Conor Knighton
Conor Knighton (born February 1, 1981) is an American journalist, actor, host, and author. He is currently a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning.
Conor Knighton | |
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| Born | February 1, 1981 |
| Nationality |  |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Occupation | Actor, television host, producer |
| Home town | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. |
Early years
Knighton grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, and attended George Washington High School. He is a graduate of Yale University.[1]
Career
Knighton was the first person to appear on Current TV when the network launched in 2005.[2]
He was the host and producer of Google Current, a top of the hour news update based on Google's top searches.[3] Knighton went on to serve as the host and executive producer of InfoMania, Current's first half-hour show. InfoMania was created by Madeline Smithberg, co-creator of The Daily Show. Knighton left the network at the end of 2010.[4][5][6]
Knighton was one of the original co-hosts of The List, a national news magazine produced by the EW Scripps Company.[7]
Knighton hosted AMC's The Movie List, a weekly countdown of popular movie trivia. He was also the host of Biography Channel's My Viral Video and has appeared as a commentator on CNN, MTV, E!, and Oxygen. He was regular panelist on E!'s Chelsea Lately.[8]
Knighton is currently a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning.
In 2016, Knighton launched "On The Trail," a series of stories on the US national parks that aired on CBS Sunday Morning. Over the course of a single year, he visited every national park in the country. Knighton filed reports on certain parks along his journey for the broadcast.[9] It was to honor the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service.
In 2018, Knighton kicked off "Island Hopping" series, reporting on islands across the world for CBS Sunday Morning. He has traveled from the Galapagos to St. Helena to Denmark's Bornholm Island for the show.[10]
On April 7, 2020, Knighton released a book about his year visiting the parks entitled Leave Only Footprints: My Acadia-to-Zion Journey Through Every National Park. The book was published by Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House.[11]
Knighton has also served as a guest host of radio program Mountain Stage and was the voice of Davis Qar in the video game Mass Effect Andromeda. He appeared as an actor in such shows as the Gilmore Girls.[8][12]
Awards and nominations
As a correspondent for KCET's SoCal Connected, Knighton was nominated for two Los Angeles Area Emmys and won a 2015 Los Angeles Press Club Award.[13]
He has won three Daytime Emmys as part of the Sunday Morning Team.[14]
References
- "Host of AYA fundraiser talks about a decade in the entertainment industry".
- "A Note From Conor". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- Tecson, Brandee J. (April 5, 2005). "Al Gore's TV Network To Launch In August". MTV News.
- Weintraub, Joanne (November 22, 2008). "Conor Knighton and other 'InfoMania' folks worth watching". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
- Knighton, Conor (January 19, 2011). "A Note From Conor". Current TV. Archived from the original on January 19, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
- "A Note From Conor". Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "Scripps Asked America, and It Said 'Yes'". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "Conor Knighton Returns Home to Host Mountain Stage". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ""Sunday Morning" contributor Conor Knighton kicks off "On The Trail"". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
- "Wake Island: Where America's day really begins". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "Leave Only Footprints". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "Mass Effect: Andromeda". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "KCETLink Media Group Most Honored Local Television Station". Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- "The National Academy of Televeision Arts & Science announces winners for the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-04.