He started his journalism career at WLNS-TV in Lansing, Michigan, where he would eventually move to Nashville, Tennessee to WKRN-TV, while finally landing at KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington. In August 2000, Karlinsky joined ABC News as a Seattle-based correspondent, where he has covered the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, garnering him a nomination at the News &amp; Documentary Emmy Award, for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story. This ongoing story appeared on "ABC World News Tonight". John Berman and Karlinsky received a nomination for a cooking segment on "Nightline", at the 2012 James Beard Awards, in the Television Segment category.