Matt Gutman Bio
Matt Gutman is an American Award-winning reporter who is currently an ABC News’ Chief National Correspondent based in Los Angeles. He reports for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “20/20,” “Good Morning America” and “Nightline.” He has reported for ABC from 40 countries across the globe.
Previously based in Miami, he won awards for his coverage of the Trayvon Martin Shooting and the BP Oil spill. From 2013-2018 he hosted the ABC Television Network’s Saturday morning show, “Sea Rescue,” which won the 2016 Emmy for “Outstanding Children’s Series.” Before joining ABC News in 2008 where he started at ABC News Radio, Gutman was a Jerusalem-based reporter for seven years, covering every major conflict in the Middle East.
Matt Gutman Age
Matt is 45 years old as of 2022. He was born on December 5, 1977, in Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. Gutman celebrates his birthday on 5 December every year and his birth sign is Sagittarius.
Matt Gutman Height
Gutman stands tall at an average height of 5 feet 6 inches and has a moderate weight.
Matt Gutman Family
Gutman was born in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the son to Paul J. Gutman and Sharon Gutman. Matt has one sibling his sister Rachel. He attended Newark Academy, where he was honored as a scholar-athlete football player. Gutman graduated from Williams College in 2000.
Matt Gutman Wife
Matt is happily married to his lovely wife Daphna Venyige. The couple tied the knot on May 17, 2007. Matt and his wife are blessed with two children a daughter named Libby born in 2008 and a son known as Ben. Initially, they both worked for the ABC News network but in different departments. However, Matt’s wife left in 2007.
Matt Gutman ABC News
Matt is ABC News’ Chief National Correspondent based in Los Angeles. He reports for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms, including “World News Tonight with David Muir,” “20/20,” “Good Morning America” and “Nightline.”
He has reported for ABC from 40 countries across the globe. Gutman, a multiple award-winning correspondents, has covered the COVID-19 crisis, the protests in American streets following the death of George Floyd, the immigration crisis, and countless foreign and domestic terror attacks.
Previously based in Miami, he won awards for his coverage of the Trayvon Martin Shooting and the BP Oil spill. From 2013-2018 he hosted the ABC Television Network’s Saturday morning show, “Sea Rescue,” which won the 2016 Emmy for “Outstanding Children’s Series.”
Before joining ABC News in 2008 where he started at ABC News Radio. He also worked for USA Today. worked for the Jerusalem Post based in Israel from 2001 to 2005 covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Gutman started as a freelance reporter in Argentina in late 2000. His first published article was for the now-defunct English-language Buenos Aires Daily.
Matt Gutman Suspension
Matt was suspended by ABC News in January 2020. This is after incorrectly reporting that, during the death of Kobe Bryant in the 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash, all four of Bryant’s children had died when only Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter Gianna “Gigi” was on board the helicopter and perished in the crash.
Later in the same year Matt went back to reporting for ABC and appeared on the October 23, 2020, episode of 20/20 entitled “The Perfect Liar,”. While he was there he interviewed jailhouse informant Paul Skalnik and death row inmate James Dailey.
However, once again in February 2021, Matt was briefly suspended after allegedly violating Covid-19 company policy when visiting a Los Angeles hospital during the pandemic.
Matt Gutman Salary
Gutman earns an annual average salary of more than $130,000 from his career as an ABC News’ Chief National Correspondent based in Los Angeles.
Matt Gutman Net worth
Gutman has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million to $5 million as of 2023. This includes his assets, money, and income. Matt’s primary source of income is his career as an ABC News’ Chief National Correspondent based.