Fredricka Whitfield Biography
Fredricka Whitfield is an American Journalist currently known for anchoring CNN’s Newsroom the weekend edition and she is based in Atlanta. She is also a fill in anchor for At This Hour program. She joined the station in 2002 and previously she worked at NBC News as a correspondent.
Fredricka Whitfield’s age
She was born on 31 May 1965 in Burtonsville, Maryland in United States of America. She turned 58 in 2023 and her birth sign is Gemini.
Fredricka Whitfield’s Height
She is 5 feet 9 inches tall
Fredricka Whitfield Education
Whitfield studied at Paint Branch High School in Burtonsville, Maryland where she graduated in 1983. She proceeded to study journalism from Howard University School of Communications graduating with bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1987. During her time at the university, she served as the News anchor for WHUR the school’s radio and in 2002 she was selected the school’s alumna of the year.
Fredricka Whitfield’s parents
She was a daughter to Nola Whitfield and Mal Whitfield an American middle distance runner and Olympian. She was born and raised in Burtonsville, Maryland and she have three siblings namely Ed Wright who is her step brother, Nyna Konishi and Malvin Lonnie.
Fredricka Whitfield husband and Children
She has been a wife to John Glenn since 1999. As a result the couple welcomed their first child in 2005 whose identity is not known and fraternal twins in November 2012 named Nola Glenn and Gilbert James Glenn.
Fredricka Whitfield Salary and Net worth
Whitfield earns an annual salary of around $250,000 and her average net worth is $3 million.
Fredricka Whitfield Career
After graduating Fredricka Whitfield was hired by various stations including WPLG TV in Miami, News Channel 8 in Washington DC, KTVT TV in Dallas, WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut, and WCIV TV in Charleston, South Carolina and later landed a job at NBC News as a correspondent based in Atlanta for Nightly News. She also worked as an anchor in Today NBC News program occasionally. Lastly, she joined CNN in 2002 as an anchor where she has been working till today.
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