left vacant by the departure of The Oprah Winfrey Show.[7] In addition, as of 2012, she continues to anchor the 6 p.m. broadcasts with Bill Ritter.[6]

Personal life

She and husband Evan Gottlieb had daughter Louisa Simone Gottlieb on May 17, 2007, in New York City.[8]

Cho filed for divorce from Gottlieb in 2012.[citation needed] In August 2014, Cho became engaged to journalist Josh Elliott.[9][10][11] On July 11, 2015, she married Elliott in Montecito, California.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Tauber, Michelle (May 12, 2003). "50 Most Beautiful People". People. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Dr. Sang In Cho Obituary". Death Notices, Boston.com. n.d. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  3. ^ The Tablet: "The Journeys of Six Jewish Americans" by Shais Rishon (MaNishtana) May 13, 2016
  4. ^ Huff, Richard (April 13, 2012). "Liz Cho goes into the OR, for organ donor story". Daily News. New York City. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  5. ^ Cho, Liz. "One of the last photos of my dad with my Lulu. He died from colon cancer. More can be done". Twitter. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Liz Cho". New York City: WABC-TV. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  7. ^ Gauthier, Andrew (February 7, 2011). "WABC to Launch 1-Hour Newscast in 'Oprah' Timeslot". Mediabistro, Adweek. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Inner Tube: Cho Joins Baby Boomlet". New York City: (second item) Daily News. May 18, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  9. ^ Feldman, Josh (September 29, 2014). "NBC's Josh Elliott, WABC's Liz Cho Are Reportedly Engaged". Mediate. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  10. ^ Kaplan, Don; Yaniv, Oren (September 29, 2014). "NBC Sports' Josh Elliott engaged to WABC-TV's Liz Cho". Daily News. New York City. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  11. ^ Champion, Sam (September 29, 2014). "Im not going to b at work tomorrow. @JoshElliott32 and @LizCho7 announced their engagement tnite!!". Twitter. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  12. ^ "NBC's Josh Elliott and ABC's Liz Cho Are Married". People. July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.