Blake Essig Profile

Blake Essig is an American Emmy Award-winning Correspondent, Multimedia Journalist, and Reporter working for CNN in Atlanta, Georgia. He joined the network in December 2019.

Blake Essig Education

Essig attended Santa Barbara City College in the year 2004 and then graduated in the year 2006. In the year 2009, he enrolled at Arizona State University and graduated 3 years later with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Blake Essig Career

Essig serves at CNN as an international correspondent based in the Tokyo bureau. He covers significant news from Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. In the year 2021, he was instrumental in CNN’s coverage of the Tokyo Paralympics and Olympics, chronicling the challenges faced by Japan in the lead-up to, and throughout, the unprecedented Games. He reported on multiple scandals, the Covid-19 impact, and the fierce opposition to holding the international event during the COVID pandemic.

Essig has worked as a contributor to the network’s COVID coverage, where he reported from the border of China-Hong Kong in the early days of the initial outbreak. Also, he reported on the fallout from the Diamond Princess cruise ship disaster in Japan. He has covered a number of natural disasters in Asia such as the 2020 Taal Volcano eruption in the Philippines and the deadly 2021 mudslide in Atami, Japan. Also, in early 2021, he provided extensive reports of the search operation for a missing Indonesian Navy submarine.

Before he joined CNN, he worked for KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska as a multimedia journalist, where he reported on significant breaking news stories such as wildfires, deadly plane crashes, flooding, and earthquakes. He also served as a producer of a 5-part series on Alaska’s whalers where his main focus was on the history and controversy surrounding the subsistence hunt. Essig also worked as a producer of a weekly series that profiled people, life, and events in among the most beautiful and unforgiving locations in the world.

On a special assignment, he worked as an in-depth reporter from the front line of the Afghanistan war, following a trade delegation from Alaska to China as the trade war ramped up. He produced a number of long-form pieces on the climate crisis and provided live coverage of the Winter Olympics in Sochi in the year 2014. Mentioning his awards and accolades, Essig holds a Sigma Delta Chi Award, 3 Emmy Awards, and 7 Edward R. Murrow Awards, from the Society of Professional Journalism.

Quick Facts About Blake Essig

Blake Essig Age / How old is Blake Essig?

Essig is 36 years old as of 2022. He was born in the year 1986 in the United States. His exact date and month of birth are unknown at the moment therefore it is difficult to know when he celebrates his birthday.

Blake Essig Height

How tall is Blake Essig? Essig stands at a height of approximately 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m).

Blake Essig Family, Parents

Information regarding Essig’s parents and siblings is currently under review. However, the information will be updated as soon as it’s available.

Blake Essig Wife

Essig is married to his lovely spouse, Haley. Information regarding their wedding or engagement is unknown at the moment. The couple takes great pride in being mom and dad to their 2 children; Oia Mae Essig who is 2 years old as of 2022 having been born on July 18, 2019, and Vienna Lawrence Essig who is 6 years old as of 2022 having been born on July 24, 2016.

Blake Essig Salary

Being one of the top journalists for CNN, he earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.

Blake Essig’s Net Worth

Essig has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a Correspondent, Multimedia Journalist, and Reporter.