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Eva, Ed, and Ella. Courtesy of Inside Edition\/Eva Pilgrim<\/p>\n\t\tEva, Ed, and Ella. Courtesy of Inside Edition\/Eva Pilgrim<\/p>\n
The Inside Edition anchor shares how becoming a mom reshaped her perspective on work, family, and what she really wants her daughter to learn from watching her work.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Eva Pilgrim arrived in New York City in 2015 with plenty of ambition and optimism. \u201cIt was like a dream,\u201d she says when reflecting on those early years. \u201cI had a small studio apartment with what I called a \u2018large bed closet\u2019 \u2014 I thought I\u2019d hit the jackpot. I was a young, single girl living in the city. It was an extremely fun time for me, filled with work, friends, great restaurants, along with major growth and learning.\u201d<\/p>\n
What followed was a career that took her from local newsrooms to national television: senior national correspondent for ABC News, co-anchor of GMA3: What You Need to Know, and now one of only four anchors in the history of Inside Edition. But it\u2019s a different role that has impacted her life the most \u2026 being mom to four-year-old Ella.<\/p>\n
At a Glance:<\/p>\n
How motherhood reshaped Eva Pilgrim\u2019s approach to journalism
\nWhy she believes true balance is a myth, and what works instead
\nHer daily work routine while raising a young child\u00a0
\nWhat she hopes her daughter learns from her career and life
\nHer favorite New York moments as a mom<\/p>\n
Psst\u2026 Check Out Tamron Hall on Motherhood, Her Son Moses, and the Magic of Harlem<\/a><\/p>\n Motherhood Changed Her Journalism<\/p>\n Eva says becoming a mother changed the way she sees the stories she tells, and that being a mom has helped her become a better journalist.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel everything more deeply,\u201d she explains. \u201cIt\u2019s made telling hard stories harder. I see my responsibility in storytelling so differently now because, in many ways, becoming a mother grounds you.\u201d<\/p>\n Yet, motherhood hasn\u2019t dulled her journalist\u2019s edge one bit. If anything, it\u2019s sharpened it.\u201cI think there is a practicality that comes with motherhood that shifted something in me and changed how I cover stories. I think it\u2019s made me better at my job in so many ways I never would have imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n The Myth Of Work-Life Balance<\/p>\n When it comes to balance, Eva doesn\u2019t pretend it\u2019s easy. \u201cI think balance is impossible. It\u2019s a carrot that if you chase, you\u2019ll never be able to grab.\u201d What she\u2019s doing instead is trying to be present. \u201cHaving a young child, I\u2019ve realized the thing I want is to be present in my own life, in her life,\u201d says Eva. \u201cIt forces me to make choices about who I want to be and how I show up.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, not every day is always calm. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean some weeks aren\u2019t crazy at work,\u201d she acknowledges. \u201cBut I\u2019ve worked very hard to create space to be able to show up as the kind of mother I want to be. It is something I\u2019ve realized is nonnegotiable for me.\u201d She has a practical way to look at it all. \u201cIf I\u2019m in my head because I feel I\u2019m failing at being her mom, I\u2019m also not my best at work. I can love my daughter fiercely and protect my time with her and love my work and be incredibly productive at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n Eva sees it as a constant seesaw between work and home, \u201cSome days work needs more from me and some days home needs more,\u201d and the real work is being \u201cemotionally clear enough to know where to put my attention.\u201d<\/p>\n Eva and her husband Ed, now based in North Central New Jersey after a decade in the city, run a tight morning ship. \u201cAnyone with small kids knows a schedule at this age offers so much sanity. I love a schedule, and we 100% are on one!\u201d she says. \u201cOur schedule starts and ends pretty much the same way every day. We wake up at the same time every day. We make breakfast and eat together as a family. Then we all go our separate ways.\u201d<\/p>\n Evenings are kept simple and treated the same way. \u201cWe come back at the end of the day together; we make dinner together as a family and eat,\u201d says Eva. \u201cMeal prep and eating are our chance to talk to each other. I usually guard those windows of the day pretty fiercely because I love that time so much.\u201d<\/p>\n Raising a New York\u2013Influenced Kid<\/p>\n Even from across the Hudson, Eva stays closely connected to New York and what the city offers kids. \u201cI think it\u2019s just amazing for children. The wild energy of a child fits right in here. I love that it offers children exposure to so many amazing things culturally.\u201d<\/p>\n She says splash pads took over when they lived in Brooklyn, museums get them through the winter months, and good food is always part of the equation, along with a lot of good friends.<\/p>\n Eva tells the story that perfectly sums up what it means to grow up in this city, when Ella was just one year old, and the family met friends for brunch at Pastis. \u201cShe ordered branzino and ate the entire thing,\u201d Eva recalls. \u201cWe all laughed because here\u2019s this baby with a very limited vocabulary, but she knew how to say branzino. Such a product of New York eating with grownups at restaurants that don\u2019t offer kids\u2019 meals.\u201d<\/p>\n It is, she agrees, a very New York parenting moment, as was the Chanel gift bag the hospital sent them home with after Ella was born. \u201cTruly only in NY,\u201d laughs Eva.<\/p>\n What She Hopes Ella Sees From Watching Her<\/p>\n Eva says she hopes her daughter learns from watching her build a career and a life, and cares less about the type of work Ella will go into and more about the values behind it.<\/p>\n \u201cI hope she finds something she loves for work as much as I\u2019ve loved my job. But more than that, I hope she sees that work is not everything,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat you do with your life is a choice; one decision is not forever. We live in seasons. I hope my choices will help her see that change is good,\u201d says Eva. \u201cWhile it can be scary to make changes, we want to grow and change as people. Work should grow and change with us.\u201d<\/p>\n \u200b\u200bAfter covering presidential elections and national tragedies, the life she\u2019s most invested in now plays out every morning over breakfast with her four-year-old, balancing work and family.<\/p>\n Psst\u2026 Check Out How Queens Native Ren\u00e9 Marsh\u2019s Loss Shaped the Most Gentle Story<\/a><\/p>\n![\"From](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-20-at-3.50.14-PM.webp.jpeg\")
Courtesy of Inside Edition\/Eva Pilgrim
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