{{short description|American news reporter and anchor}} {{Infobox person | name = Eva Pilgrim | image = | caption = Eva Pilgrim on her first day at Inside Edition | birthname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|08|30}} | birth_place = Seoul, South Korea | death_date = | death_place = | education = {{plist| * The University of South Carolina * University of Florida }} | occupation = News reporter and anchor | family = Sherry Pilgrim | spouse = Ed Hartigan | domestic_partner = | parents = | children = 1 | URL = }} '''Eva Marie 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/abc-news-gma3-eva-pilgirm-demarco-morgan-1235609417/|title=ABC News Adds New Duo to 'GMA3': Eva Pilgrim, DeMarco Morgan|first=Brian|last=Steinberg|date=May 11, 2023|website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-05-12/demarco-morgan-eva-pilgrim-tj-holmes-amy-robach-scandal-gma-what-you-need-to-know|title=DeMarco Morgan, Eva Pilgrim to co-anchor 'GMA3' after T.J. Holmes-Amy Robach scandal|date=May 12, 2023|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |first1=ABC Columbia |title=Lexington School District Two honors national ABC anchor during 'Fine Arts Hall of Fame' |url=https://www.abccolumbia.com/2024/09/20/lexington-school-district-two-honors-national-abc-anchor-during-fine-arts-hall-of-fame/ |website=ABC Columbia |access-date=17 December 2025 |date=20 September 2024}}</ref> 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.'"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/video/63175557 | title='On Their Shoulders': Eva Pilgrim praises her mom for her 'fearlessness' |date=2020-05-19 }}</ref>
==Career== After attending the University of Florida,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/abc-news-adds-eva-pilgrim-as-correspondent/279983/|title=ABC News Adds Eva Pilgrim as Correspondent|date=December 17, 2015|website=Adweek}}</ref> Pilgrim worked at television stations in Bluefield, West Virginia, Columbia, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/eva-pilgrim-abc-news-official-biography/story?id=99364436 | title=Eva Pilgrim | website=ABC News }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Webb Mitovich |first1=Matt |title=Eva Pilgrim Exits ''GMA3'' to Anchor ''Inside Edition'' |url=https://tvline.com/casting-news/eva-pilgrim-leaving-gma3-inside-edition-anchor-1235471317/ |website=TVLine |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |access-date=July 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250707183415/https://tvline.com/casting-news/eva-pilgrim-leaving-gma3-inside-edition-anchor-1235471317/ |archive-date=July 7, 2025 |location=United States |date=July 7, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cobb |first1=Kayla |title=''Inside Edition'' Taps ABC News Correspondent Eva Pilgrim as New Anchor |url=https://www.thewrap.com/inside-edition-adds-eva-pilgrim-anchor/ |website=TheWrap |access-date=July 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250707184009/https://www.thewrap.com/inside-edition-adds-eva-pilgrim-anchor/ |archive-date=July 7, 2025 |location=United States |date=July 7, 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Weprin |first1=Alex |title=''Inside Edition'' Taps Eva Pilgrim as Its New Anchor |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/new-inside-edition-host-eva-pilgrim-former-gma3-anchor-1236307916/ |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Eldridge Industries |access-date=July 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250707184344/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/new-inside-edition-host-eva-pilgrim-former-gma3-anchor-1236307916/ |archive-date=July 7, 2025 |location=United States |date=July 7, 2025 |issn=0018-3660 |oclc=44653726 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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