Erica Hill is an American journalist, a career in which she has worked for major industries such as CNN, CBS and NBC. She has co-anchored several shows on each of the cable network channels over her years and has also been the lead on a few of her own shows. Her love of writing gave her the edge she needed to become the successful journalist she is today. Her drive allows her to keep up with the latest news and deliver them without prejudice. Sit back and read on to find out more about her career, net worth, husband and children.
Erica Hill – Bio
The American journalist was born Erica Ruth Hill to Cheryl and Steven Holmes Hill in Clinton, Connecticut. Her date of birth is the 20th of July 1976. She was raised with an older sister whose identity is currently unknown. Before she was born, her parents were separated; This meant that her mother, Cheryl, became a single mother after she was born, raising her two daughters with the morals and values that she had.
The high school years passed for Erica Hill at Wethersfield High School. After graduating from Boston University with a degree in journalism, she pursued her dream of becoming a journalist. She played basketball during college and graduated in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree.
Erica Hill is fluent in French. She is also a member of Alpha Epsilon Phi, a sorority that is part of the National Panhellenic Conference. Her interest in writing came from an early age and it’s not hard to see why she chose journalism as a career.
CNN career
Erica Hill graduated from Boston University in 1998 ready to pursue journalism full-time. She started out as a production assistant for PC Week’s new online program PC Week Radio . During this time she was also the conference coordinator for the Software Publishers Association Europe. She was part of the TechTV crew for the TechTV News program from 2000-2003. Her role was that of reporter general before climbing the ladder to become co-anchor and correspondent from 2001-2003. One of her greatest accomplishments as a journalist was providing live coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
She anchored Prime News until January 25th , 2008 when she was reassigned to a new position at Anderson Cooper 360 . In February 2008 she became a full-time member of the team. She was also the co-anchor of the CNN Tonight program which ran from the 16th of November 2009 to the 15th of January 2010. Other reporters reported to have been on the program include Dana Bash, Candy Crowley and Kitty Pilgrim.
Erica Hill continued her anchoring duties on Anderson Cooper 360 through January 8th , 2010 when she left CNN to join CBS News. While on CBS, she anchored CBS Evening News , The Early Show and CBS This Morning . She also served as a special correspondent for the news channel in late 2012 before joining NBC News. She became a co-anchor on the NBC program Weekend Today , reporting on MSNBC and NBC Nightly News .
On the 6th of June 2016, Erica Hill returned to Headline News for her own daytime program About the Story with Erica Hill . In April 2018, Erica Hill returned to CNN and went on the story behind.
Wealth & Salary
Erica Hill’s career as a journalist has her quite a comfortable fortune, allowing her to live a life she desires. With an annual salary of $750,000, her net worth is estimated at a healthy $4.5 million. That’s not surprising considering she’s proven herself many times in her career.
Erica Hill: husband and children
Erica Hill is currently married to David Yount, a practicing attorney. They met in 2004 and after twelve months of dating they tied the 25th marriage . They have been together for over a decade and within that time the couple have given birth to two boys. Their first son, Weston Robert, was born on 25 th The second son, Sawyer Steven, was born on November 23, 2006 around March 2010. The family currently resides in New York City.