Steven Romo is a news anchor, correspondent and writer. He’s currently a

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-based correspondent for

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and

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. He also works as a contributor for

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Early life

Romo was born in

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and raised in the suburb of

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. His father was a big rig truck driver, and his mother worked intermittently at grocery stores. He has described his childhood as marred by neglect due to his mother's mental health. Romo has written about his family's squalid home and animal hoarding. He has also discussed his Latino heritage and his struggles with poverty. Romo has credited his childhood love of television and books as giving him the tools he needed to escape his difficult start in life. In a personal essay for

, Romo wrote about his coming out experience. He also revealed more details about his dysfunctional family and childhood, including that he “dropped out” of school in the eighth grade before scrambling to get into college, which he successfully did as he’s stated elsewhere that he attended

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Personal life

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Romo announced his engagement to Fox Weather meteorologist Stephen Morgan in July 2021. The pair reportedly met in Houston while covering

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and began dating thereafter. News of the engagement went viral and made headlines in mainstream and gay publications worldwide, including

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, Miami Herald,

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, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Instinct (magazine), Out (magazine),

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and more. The couple married on October 8, 2022 in Dallas, Texas at a venue on

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in front of 125 guests. Their wedding also garnered a great deal of media attention, appearing in

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Sunday Styles section,

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and more. In a 2022 essay for HuffPost, Romo wrote about his experiences coming out as gay, and how his feelings of isolation due to his upbringing made him surprised that he was able to find a “yelling-from-the-rooftops” type of love. Romo is also a friend of fellow broadcast journalist,

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, according to social media posts and reporting from

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. He has described himself as a mental and physical health advocate, stating in interviews his mother's death at 43 years old while he was in college sparked a desire to confront damaging habits early.

Career

Romo got his start in journalism while attending

, where he wrote for the student-run newspaper,

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. In 2016, he joined KTRK Channel 13 in

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. He became an anchor for the station in 2018. Romo turned down a primary anchor role at KTRK in 2021 so he could move to

with his fiancé. A short time later, he announced that he would begin working freelance for

. In the summer of 2022, NBC announced Romo would join full-time as the newest correspondent for the network based in New York City. Romo spent five years with the

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-owned ABC station in Houston before making the move to

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. During that time, he appeared on

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national platforms discussing his reporting experiences, beginning with coverage of

and the storm's deadly aftermath. He also appeared on

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in 2019 alongside

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and Sara Haines to support charities that fight poverty in the Houston area. Romo began writing for ''

'' in 2019 in addition to his work as a

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. Romo started his career working at television stations across Texas. Prior to moving to Houston in 2016, Romo worked as an evening anchor in

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. While reporting in Oklahoma, he was nominated for two Emmy Awards for his work covering the

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. He was interviewed for

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’s Family Secrets Podcast season three. The episode ''Bug Dust'' was released in 2020. Romo's views on a variety of topics have appeared in

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“Jared Kushner is building a new skyscraper”
''Cosmopolitan'', March 2017 and more. In March 2023, he appeared as a guest on Andy Cohen’s radio lineup with John Hill, broadcast on

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References

External links

Steven Romo's website
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