James Goldston Bio, Age, Family, Wife, Net Worth, Salary, Awards and ABC News
Matthew Wilson
Updated on January 01, 2026
James Goldston Biography
James Goldston was named the president of ABC News in April 2014. Goldston oversees such aspects of the news division, such as broadcast, digital and radio(a combined audience that is unmatched in the United States).
During Goldston’s tenure leading ABC News network has responded rapidly to cover breaking news in Cuba, Syria, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, and Venezuela, and across the country from San Bernardino to Las Vegas during Goldston leadership tenure.
ABC News has scored exclusive interviews with former FBI director James Comey, President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Caitlyn Jenner, Michael Cohen, and former First Lady Michelle Obama, among many others, and hosted landmark town halls with President Barack Obama and Pope Francis. ABC’s newscasts under the leadership of, Goldston are delivering their most competitive seasons while expanding their reach on new digital networks in years.
ABC News has shown a dramatic year over year growth for having delivered over 10 billion video views in the last year. Over 130 million people a month are reached by Yahoo-ABC News Network. ABC News has built on this success to launch new news products for over-the-top and social networks, such as the 24/7 streaming network, ABC News Live, in 2018. The news division is widely recognized as a pioneer in live streaming and virtual reality, winning the first-ever Edward R.
Murrow Award for VR programming. Since 2014, ABC News has won three consecutive Murrow Awards for Overall Excellence in Television and Radio, a historic first for any network. In 2018, ABC News acquired renowned data journalism organization FiveThirtyEight and announced the expansion of “Good Morning America” to a third hour starting in September. ABC’s The View, now in its 23rd season, joined the news division in 2014 and now ranks among the top five of all network and syndicated daytime talk shows.
From March 2012-April 2014, He served as senior vice president for Content and Development for ABC News. Before his role as senior vice president, Goldston was the senior executive producer of “Good Morning America” from February 2011 to March 2012. During his tenure, the broadcast saw significant rating gains as it closed in on NBC’s 16-year winning streak in the mornings and covered a wide range of breaking news stories from around the world with distinction. The ABC News president named Kenneth Moton, a former WFTV-Channel 9 reporter as the co-anchor of “World News Now” and “America This Morning.”
In 2004 is when James joined ABC News, where he was the senior producer of primetime specials and investigative reports. Later after a short period, he was promoted became the executive producer of “Nightline,” up to 2011. He graduated from Jesus College Oxford. Goldston sent note on September 28.2017 to the news division announcing that, Marcus Moore is joining ABC News as a Dallas-based correspondent.
James Goldston Politics
ABC News Chief on Trump Drama, Megyn’s NBC Start and Broadcast News in the Smartphone Era
Goldston said that despite the Trump administration’s buffeting of the mainstream news media and a rise in defamation cases, that was a “golden era” for journalism. They will always defend the reputation of the news division against all comers, against anyone. But their best defense is the work that they do.” He explained about GMA’s’ win streak, lower ratings for morning news, phone calls received from President Trump, and the future of anchors Robin Roberts, Michael Strahan, and George Stephanopoulos.
James Goldston Age
Details about James Goldston’s date of birth are not known therefore it is not known when he celebrates his birthday. He likes to keep his personal matters away from the public eye making it difficult to know his age, hence this information will be updated as soon as it’s available.
James Goldston Family
After doing our research, details about his parents are not available and it is also not known if he has any siblings.
James Goldston Wife
Goldston married Laura Kate Trevelyan. Laura was born on August 21. 1968. James and Laura Kate are blessed with 3 sons together as they only children. Goldston resides in Newyork City with his wife and kids.
Kate is a BBC anchor and correspondent based in New York City. She was the United Nations correspondent for the BBC from May 2006 until 2009 She was sworn in at BBC on 9th November, the day after Donald Trump won the presidential race.
James Goldston Body Measurements
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James Goldston Salary
According to our reliable sources, Goldston’s annual salary ranges between $130,106 – $228,488.
James Goldston Net Worth
The award-winning journalist, James Goldston, has an estimated net worth of $1.4 Million dollars which he has earned through his successful career as a journalist.
James Goldston Awards and Archievements
- News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast
2007 · ABC World News Tonight, Nightline - News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Report in News Magazine
2009 · Nightline - News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast
2012 · Good Morning America, ABC World News. - First Amendment Service Award
James Goldston Foundations
Goldston is the executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, A leading practitioner of international human rights and criminal law, Goldston has litigated several groundbreaking cases before the European Court of Human Rights and United Nations treaty bodies, including on issues of counterterrorism, racial discrimination, and torture.
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Is James Goldston married?
Goldston is married to Laura Kate Trevelyan.
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Goldston has an accomplished journalist with an estimated net worth of $1.4 Million dollars.
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James Goldston annual salary is estimated to be between $24,292 and $72,507 or an hourly average wage of between $10.15 and $31.32. This is per our average wage estimates for a journalist in the United States
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Goldston lives in Newyork City
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Goldston is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.
Where is James Goldston now?
Goldston is the president of ABC News from April 2014
What happened to James Goldston?
In 2014, Goldston was named president of ABC News.
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