Abby Philip Biography
Abby Philip is an American journalist who is currently working at CNN as senior political correspondent who anchors CNN Newsnight. She is highly skilled thus enabling her work with some of the best media outlets like Politico, ABC News and The Washington post.
Abby Philip Age
With her full name being Abigail Daniella Philip, She was born on 25 November 1988 in Alexandria, Virginia United States of America. She is 35 years old as of 2023. Her birth sign is Sagittarius. She belongs to the Afro-Trinidadian Descent.
Abby Philip Height
She is 5 feet 3inches tall i.e. 1.60meters.
Abby Philip Education
Abby studied at Bowie High School and proceeded with her tertiary Education at Harvard University where she was highly equipped with skills graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Government in 2010. During her time at the University she wrote the Harvard Crimson.
Parents and Siblings
The CNN anchor was born in Alexandra, Virginia and she is a daughter to Carlos Philip who was originally a teacher but later an Educational Psychologist and June Philip a Realtor. She was raised among 5 siblings whose identity is not revealed to public. Her parents origin is Trinidad and Tobago where they had relocated to when she was young but returned to United States when she was 9 years old settling in Germantown Maryland and later Bowie Maryland where they live up to date.
Husband and Children
Abby Philip married her husband Marcus Richardson in May 2018 at Larz Anderson House. They are proud parents to Naomi Angelina Richardson born on 16 August 2021. Marcus works as Cyber Security Consultant. She currently lives in Washington DC together with her family.
Salary and Net worth
Abby Philip’s salary is estimated to be $100,000 and her Net worth about $2 million as of 2023.
Abby Philip Career
Her journalism journey began at Politico as a white house reporter and blogger covering campaign finance issues and lobbying. She also worked at Washington post she reported national politics and also general assignment reporting. The personality also worked at ABC News as digital reporter in New York City. She made appearances on C-Span and also on PBS’s Washington week.
In 2017, she joined CNN covering the Trumps Administration and in 2020 she co-moderated the seventh democratic debate of Democratic Party Presidential Primaries at Drake University.
On January 2021 she replaced John King on the weekend edition of Inside politics and in August 2023 she was made the permanent host of NewsNight with Abby Philip after a programming overhaul. Manu Raju replaced her on the Inside Politics on Sunday Morning.
Abby Philip Social Media
You can find her on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook
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