Rob Nelson (reporter)

Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson on set in Atlanta
Born (1978-06-05) June 5, 1978 (age 46)
Alma materUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation(s)Morning news anchor, Scripps News
Years active2000–present
Children2

Rob Nelson (born June 5, 1978)[1] is an anchor on Morning Rush[2] for Scripps News (formerly Newsy) which is Scripps Television's all news channel. Previously, he was the weeknight news anchor for NewsNation’s primetime newscast NewsNation Prime and a weekend morning anchor and weekday reporter at WABC-TV.

Early life

Nelson was raised in Mount Laurel, New Jersey and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3]

Career

After working seven years for the New Orleans newspaper The Times-Picayune,[1] Nelson in June 2007 became a morning anchor for WWL-TV in that city. On July 7, 2010, he became co-anchor of the ABC overnight news program World News Now and that network's America This Morning.[3] In January 2014, Nelson joined New York City's WABC-TV as co-anchor of the weekend morning newscasts, succeeding Phil Lipof.[citation needed] On February 24, 2020, he announced he was leaving the station to pursue other opportunities.[4] Nelson subsequently headed to Chicago, where he helped Nexstar Media Group launch NewsNation for its national station WGN America.[5] The program, launched September 2020 was originally three hours but over time the retitled NewsNation Prime was reduced to one hour as the rebranded NewsNation channel added more opinion and analysis programming. Nelson left NewsNation in August 2021.[6]

Nelson signed on to be part of the relaunch of Newsy as it became a broadcast and streaming television news channel in October 2021. In doing so, he rejoined Kate O'Brian who hired him at WABC. He was the 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. anchor of Newsy Reports, a straight news program, and is based out of Atlanta.[7] In June 2022, he became the co-anchor of Morning Rush with Alex Livingston.[8]

Awards

Nelson has won awards from organizations including the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Press Club of New Orleans and the Louisiana Press Association.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Walker, Dave (May 12, 2010). "WWL-TV's Rob Nelson headed to ABC's overnight newscast". The Times-Picayune. New Orleans. Archived from the original on May 16, 2010. Nelson, a 31-year-old New Jersey native...
  2. ^ "Morning Rush". Scripps News. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  3. ^ a b c "ABC News names Rob Nelson as co-anchor" (Press release). ABC News. Archived from the original on June 8, 2010.
  4. ^ Nelson, Rob (February 24, 2020). "My Email Today to Colleagues Announcing My Departure from Channel 7". Rob Nelson verified Facebook account. Archived from the original on February 25, 2020. Retrieved February 25, 2020.
  5. ^ Pope, John (August 31, 2020). "Rob Nelson, former New Orleans newsman, will help to launch national news show in Chicago". New Orleans Times-Picayune. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  6. ^ "Anchor Rob Nelson exits struggling cable channel NewsNation". Los Angeles Times. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  7. ^ "Newsy Is Relaunching Oct. 1, and Here's How the Reimagined Over-the-Air News Network Will Define Success". adweek.it. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  8. ^ "Veteran anchor Rob Nelson moves to mornings on Newsy". Scripps. Retrieved 2023-07-03.