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Soledad O’Brien Net Worth

Published

8 months ago

August 25, 2023

Daniel Wanburg

Soledad O'Brien's Net Worth as of 2024
$5 Million

María de la Soledad Teresa O’Brien was born on the 19^th September 1966, on Long Island in New York State, USA of Cuban (mother) and Australian-Irish ancestry. She is a television journalist who currently works for CNN, since January 2012 being a presenter for the morning program “Starting Point”. She also worked on “American Morning” for the period from 2003 to 2007. She is the winner of an Emmy Award.

So just how rich is the journalist? Reportedly, the net worth of Soledad O’Brien is equal to $5 million, accumulated during her career spanning almost 30 years.

Soledad O’Brien Net Worth $5 Million

To give some background facts, Soledad was raised by her father, a professor of mechanical engineering, and her mother, a language teacher. The family had six children who all later graduated from Harvard University. Soledad O’Brien’s first job was as an assistant director and news writer for WBZ-TV in Boston. Later, she worked as a local reporter and office manager at KRON in San Fransisco. Both of these TV stations were related to NBC and from 1991 to 1999 she worked for NBC in New York as television director (field producer) for “Nightly News” and “TODAY”. From 1999 she was the host of “Weekend Today”, while she helped with news coverage to other programs and covered several important news events in the field. All these positions helped raise her net worth steadily.

She joined CNN in 2003 and was the host of “American Morning” until 2007. In 2007, she made primary programs for “Black in America” dealing with ethnic minorities, but also had other responsibilities, for example worked as a presenter. In 2010, she published her autobiography, “The Next Big Story: My Journey through the Land of Possibilities”. In January, 2012 she became a presenter of the morning program “Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien”. Again, her net worth rose steadily.

The work of Soledad O’Brien is highly appreciated by critics and audiences. In 2007, National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People awarded Soledad O’Brien the organization’s President’s Award for her humanitarian efforts and outstanding journalistic efforts. In 2008, she received the Humanitarian Award from Bloomberg School of Public Health for her reports from Hurricane Katrina’s devastation and tsunami in the Indian Ocean in 2004. The same year she was the first to receive the Soledad O’Brien Freedom’s Voice Award, established in her name of Morehouse School of Medicine. In 2009, she was awarded the Medallion of Excellence for Leadership and Community Service Award from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. The National Association of Black Journalists gave her the prize of Journalist of the Year in 2010. The same year she was rewarded for her reportage series “Latino in America” with the Edward R. Murrow IRTDNA / UNITY award. In 2012, she received the same award for the reportage series “Black in America: The New Promised Land – Silicon Valley”. She has also received several other awards which undoubtedly increased her popularity, and helped add sums to the total size of Soledad O’Brien’s net worth.

Last but not least, in her personal life, Soledad married Bradley Raymond in 1995, and the family has two daughters and two sons, currently residing in Manhattan, New York City.

Daniel Wanburg

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Steph McGovern Net Worth, Wiki, Parents, Husband, Metlife, Irish Dancing

Published

4 days ago

April 8, 2024

Tom Ford

Born Stephanie Rose McGovern on the 31st May 1982 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire England, she is a journalist and TV presenter, best known to the world for her extensive work with the BBC, mainly serving as the business presenter for BBC Breakfast, among many other positions she has obtained so far in her career.

Have you ever wondered how rich Steph McGovern is, as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that McGovern’s net worth is as high as $1 million, an amount earned through her successful career, active since the early 2000s.

Steph McGovern Net Worth $1 Million

The daughter of Eamonn Mcgovern, Steph went to Kader Primary School for her elementary education and then attended the Macmillan City Technology College. In 1998 she started her sixth form studies on an Arkwright Engineering Scholarship, and in the next two years studied math, physics, business, and design technology, which earned her the Young Engineer for Britain Award, after making improvements for the Leaf Hog product by Black & Decker, saving the firm £150,000 a year.

She then enrolled at University College, London studying science communication and policy at the Department of Science and Technology Studies.

Following her graduation, Steph found a place for herself at the BBC on the “Tomorrow’s World” program, and after a while got part-time employment, serving as a researcher of daily affairs. Gradually Steph was rising in her work, and in short span of time became the main producer of daily financial news on Radio 4’s program “Today”. This position really kick-started her career, as she was soon promoted to BBC One to serve as the lead producer of business news on the six and ten o’clock news bulletins, alongside Robert Preston.

In 2010, Steph was hired as a presenter for BBC Radio 5 Live, and then became the presenter of “Wake Up to Money”, and now serves as the regular presenter of “On the Money” aired on Sunday evenings.

In 2011 she made her big breakthrough when she was hired as the main business presenter for “BBC Breakfast”, and since then has also hosted several episodes of the highly-acclaimed show, which has only increased her net worth to a large degree.

Her role on BBC grew in the next few years, and she was named as the presenter of the show “Pocket Money Pitch” on CBBC, and “Shop Well for Less”, on which she works with Alex Jones. Furthermore, Steph joined the presenting team of “Watchdog” in 2016, and has also been serving as co-presenter of “Can Britain Have a Pay Rise” with James O’Brien.

When it comes to her personal life, Steph is still single, and has houses in Middlesbrough and Manchester.

In her youth, she was an Irish dance champion and now often gives guidance to coach dancers at the international competition events.

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Dianna Russini Net Worth

Published

3 weeks ago

March 21, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Dianna Russini was born on 11 February 1983, in New York City, USA, and is a sports journalist and reporter, best known for working with the sports network ESPN on various NFL broadcasts. She’s also worked with other networks such as News 12, WNBC New York and NBC Connecticut. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Dianna Russini? As of late-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $30 million, mostly earned through a successful career in sports journalism; she reportedly earns an annual salary of around $100,000. She also does radio work, and as she continues her career, it is expected that her wealth will also continue to increase.

Dianna Russini Net Worth $30 million

Growing up, Dianna aspired to a career in sports broadcasting while doing make-believe commentary for his brother’s backyard games. She was educated at Old Tappan High School, and after matriculating she attended George Mason University, and during her time studied for a degree in journalism. She also played for the school soccer team for four years, and did sideline reporting for Comcast SportsNet’s CAA basketball games. After graduating, she joined News 12 located in Westchester/ Hudson Valley as a reporter, working on general assignments and crime news. Soon, she would take on more opportunities that would increase her net worth significantly, working as a news and games writer for NBC Connecticut, before joining ABC News. She joined CSN Northwest and covered the games of teams such as the Blazers and Seahawks. She also joined WRC Channel4 as a columnist, and would become a chief sports reporter of the network. She started to focus a lot more on sports reporting thanks to her work with News 12, and covered several significant events including the Boston Marathon Bombing. She also worked for NBC-TV before finding her role with ESPN.

Russini’s net worth increased even further when she joined ESPN in 2015. She started working as an anchor for “Sports Center”, and also worked for Comcast Sports. As a part of ESPN, she began to host the show “NFL Live” in which she does various interviews. She also reports as part of “NFL Countdown”, “NFL Insider” and “NFL Analyst”. Thanks to all of these opportunities, her net worth increased even further.

For her personal life, not much about is known about any romantic relationships, though there are rumors that Dianne was engaged to a Hedge Fund manager from Manhattan, and further rumors linking her with Washington Redskins general Scot McCloughlan, following Scot’s wife accusing her of giving oral sex to obtain stories about the team. The accusations ended up becoming negative for both Scot and the Redskins, prompting the wife to apologize for her remarks; the accusation which was on Twitter was also deleted. Dianna resides in both New York City and Connecticut. She’s very active on social media having more than 67,000 followers on Twitter and over 22,000 follower on Instagram, which she updates regularly. She also has a Facebook page with over 4,000 likes.