Elaine Quijano Biography
Elaine Quijano is an American television reporter, correspondent, and anchor. She is well known for her work on CNN as well as CBS News. She began her journalism career as an intern at WCIA in Champion, Illinois, in 1994, and was subsequently promoted to a reporter/anchor there.
She is a beautiful lady who appears now on CBS News. Elaine was previously known for her work on CNN. In October 2016, Elaine was named as the moderator for the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia
Elaine Quijano Age
Elaine was born in 1975 in the United States of America and was brought up in Chicago, Illinois in the Skokie and Morton Grove suburbs. She is 47 years old.
Elaine Quijano Parents
There is not much information about Elaine’s family. What is clear is that she was brought up in the Skokie and Morton Grove suburbs of Chicago, Illinois by her mother.
Elaine Quijano Husband
There has been no evidence of Elaine having a boyfriend, a husband, or about her being married to any man. We will let you know of any news that is related to her love life any time we find that information as a whole.
Elaine Quijano Nationality
Elaine is of American nationality and Filipino ethnicity.
Elaine Quijano CBS News
At CBS News, Elaine is based in New York City; she has covered Hurricane Sandy in 2012, the Boston Marathon bombing of 2013, the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, and the 2014 World Cup.
She is an anchor for CBSN, the digital streaming network for CBS she also anchors the Sunday edition of CBS Weekend News. Her work has has been visible on CBS This Morning and The CBS Evening News.
Elaine Quijano CNN
Starting in December 2000, Elaine was a correspondent for CNN Newsource, an affiliate of CNN. Elain covered the September 11, 2001 attacks and traveled to Kuwait City shortly before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. She stayed in Kuwait for about a month.
She also covered the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the Beltway sniper attacks. Quijano joined CNN/US as a Washington in 2004, D.C.-based general assignment correspondent.
Elaine covered the Pentagon, the Supreme Court, the 2004 re-election campaign of President George W. Bush, and the campaign of vice presidential candidate John Edwards. In 2006, she was made a White House correspondent for CNN.
As a White House correspondent, Quijano covered major stories of the George W. Bush administration, including the War on Terror, the unsuccessful bid for comprehensive immigration reform, and the 2008 financial crisis.
Elaine Quijano Political Affiliation
She was named as the moderator for the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia in October 2016. Elaine supported Hillary Clinton in the Presidential election of 2016.
Elaine is the first Asian American to moderate a US debate office in the general election. She also became the youngest journalist to moderate debate at the age of 44.
She was named as the moderator for the vice-presidential debate on October 4, 2016, at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).
She, therefore, became the first Asian American to moderate a U.S. debate for national elected office in the general election, and the youngest journalist to moderate a debate since 1988. This was also the first time a digital network anchor had been selected to moderate a national debate.
Elaine Quijano Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $1.3 million.
Elaine Quijano Salary
the annual salary of a correspondent at CBS News ranges from $60,000 – $176,166.