{"id":43179,"date":"2020-10-06T20:41:43","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T20:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lase.robust.digital\/?p=43179"},"modified":"2021-11-29T19:43:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T19:43:02","slug":"reporting-live-20-of-the-richest-most-fabulous-female-news-anchors-on-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networthus.com\/reporting-live-20-of-the-richest-most-fabulous-female-news-anchors-on-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporting Live: 20 of the Richest, Most Fabulous Female News Anchors on TV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a long time, the news industry has taken a drastic shift, allowing females to have more extended airtime and create a name for themselves. Although late-night news anchors are still mostly men, many female news anchors have rocketed their careers and created several memorable personas. In the last era, females couldn’t make it in the news industry, especially on-air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was thought that females were too distracting and weren’t taken seriously. However, things have changed, and many females in the industry have shifted from small reporting jobs to on-air reporting. After 50 years, women have shown their place and have become wealthy and successful. Here we will show you the highest-paid female news anchors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20. Barbara Walters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Barbara Walters is the most famous TV personalities ever. Her most notable work was as a writer and segment producer on The Today Show. She has gone and worked on ABC Evening News, Today, The View, and 20\/20. Even after she retired from broadcasting, she still reports news on ABC News from time to time. Today, she makes a whopping $27.2 million a year and is worth $150 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

19. Christiane Amanpour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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From her skills, it is no wonder why Christiane Amanpour servers as the Global Affairs Anchor at ABC News. This British-Iranian journalist and TV Host have shown the world many issues that were uncovered brought to light. According to Forbes magazine “World’s 100 Most Powerful Woman”, she was placed number one. As of today, she makes an estimated $12.5 million a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

18. Courtney Friel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Courtney Friel currently works at KLTA-TV in California as a news anchor. She has done so much work, Friel isn’t stuck on one subject. Her career started as a sports anchor for GoTV and a host for the World Poker Tour. She is known to cover entertainment news for Fox 11 and KTTV. As of today, she makes an estimated $12 million a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

17. Chelsea Handler<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Although Chelsea isn’t thought of as an official news anchor, she does have a knack for reporting news. She started her career on E! Network, hosting on a late-night talk show from 2007 to 2014. As of today, she has her own talk show on TBS, and has a salary of $10 million per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

16. Bianna Golodryga<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bianna Golodryga started her career at Yahoo! as a finance anchor. Her initial dream was to pursue a career in finance. But not all things go to plan, so she instead sought a backup career path in journalism. In 2004, Golodryga was considered one of the top journalists under 30 and was immediately hired by ABC as a correspondent. Today, Golodrya makes around $3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

15. Robin Meade<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Before Robin Meade became a newscaster, she was formerly known as Miss Ohio. As of now, she is the lead news anchor for the Morning Express with Robin Meade. Another unique side of Meade is that she is also a country musician. She released two albums in 2011 and 2013, respectively. It has been reported that she makes $4.5 million a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

14. Savannah Guthrie<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Savannah Guthrie was born in Australia but started her career as an attorney before she ever thought of becoming a news anchor. In 2007, NBC saw her work and hired Guthrie as a legal analyst for NBC News. She was even a co-anchor for The Today Show with Al Roker, Matt Lauer, and Natalie Morales. Her yearly salary is $2 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

13. Nancy O\u2019Dell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Another former beauty pageant, but from South Carolina, Nancy O’Dell started her broadcasting career in her home town, Myrtle Beach, and worked her way up the ladder to Hollywood. Formerly from Access Hollywood, now she is a special correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. O’Dell now makes an estimated $2 million annually. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

12. Joy Reid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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As a host and correspondent on MSNBC, Joy Reid has brought joy to many viewers. She has recently launched a book called Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide. As of now, she currently hosts on MSNBCs weekly morning show, AM Joy. She now makes $1.5 million a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

11. Erin Andrews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Erin Andrews has become one of television’s greatest sportscasters in the news industry. She created a name for herself through tons of hard work and determination. Other than sports, she can cast anything. This is proven from her previous work as a host in ABC’s Good Morning America. As a journalist and sportscaster, she makes around $800,000 every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

10. Katy Tur<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Starting her career in News 12 Brooklyn and Fox 5 New York, everyone knew Katy Tur would become a star news anchor. In 2009, she worked as a Storm Chaser for The Weather Channel and became NBC’s broadcast journalist and news correspondent. Katy now receives slightly more than $1.2 million per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

9. Amy Robach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Amy Robach was a Miss Georgia pageant back in 1994. She was the 4th runner-up. Before she signed with NBC News in 2003, she was working in WTTG in Washington. In NBD, Robach anchored two hours in the morning for years in Good Morning America before becoming a co-anchor in NBC’s 20\/20 alongside David Muir. She now makes $1.4 million annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

8. Jane Pauley<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Jane Pauley is a well-known broadcaster in the news industry. She started her career in 1972. She worked for NBC and had two major roles, anchoring in NBC’s Today for 13 years and co-host on Dateline NBC for 12 years. Jane Pauley now makes an estimated $1.2 million every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

7. Brooke Baldwin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Brooke Baldwin started her news anchoring career at in Virginia back in 2001. Not long after, she became a morning newscaster for WOWK-TV and was hired in WTTF after that. Since 2008, she’s been working for CNN, and in 2014 she got her big break by anchoring CNN Newsroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

6. Martha MacCallum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Martha has served as a reporter, correspondent, and anchor since her time in Fox News starting from 2004. She is notable for her work in The Live Desk, America’s News Room, and The O’Reilly Factor. She has a hobby of interviewing public figures throughout her career. Martha makes $700,000 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

5. Deborah Norville<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Deborah Norville was thought to be the girl everywhere on television. Through the years, she has worked hard to keep her image on screen as much as she could. Deborah landed the role as star anchor on CBS. Outside of her career, she started ventured into the wild business of knitting by starting up The Deborah Norville Collection. Norville now makes about a million in sales every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

4. Paula Faris<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After years of hard work, Paula Faris could get a position as a production assistant with WKEF\/WRGT. Once she maintained her position on the network, she became a reporter and, lastly, anchorwoman. Paula went around to Chicago and Cincinnati before her big break with ABC. She is now the co-host on ABC’s The View. Paula makes approximately $565,000 every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

3. Melissa Francis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Before Melissa Francis started her career as a news anchor, she had a career as a star in a famous classic television series, Little House on the Prairie. Once she started to do other things, she was called on to work for CNET and CNBC before being a star news anchor and financial news reporter for Fox News. Today she makes $500,000 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

2. Ainsley Earhardt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Without knowing anything about politics before her job in Fox News, Ainsley Earhardt took a leap of faith. Her hard-work skyrocketed her career to success. Today, she is still a journalist for Fox News and is a co-host of Fox & Friends. Her reported yearly income at Fox News is around $400,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. Ginger Zee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After Zee graduated from college, she focused on her career by working in various media outlets. After killing it as The Today Show’s temp meteorologist, the entire country was aware of her limitless potential. Now, she is the Chief Meteorologist for ABC News and has a salary of a whopping half-a-mill a year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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