 In June 2012, Shalit, an avid sports enthusiast and fan of Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., found employment as a sports reporter for "Yedioth Ahronoth", covering Israeli and European basketball in a regular column.His first assignment was in the United States, covering the 2012 NBA Finals in Oklahoma City.In February 2020, he got engaged to his girlfriend of one and a half years, Nitzan Shabbat.