Fredricka Whitfield Biography and Wiki
Fredricka Whitfield is an American journalist who currently works as the weekend edition News Anchor for CNN Newsroom based in Atlanta, Georgia. Moreover, she is a former NBC News correspondent where she worked for almost six years from 1995 to 2001.
Since she became part of the CNN family, Fredricka has done quite an amazing job on the field covering some of the groundbreaking stories such as the death of US president Ronald Reagan, the furious Asian tsunami back in December 2004, not to mention the Persian Gulf region during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Before she earned a position at CNN, Whitfield had a job at NBC News as a correspondent from 1995 to 2001. She also had an amazing time working as a morning and afternoon anchor as well as an assignment reporter for NBC. Prior to joining NBC News, she had experience working for various news stations such as WPLG-TV in Miami, News Channel 8 in Washington, D.C., KTVT-TV in Dallas, WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut, and WCIV in Charleston, South Carolina.
Fredricka Whitfield Age and Place of Birth
Fredricka Whitfield is 57 years old as of 2022. She was born on May 31, 1965, in Nairobi, Kenya. Whitfield celebrates her birthday on May 31st every year with friends and family.
Fredricka Whitfield Height and Weight
Whitfield stands at an average height and moderate weight. She appears to be quite tall in stature if her photos, relative to her surroundings, are anything to go by.
Fredricka Whitfield Parents and Siblings
Whitfield was born in Nairobi, Kenya, but spent the rest of her childhood in the United States. She is a proud daughter of a former middle-distance runner and Olympian Mal Whitfield(father) and Nola Whitfield (mother). The daughter of “Marvelous Mal” is the sister of Nyna Konishi, Lonnie Whitfield, and accomplished high jumper, Ed Wright. Fredricka’s father is the founder of the Mal Whitfield Foundation. The foundation has distributed 5,000 athletic scholarships.
Digging into her academic records, Mrs, Whitfield is a proud 1983 graduate of Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Maryland. Furthermore, she has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Howard University’s School of Communications in 1987. During her days in Howard, she used to be the campus news anchor for WHUR. She left a quite remarkable legacy as the Alumna of the year in 2002.
Fredricka Whitfield Husband and Children
Fredricka Whitfield is happily married to her devoted husband John Glenn, currently working at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as the director of photography. The couple tied the knot in 1990. Together they have three children; the firstborn son who was in January 2005, and fraternal twins, daughter Nola, and son Gilbert, born in November 2012.
Fredricka Whitfield’s Net Worth
Whitfield has an estimated net worth of $500,000 as of 2020. She has amassed this amount from her career as a news journalist for AZ Family and other previous networks she has worked for.
Fredricka Whitfield Salary
The normal pay of a news journalist in the USA ranges from between $ 24,292 and $ 72,507 which translates to an hourly average wage of between $ 10.15 and $ 31.32.
Originally posted 2022-09-09 07:46:09.
