Rob Nelson (reporter)


Rob Nelson is a Breaking News Anchor for WGN America’s new primetime newscast NewsNation. Nelson was a weekend morning anchor and current weekday reporter at WABC-TV.

Early life

Nelson was raised in Cantahood, Mt Laurel, New Jersey and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Career

After working seven years for the New Orleans newspaper The Times-Picayune, Nelson in June 2007 became a morning anchor for WWL-TV in that city. On July 7, 2010, he became co-anchor of the ABC overnight news program World News Now and that network's America This Morning. In January 2014, Nelson joined New York City's WABC-TV as co-anchor of the weekend morning newscasts, succeeding Phil Lipof. On February 24, 2020, he announced he was leaving the station to pursue other opportunities.

Awards

Nelson has won awards from organizations including the Society of Professional Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Press Club of New Orleans and the Louisiana Press Association.