Billions of people all over the globe had a sense of relief when Al-Queida’s most wanted terrorist Osama Bin-Laden got killed inside his compound in 2011. American correspondent Nick Schifrin was one of the first journalists who arrived in Abbottabad, Pakistan and delivered the century’s biggest exclusive, the end of the regime of a notorious criminal, Bin Laden.
Nick helped ABC News to win an Edward R. Murrow award for his first video inside Laden’s compound. Currently, the brave journalist serves as a Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent of PBS NewsHour and teaches a foreign policy class at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.
Is Nick Married? His Relationship Struggles!
PBS NewsHour’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent Nick Schifrin is not married yet. Hence, there is not any news about his wife. But, when he was attending the University of Columbia as a first-year student, he was dating someone special. As per the correspondent’s LinkedIn profile, he was in his first years at Columbia in 1998.
According to his column titled My First Year on Columbia Spectator, Nick had some difficulties at Columbia, and one of it was the sad breakup with his girlfriend. His family and relationship struggles led the former New York University adjunct instructor to consume alcohol and hit the walls of the ceilings.
However, his thoughts of relationships with his parents, grandparents, and friends eventually served him to overcome his struggles. With the help from his beloved ones, his first year in Columbia passed away in a blink, and Nick graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 2002.
Supports Gay Activities!
In the platform of social media, Nick shows support on gay activities. When the U.S. state of New York legally recognized the same-sex marriage under the Marriage Equity Act on 24 July 2011, the 38-year-old correspondent tweeted:
He also tweeted about the December 2015 interview of gay rights activist Peter Kass on PBS News Hour. The Lagos based LGBT activist, Peter described his continuation of works in Nigeria despite receiving death threats.
Nick Schifrin’s Salary And Net Worth!
Nick, age 38, summons the net worth as a correspondent and adjunct instructor. As per Paysa.com, a PBS NewsHour Producer and Correspondent earns an average salary of $103,199 per year, and their annual revenues range between $94,013 to $111,487. Nick was named as a PBS NewsHour’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Correspondent in May 2018 after working as a Special Correspondent in September 2015.
He is also an adjunct instructor, and since September 2016, he is lecturing a foreign policy class to the Master’s student at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service. Before Arkansas, Nick taught Advanced Multimedia class in New York University to the Journalism graduate student from September 2017 to December 2017.
Before arriving at PBS, Nick was Al Jazeera America’s first Middle East correspondent and served nearly for two years in Jerusalem. At the age of 28, the Columbia University graduate served as an Afghanistan/Pakistan Correspondent at the ABC News and worked as a Foreign Correspondent of London from March 2012 to October 2013.
Short Bio
Nick Schifrin, who grew up in Los Angeles, California, was born on 10 July 1980. When he was in New York during the first year of Columbia University, he discovered that his grandfather was a world war II rifleman named Rudy Pesqueira, who died on the country’s behalf. Nick then built emotions and talked about it with his parents and sister.
The PBS foreign affairs and defense correspondent stands at the decent height and holds American nationality. Nick graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and earned his master’s degree in international relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. As per wiki, the correspondent lectures a foreign policy class at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service.