Eva Pilgrim

Eva Pilgrim
Born	(1982-08-30) August 30, 1982 (age 43) Seoul, South Korea
Education	The University of South Carolina University of Florida
Occupations	News reporter and anchor
Spouse	Ed Hartigan
Children	1
Family	Sherry Pilgrim

Eva Pilgrim (born August 30, 1982) is a South Korean-born American broadcast journalist who previously co-anchored the ABC afternoon news program GMA3: What You Need to Know with DeMarco Morgan. ^{[1] [2]} In 2025, she was named as the new host of the syndicated-newsmagazine Inside Edition .

Early life

Pilgrim was born in Seoul, South Korea to a Korean mother and a Caucasian American father. She attended Airport High School in South Carolina. ^[3] She described growing up: "There weren't that many half-Asian women on television when I was a little girl. I grew up in a town where everybody looked so very different from me, so for me seeing those women on TV, it wasn't just, 'Oh, I can do that job,' but, 'Oh, women like me exist in other places than where I live.'" ^[4]

Career

After attending the University of Florida, ^[5] Pilgrim worked at television stations in Bluefield, West Virginia, Columbia, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina. ^[6] She was later an anchor/reporter at WXIN-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana, before moving on to WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In January 2016, she joined ABC News. In May 2023, she and DeMarco Morgan became co-anchors of GMA3: What You Need to Know , hosting the show for two years up to June 2025 before going through a format change where both Morgan and Pilgrim departed ABC News.

On July 7, 2025, it was announced Pilgrim would succeed Deborah Norville as host of Inside Edition , beginning with the thirty-eighth season. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

References

1. Steinberg, Brian (May 11, 2023). "ABC News Adds New Duo to 'GMA3': Eva Pilgrim, DeMarco Morgan". Variety.
2. "DeMarco Morgan, Eva Pilgrim to co-anchor 'GMA3' after T.J. Holmes-Amy Robach scandal". Los Angeles Times. May 12, 2023.
3. Staff, ABC Columbia (20 September 2024). "Lexington School District Two honors national ABC anchor during 'Fine Arts Hall of Fame'". ABC Columbia. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
4. "'On Their Shoulders': Eva Pilgrim praises her mom for her 'fearlessness'". 2020-05-19.
5. "ABC News Adds Eva Pilgrim as Correspondent". Adweek. December 17, 2015.
6. "Eva Pilgrim". ABC News .
7. Webb Mitovich, Matt (July 7, 2025). "Eva Pilgrim Exits GMA3 to Anchor Inside Edition". TVLine. United States: Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on July 7, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
8. Cobb, Kayla (July 7, 2025). "Inside Edition Taps ABC News Correspondent Eva Pilgrim as New Anchor". TheWrap . United States. Archived from the original on July 7, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
9. Weprin, Alex (July 7, 2025). "Inside Edition Taps Eva Pilgrim as Its New Anchor". The Hollywood Reporter . United States: Eldridge Industries. ISSN   0018-3660. OCLC   44653726. Archived from the original on July 7, 2025. Retrieved July 7, 2025.