Errol Barnett Biography
Errol Barnett is a British-born American anchor and national reporter for CBS News, stationed in New York City after three years in Washington, D.C., covering the Trump administration. Barnett previously presented CNN International’s cultural affairs program Inside Africa and anchored CNN Newsroom during late hours in the United States.
Errol Barnett Age
Barnett is 38 years old as of 2021. He was born on 3 April 1983 in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.
Errol Barnett Height and Weight
Barnett stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.72m) and weighs 194 lbs (88 Kg).
Errol Barnett Family / Sister
Barnett was born to Michael Christie and Pamela, an English woman from Liverpool. Gladstone Christie, his Jamaican grandfather, was part of a group of 500 Caribbean pilots who served in the British Royal Air Force during WWII and afterward immigrated to England as part of the Windrush generation. Danny, his older brother, and Natalie, his older sister, both died while he was young. Gary Barnett, a US Air Force sergeant who participated in the Gulf War before transferring the family to Phoenix, was his mother’s second husband. Barnett is descended from English, German, and Jamaican ancestors.
On his father’s side, Barnett’s grandparents come from there. His Jamaican grandfather served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the time, thus they relocated to England as part of the “Windrush generation” after WWII. They passed away, but the couple had a memorial table set up in their honor, as well as Tolbert’s grandfather Otis from Arkansas.
Errol Barnett Wife
Barnett is married to Ariana Tolbert. The couple married in Jamaica on May 18 2019 at the Round Hill Resort in Montego Bay. The pair exchanged handwritten vows in front of Patricia and Otis Tolbert, Tolbert’s mother and father, and Jeanette and Blu Jones, Barnett’s godparents, who sat behind them. The wedding was officiated by Tolbert’s sister Sabrina, while Barnett’s brother Danny acted as best man. Tolbert wore a Pronovias Atelier custom-made strapless dress with removable sleeves for her special day; many secret bustles allowed her train to be connected rather than held or flowing. Barnett wore a Suit Supply Georgetown custom-made suit with Tie Bar Washington, D.C. accessories.
Errol Barnett Salary
Barnett earns an annual salary of $ 100,000.
Errol Barnett Net Worth
Barnett has an estimated net worth of $1 Million.
Errol Barnett Career
Barnett has also been on “CBS Weekend News,” “CBS This Morning: Saturday,” and the CBS News Streaming Network as a fill-in anchor. Barnett’s tenacious reporting at CBS News has covered a wide range of national and international topics. During the 2020 presidential campaign, his interview with then-candidate Joe Biden was extensively quoted for the information it revealed, and he was the first to announce that additional doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccination were being discovered in vials by hospital workers across the country at the end of the year.
When Hurricane Dorian stalled over the Bahamas as the most strongest hurricane to ever impact the country, Barnett was the only network journalist to fly through it and report extensively from Grand Bahama Island on its aftermath. He’s gotten exclusive interviews with the founder of the contentious facial recognition program Clearview AI, the mother of a 9-year-old Illinois child accused of killing five relatives, and an Arizona woman assaulted by a jaguar at the Phoenix Zoo.
He accompanied President Barack Obama on his final overseas tour and questioned President Donald Trump about threats against journalists and other significant problems at the White House and aboard Air Force One. Barnett spent almost a decade at CNN before joining CBS News, most recently as the host of weekday versions of “CNN Newsroom” on CNN and CNN International. Prior to anchoring from CNN’s Atlanta headquarters, Barnett worked as a general assignment correspondent in Johannesburg, South Africa, and as a midday anchor in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Barnett was a part of CNN’s 2011 Peabody Award-winning coverage of the “Arab Spring” while anchoring from the Middle East.
He also presented CNNI’s weekly “Inside Africa” series, for which he reported from 22 African nations in 24 months, including Madagascar, Senegal, and Tunisia. The National Association of Black Journalists gave the program a Salute to Excellence award for its efforts. His journalism career began in 2001 at Channel One News, where he was the network’s youngest anchor and correspondent at the age of 18. Barnett covered the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, then-Senator Barack Obama’s first national speech and the heroin crisis in New England. Barnett is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Society of Investigative Reporters and Editors, and the National Association of Black Journalists. He shares his home with his wife and pets.
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