| Neal Karlinsky | |
| Birth Name: | Neal A. Karlinsky |
| Birth Date: | October 14, 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Known For: | Correspondent for ABC News |
| Alma Mater: | Michigan State University |
| Spouse: | Malia |
| Years Active: | 1990–present |
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.
He is now a Storyteller for Amazon.[1]
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]
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]
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]