Rob Nelson (reporter)

Rob Nelson
Born	(1978-06-05) June 5, 1978 New Jersey ^[1]
Alma mater	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^[1]
Occupation	Anchor/Reporter WABC-TV former Co-anchor of World News Now and America This Morning former ABC News Correspondent (2013)
Years active	2000–present

Rob Nelson (born June 5, 1978) is a weekend morning anchor and weekday reporter at WABC-TV. Nelson co-anchored the overnight news programs World News Now and America This Morning on ABC with various co-anchors, including Vinita Nair,^[2] Peggy Bunker,^[3] Tanya Rivero,^[4] Yunji De Nies,^[5] Paula Faris,^[6] Diana Perez^[7] and frequent fill-in Sunny Hostin. Nelson left on March 15, 2013.^[8] He originally joined ABC on July 12, 2010.^[1] John Muller succeeded Nelson as co-anchor of "World News Now"; Nelson's enormous popularity led to him becoming a regular fill-in for Muller. In January 2014, Nelson joined WABC-TV as co-anchor of the weekend morning newscasts, replacing Phil Lipof.

Before coming to ABC, Nelson had been an anchor for WWL-TV in New Orleans, and worked for the newspaper Times-Picayune.^[9]

He is a native of southern New Jersey and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "ABC News names Rob Nelson as co-anchor"
↑ Feb 18, 2011 10:06 AM by Meagan Morris (2011-02-18). "ABC News' Vinita Nair leaves news for a soap opera". Sheknows.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ "Morning Anchor Peggy Bunker Leaving KOMO - TVSpy". Mediabistro.com. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ "Tanya Rivero News Stories and Articles". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ "Yunji De Nies ABC News Official Biography - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ "ABC News Announces "World News Now" and "America This Morning" Co-Anchor Paula Faris". Retrieved 19 July 2012.
↑ "(log in only)". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ "ABC News Announces New Assignments for Paula Faris, Diana Perez, Marci Gonzalez and Linzie Janis - ABC News". Abcnews.go.com. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ Nola.com

External links

Rob Nelson at the Internet Movie Database

ABC News personalities

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Good Morning America

Robin Roberts (co-anchor)
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Lara Spencer (co-anchor)
Amy Robach (news anchor)
Ginger Zee (meteorologist)
Michael Strahan (recurring)

GMA Weekend

Paula Faris (co-anchor)
Dan Harris (co-anchor)
Ron Claiborne (news anchor)
Rob Marciano (meteorologist)
Sara Haines (lifestyle anchor)

Nightline co-anchors

20/20 co-anchors

This Week

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What Would You Do?

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Boston	Timothy Johnson, M.D. (Senior Medical Contributor)

London	Terry Moran (Chief Foreign)

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