Maria Stephanos is a well-known American Journalist highly -regarded with more than two and a half decades of experience as an anchor and reporter. She works for WCVB where she co-anchors the NewsCenter 5 at 6:00, 7:00, and 11:00 pm. Also, she anchors NewsCenter 5 at 4:30 pm and The 10 O’clock News on MeTV Boston.
Maria Stephanos Biography
Maria Stephanos is a well-known American Journalist highly -regarded with more than two and a half decades of experience as an anchor and reporter. She works for WCVB where she co-anchors the NewsCenter 5 at 6:00, 7:00, and 11:00 pm. Also, she anchors NewsCenter 5 at 4:30 pm and The 10 O’clock News on MeTV Boston.
Maria Stephanos Education
She received her education at Emerson College where she holds a master’s degree in Mass Communication. Also, she attended Umass Amherst College where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism.
Maria Stephanos Career
She works for WCVB as the co-anchor of NewsCenter 5 at 6:00, 7:00, and 11:00 pm with Ed Harding and Meteorologist Mike Wankum. Moreover, she anchors NewsCenter 5 at 4:30 pm and The 10 O’Clock News on MeTV Boston. Prior to working at WCVB, she worked for nearly eighteen years for WFXT-TV as a news anchor and reporter. Prior to that, she was a reporter at WJAR-TV. Maria began her career working for several local stations including WBUR in Boston as a Statehouse reporter. Also, she has reported for several NPR radio stations and WCBS Radio, and WABC Radio in New York.
Over the course of her successful career, she has covered many of the most significant news events including; the plane crash of John F. Kennedy Jr., the Presidential recount vote live from Florida, the Worcester Cold Storage fire, the 9/11attacks reported from both Boston and Washington D.C., Red Sox World Series wins, Patriots’ Super Bowl wins, the deaths of Senator Edward Kennedy and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, the Boston Marathon bombings, the capture and trial of Whitey Bulger, and many more. Former Governor of the Commonwealth, Governor Michael Dukakis presented Maria with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alpha Omega Society. She enjoys cooking (especially Greek recipes), playing sports with her family, and vacationing in New England “anyplace there is water”.
Maria Stephanos Age
Maria was born on June 9, 1964. Thus she is 59 years old as of June 2023. She hence celebrates her birthday on June 9th of every year.
Maria Stephanos Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 2 inches (1.57m) tall.
Maria Stephanos Family
Stephanos was born in Groveland, Massachusetts to Nick Nionakis (Father) and Louis Athen Nionaki (Mother). However, her mother died at the age of 79 in 2016. She was brought up along with her younger sister by the name of Nicole.
Maria Stephanos Husband
Maria is married to the love of her life, Dale Stephanos. They married in 1991. She and her husband are blessed with two kids, a daughter, Isabella, and a son, Liam. The family resides in Foxboro.
Maria Stephanos’s Net Worth
Stephanos has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million which she has earned through being a news anchor and reporter.
Maria Stephanos Salary
She earns an annual average salary of $107,000.
Maria Stephanos WCVB
Maria works at WCVB where she works alongside other prominent WCVB meteorologists, anchors, reporters, and sports anchors including;
- Antoinette Antonio
- Shaun Chaiyabhat
- Jennifer Eagan
- Anthony Everett
- Ed Harding
- Karen Holmes
- Doug Meehan
- Ted Reinstein
- Rhondella Richardson
- Mary Saladna
- Ben Simmoneau
- Erika Tarantal
- Katie Thompson
- Josh Brogadir
- Janet Wu
- Bob Halloran
- Duke Castiglione
- Mike Lynch
- Naoko Funayama
- A.J. Burnett
- Kelly Ann Cicalese
- Cindy Fitzgibbon
- Harvey Leonard
- Michael Page
- Mike Wankum
- David Williams
- Matt Reed
- David Bienick
- Sera Congi
- Sharman Sacchetti
- Brianna Borghi
- Peter Eliopoulos
- Mike Beaudet
- Danae Bucci
- Nicole Estaphan
