Neal Karlinsky

Neal A. Karlinsky (born October 14, 1968) was the Seattle correspondent for ABC News. He has been nominated twice for the 30th and 32nd News & Documentary Emmy Award in the Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story category. Karlinsky received a nomination, in the Television Segment category at the 2012 James Beard Awards, where he hosted a cooking segment with John Berman, on Nightline.

Neal Karlinsky
Born	Neal A. Karlinsky (1968-10-14) October 14, 1968 (age 56) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater	Michigan State University
Years active	1990–present
Known for	Correspondent for ABC News
Spouse	Malia

He is now a Storyteller for Amazon.^[1]

Early life and education

Karlinsky was born, on October 14, 1968,^[2][3] in Detroit, Michigan,^[4] the son of Arnold and Vivian Karlinsky (née, Monarch), and he was raised with a brother, Paul, and a sister, Deborah.^[5] He obtained his baccalaureate from Michigan State University in journalism.^[6]

Career

He started his journalism career at WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan, where he would eventually move to Nashville, Tennessee to WKRN-TV, while finally landing at KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington.^[6] In August 2000, Karlinsky joined ABC News as a Seattle-based correspondent, where he has covered the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, garnering him a nomination at the News & Documentary Emmy Award, for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story.^[7][8] This ongoing story appeared on ABC World News Tonight.^[7] John Berman and Karlinsky received a nomination for a cooking segment on Nightline, at the 2012 James Beard Awards, in the Television Segment category.^[9]

Personal life

He is married to Malia Karlinsky, an Emmy award winning Lifestyle Reporter and Producer at KOMO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Seattle. They have two children. ^[6]