Blake Essig Biography
Blake Essig is a CNN international correspondent based in the network’s Tokyo bureau, where he has won numerous awards. He is in charge of reporting on major events in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region.
Blake Essig Age
Essig is 36 years old as of 2022. He was born in 1986 in the United States of America.
Blake Essig Height
Essig stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches(1.72m).
Blake Essig Family
Essig has not shared any information regarding his loving parents as of now, 2022. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more intel from our trusted sources of information as soon as possible.
Blake Essig Wife
Essig is married to Haley Essig. The couple has two daughters.
Blake Essig Salary
Essig has been very secretive with his annual pay scale as of now, 2021. However, there is no doubt that he has been accustomed to good pay in terms of salary as he has been able to work with profound films. Nonetheless, we will update the site as soon as we get more information on the same from our trusted sources.
Blake Essig Net Worth
Essig has also not declared his net worth to the public as of now. Nonetheless, there is no doubt that he has been able to accumulate a good figure in terms of his net worth throughout his career in the film industry. However, we will update the site as soon as we get more information on the same.
Blake Essig Career
Essig played a key role in the network’s coverage of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. He detailed the difficulties Japan encountered in the run-up to and during the historic Games. His coverage included the effects of Covid-19, a slew of scandals, and vehement opposition to holding the global event during the pandemic.
He’s also covered the aftermath of the Diamond Princess cruise ship tragedy in Japan for CNN’s Covid-19 coverage, reporting from the China-Hong Kong border in the early days of the outbreak. Essig has covered a number of natural disasters in Asia, including a devastating mudslide in Atami, Japan in 2021 and the eruption of the Taal Volcano in the Philippines in 2020.
In early 2021, he covered the search for a missing Indonesian Navy submarine in great detail. Before joining CNN, Essig worked at KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska, as a multimedia journalist, covering big breaking news stories such as tragic plane accidents, earthquakes, flooding, and wildfires. He also produced a five-part series on Alaska’s whalers, concentrating on the history and controversy of the subsistence hunt, as well as a monthly series profiling people, events, and life in one of the world’s most beautiful and harsh environments.
Essig filed in-depth reports from the front lines of the Afghan war, accompanied a trade delegation from Alaska to China as the trade war escalated, created many long-form pieces on the climate catastrophe, and covered the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi while on special assignment. Essig has received numerous awards over his career, including seven Edward R. Murrow Awards, three Emmys, and the Society of Professional Journalism’s Sigma Delta Chi Award.
Other anchors include Forrest Sawyer, Joan Lunden, Jim Avila, Joan Lunden, Cecily Tynan, Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Lara Spencer, Ginger Zee, David Muir, Amy Robach, Kendis Gibson, Diane Macedo, Rob Nelson, Paula Faris, and Reena Ninan.
