Tv Reporters
Jenna Wolfe
Jenna Wolfe was born to two American parents and grew to her teenage years in Jamaica before moving back to the States. In 2004, she began work as an anchor for WABC’s show, Eyewitness. By the year 2007, she was working on Weekend Today. She is also known to double as a fitness trainer on the side, most likely adding substantially to her overall salary amount. She is currently making around $2 million annually.
Jenna Wolfe
Skip Bayless
Skip Bayless, whose birth name is John, was given the nickname Skip as a young boy by his father. Once out of university, he gained a position with The Miami Herald. His career took off when he moved to Los Angeles and became a writer for the Los Angeles Times reporting for the Dodgers. He eventually moved on to work as a reporter for the Dallas Morning News. Today he is known for his role on the Fox show called Skip and Shannon: Undisputed. He has an income of $13 million.
Skip Bayless
Shannon Sharpe
He is often recognized for his role as a sports analyst on CBS News but is now currently working for the Fox show Skip and Shannon: Undisputed. Shannon has been an avid sports lover since childhood; he even has a brother that played professional football named Sterling Sharpe. Shannon eventually found himself following in his brother’s footsteps playing for the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens. He makes an annual salary of $12 million.
Shannon Sharpe
Colin Cowherd
Colin Cowherd is one of the most famous figures in the world of sports. He grew up in Washington in a small fishing village, spending most of his time on rooftops listening to nearby baseball games on a portable radio. Eventually, he became one of those same voices he used to listen to as a child. He became a play-by-play reporter for the Padres. He now hosts his own show called The Herd with Colin Cowherd with an annual income of $14 million.
Colin Cowherd
Jason Whitlock
Jason Whitlock began his career when he was very young. He started off working for The Herald-Times, a newspaper originating in Indiana. He eventually came to work for the Ann Arbor News. Through hard work and determination, he grew his career rather rapidly, finally working for ESPN. Soon after, he caught the radar of Fox Sports, coming to work for them a bit later in his career. His current salary is around $10 million.
Jason Whitlock
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow is the host of a primetime news program and the first openly lesbian anchor in the United States. She gained a degree from Stanford in public policy and a doctorate in politics from the University of Oxford. Maddow had her breakthrough into TV when she substituted for Countdown with Keith Olbermann. She was lucky enough to get her own show called the Rachel Maddow Show. Her net worth is around $7 million.
Rachel Maddow
Giada de Laurentiis
Giada de Laurentiis has done a lot with her life throughout the years. She has been a chef, writer, and television personality. The Italian-born native studied culinary arts at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. After graduating, she found herself working for many restaurants, including Spago, which is owned by Wolfgang Puck. She also wrote for the magazine Food and Wine magazine. She eventually went on to make the show Everyday Italian, which became a bit hit. Her annual salary is $3 million.
Giada De Laurentiis
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper is a household name for many people in America. He is the main anchor of his own show, Anderson Cooper 360, and the correspondent for the show 60 Minutes. Cooper has no former training or education in the field of journalism, but despite that, he has managed to make a name for himself. He, at one time, was also given the opportunity to intern for the CIA. He makes an annual amount of $11 million and has a net worth of $100 million.
Anderson Cooper
Michael Strahan
Michael Strahan is most known as the former defensive end for the New York Giants. After retiring in 2007, he became a reporter on the Fox News network as a football analyst. You can see him on the show every Sunday, along with a few other shows that he hosts from time to time, including Live! With Kelly and Michael. The show gained so much popularity that it earned him two Daytime Emmy Awards. His salary is around $17million.
Michael Strahan
Erin Burnett
Erin Burnett started off as a financial analyst for Goldman Sachs before becoming a news reporter. Later on in her career, CNN offered her a job as a writer and booker for their Moneyline show. In the years that followed, she hosted a variety of shows like CNBC’s Squawk on the Street and Street Signs. She was dubbed ‘The International Superstar’ by Joe Scarborough because of the number of documentaries she has filmed abroad. She is now heading her own show, Erin Burnett OutFront. Her salary is $3 million.
Erin Burnett
Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt started her career in the field of journalism before she even graduated from university. She started out as the morning and noon anchor on WLTX News 19. She was also a part of a few other shows like the South Carolina CBS Station located in the city of Columbia. In 2007, she began working with Fox News as a co-host on America’s News Headquarters, Fox and Friends Weekend, and Fox’s All-American New Year’s Eve. Her salary is $400 thousand.
Ainsley Earhardt
Kelly Ripa
Kelly Ripa began her career on the big screen as a dancer and actress, starring on the show Dancin’ On Air and the soap opera All My Children. Her passion for becoming a newscaster eventually shinned through, and not long after, she was given the opportunity to live her dream when Regis Philbin held on-air auditions to find the eventual replacement for Kathie Lee Gifford. Her current annual salary sits at a nice $16 million.
Kelly Ripa
Shepard Smith
Shepard Smith is one of the longest-running reporters on the news today and is still going. He was also one of the first to join Fox News when it was first established in 1996. In 2003, he was tied for second as the most trusted news anchor on both cable news and network, alongside Peter Jennings and Dan Rather. He now acts as the chief news anchor and manages as editor of the new division. His income is around $10 million.
Shepard Smith
Megyn Kelly
Kelly began her career as a defense attorney, eventually joining Fox News doing her own segment called Kelly’s Court during Weekend Live. Between the years 2013 and 2017, she held a nightly program called The Kelly File that became extremely popular, surpassing the numbers of The O’Reilly Factor, which was the number one show at the time. Eventually, she ventured away from Fox and signed a contract with NBC, which was later terminated. Her salary is around $15 million.
Megyn Kelly
Ann Curry
Ann Curry has been working as a journalist for more than 30 years, most of those years being a part of the team of NBC. In the year 2005, she finally left NBC to pursue the world of entrepreneurship, founding her own multi-platform company. She has always opted to focus on the issue of human suffering from wars and natural disasters, which has gained her a lot of respect from the news industry. Her current salary is $5 million.
Ann Curry
Elisabeth Hasselbeck
Despite her retirement in the year 2015 to spend more time with family, she is still remembered today as a voice on the shows The View and Fox & Friends. She started off as a designer for Puma before venturing out to start a television career, joining many others for the second season of the American production of Survivor. In 2003, she became the replacement for Lisa Ling as the co-host on The View. She has a current salary of $1 million.
Elizabeth Hasselbeck
Jimmy Fallon
Many across America and in many other parts of the world are familiar with the name of TV host, Jimmy Fallon. He is widely known for his years being a part of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. He has also had an extensive acting career, being in several movies over the years, including Taxi, Fever Pitch, Factory Girl, Whip It, and Get Hard. He is currently acting as a late-night talk show host for his own show. His salary is $16 million.
Jimmy Fallon
Hoda Kotb
Hoda Kotb is an Egyptian American currently acting as a news anchor Dateline NBC. Her career started as an assistant for CBS News in Cairo back in the year 1986. It didn’t take her long to get the opportunity to showcase her talent for journalism, becoming an anchor and general assignment reporter for WQAD-TV and ABC Moline in Illinois. NBC was able to get her a job as the national correspondent for their news station in 1998. Her current salary is $2 million.
Hoda Kotb
Savannah Guthrie
Savannah Guthrie has an impressive resume, with her career starting with the ABC affiliates, KMZ and KVOA. During the time she spent working at WRC-TV, she covered an array of news stories like the 2001 anthrax attacks and the Pentagon attack of September 11, 2001. She became a White House correspondent for NBC News, and now she is a co-host for The Nine AM Hour and a Chief Legal Editor for the show Today. Her salary is $1 million.
Savannah Guthrie
Wendy Williams
Wendy Williams is a familiar name in America, whether one has seen her show or not. She is most known for her explosive and outspoken personality, gaining high numbers in views and a large fanbase. Due to her character, Williams has had many falling outs with a variety of guests that have appeared on her show. Her name has recently hit the headlines because of a family drama; she is in the process of divorcing her husband of 22 years. Her salary is $15 million.
Wendy Williams
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart is a man of many talents. He is a television host, producer, writer, director, actor, singer, and political commentator, to name a few. Stewart is most famous for his comical news program, The Daily Show, a show that has managed to win over 20 Primetime Emmy Awards. He is a well-known face and voice, whether you have seen the show or not. His current salary falls around the $25 million mark, which is pretty impressive.
Jon Stewart
Nancy Grace
Nancy Grace began her career as a prosecutor at a local district attorney office in Atlanta, Georgia. After receiving a prosecutorial misconduct charge, she moved on to being a journalist, working her way up the ranks doing a legal commentary show along with her co-host, Johnnie Cochran. Since kickstarting her career in journalism, she has starred in a number of shows, including Trial Heat, Closing Arguments, and many more. Her current annual salary is around $3 million.
Nancy Grace
Amy Robach
Amy Robach is currently working as a co-anchor of a few shows: Good Morning America and 20/20. Before settling into her long-lasting career, she worked as a national correspondent for NBC News and co-hosted NBC’s Today, Saturday edition. She eventually became the wife of the former star of the TV show Melrose Place, Andrew Shue, on her 37th birthday. The couple met at a book party. Her current annual salary at the moment is around $300 thousand.
Amy Robach
Hayley McQueen
Known as the daughter of the legendary Gordon McQueen, Hayley is a current football reporter and presenter on the British Network Sky Sports News. She was also once a presenter for Fox Sports as well. Before breaking into the world of reporting, McQueen worked as a runner and production assistant on Richard and Judy. She is currently worth around $2 million. That is an impressive salary, and the story to how she got to where she is now is also pretty impressive.
Hayley McQueen
Zeinab Badawi
The native of Sudan moved to the United Kingdom when she was 2-years old. Being the face of the news seems to run in her family, with her father being a news editor in Sudan before their move. After moving to London in 1988 to attend university, she became a presenter for Channel 4 News during the years 1989 and 1998. Afterward, she began working for the BBC. She is still currently working for the company and has an income of $4 million.
Zeinab Badawi
George Alagiah
Alagiah has been with the BBC for over 10 years. He began working with the network in 2007, and ever since, he has been a presenter of the BBC News at Six. Apart from being the face of the six o’clock show, he is also the host on GMT on BBC World News. He is also the relief presenter for the Ten O’clock News as well. Before his career in the news industry, he worked for the magazine South Magazine. His annual salary is around $300,000.
George Alagiah
John Humphrys
Humphrys has a reputation for being robust and straight forward, traits that some try to stray away from. He has worked with the BBC since 1980, but his news career started way back in the 1960s. The first job he’s had in the news industry was with a Wales-based news network, TWW. His career took off due to him being one of the first reporters on the scene during the 1966 Aberfan Disaster. His salary is currently around £650,000.
John Humphrys
Laura Kuenssberg
Kuenssberg’s impact on the news industry is nothing but impressive during her short career. She works as an editor at BBC News and was the first female to receive the position, replacing the beloved Nick Robinson. She started her career with the BBC in the year 2000 and began making more of an impact in 20010 during the election period. Her salary proves just how much she is appreciated by the News giants; her salary is a staggering £299,000.
Laura Kuenssberg
Fiona Armstrong
Armstrong is a very well-known and respected reporter among her co-workers. She has covered many stories, including the Lockerbie air disaster that happened during her career. Armstrong has been in the industry since 1983, making her a veteran in her career. Before moving on to bigger and better things, she started out as a member of the BBC news team. Before long, she moved on to Border Television to work on a program called Lookaround. Her salary is around £300,000.
Fiona Armstrong
Justin Webb
Justin Webb was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, but didn’t begin his career until moving to Northern Ireland in Belfast. He began working for the BBC when he was just 23, in the year of 1984. Afterward, Webb worked for BBC Radio 4’s program Today, before switching to become a foreign affairs correspondent, covering stories like the fall of the Soviet Union and the Gulf War. He is currently working for several different shows, including Breakfast News. He is worth around £199,999.
Justin Webb
Huw Edwards
Huw Edwards is currently the lead anchor on BBC News at Ten. Every now and then, he participates on the shows BBC News at Six, BBC News at One, BBC Weekend News, and Daily Politics. He covers quite a bit of state and international events. His former salary used to be around £600,000, but he volunteered for a salary cut due to the gender gaps regularly talked about within the network. There is no chance that this man would leave the news industry any time soon.
Huw Edwards
Victoria Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a superpower in the business and has several awards to prove it. The year 1998 started the beginning of her career with the BBC Radio 5 Live. She stayed with the show for 17 years before creating her own self-titled show on BBC Two. The show focuses on debates and current affairs. She is a well-established and beloved news reporter in the industry and has a salary of about £249,999.
Victoria Derbyshire
Emily Maitlis
Emily Maitlis has worked as a reporter for several years, starting out working for NBC Asia in Hong Kong. She remained there for many years before moving back to the United Kingdom, working for a short amount of time with Sky News before moving on to BBC. Today she is one of the main presenters on Newsnight. She also doubles as a relief reporter on a few other BBC programs. Her salary is currently around £229,999.
Emily Maitlis
Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith, born in the country of Scotland, started out working for BBC Scotland before shipping out to Belfast to join the Northern Ireland team. Her time working in Ireland wasn’t easy; the worst incident being when she was held at gunpoint by the UDA. Today, she is a member of the BBC team once more. Smith is currently the host of Sunday Politics but continually jumps from one show to another. She receives an annual salary of £159,999.
Sarah Smith
Kirsty Wark
Kirsty Wark has been the header of Newsnight since 1993 with no sign of stopping. She also appears on the spinoff Newsnight Review. She has a straight forward and challenging interview style that is reveled in the news industry. She is known for her 1990 interview with Margaret Thatcher, a meeting that skyrocketed her career and put her on the map for many more opportunities to come. Her salary is around £199,999.
Kirsty Wark
John Pienaar
Pienaar, over many years, worked his way up the ladder to where he is now. His first job was reporting for the South London Press; after a few years, he moved on to work for the BBC. He has participated in many of the network’s shows throughout his career. He began working as Chief Political Correspondent at Radio 5 Live in 2002. He also stars in his own show, Pienaar’s Politics. He has been solidified as one of the station’s most prominent reporters with an income of £199,999.
John Pienaar
Louise Minchin
Louise Minchin started her broadcasting career back in 1998, working for Radio 5 Live. It didn’t take long for her to graduate to working on one of the station’s leading programs. By the early 2000s, she was a regular reporter on the BBC News Channel, becoming a reoccurring face on the BBC One show, Breakfast. It didn’t take her long to climb the ranks in the world of news, and we are sure to continue seeing her face for many years. Her current salary is $197.2k.
Louise Minchin
Sophie Raworth
Raworth is a recognizable face regularly seen as a newsreader on the show BBC News at One. She is known to also appear on other shows like BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten. Since the start of her career, it has expanded at an amazing pace. In 2016 she became a frequent presenter on the shows Watchdog and Crimewatch. She has been a part of the BBC team since 1992, and thanks to her impressive resume, her salary is a nice £199,999.
Sophie Raworth
Cris Carter
Cris Carter is well-known for his extensive career in the football industry. He has played for the Vikings, The Eagles, and The Dolphins, although he has not had the liberty of taking home a Super Bowl victory. Carter began his impressive football career in the year 1987 and played all the way up to the year 2002. Once he retired from the sport, he switched over to the world of broadcasting, reporting on the one thing he knows best, sports. His salary is around $9 million.
Cris Carter
Nick Wright
Nick Wright is a Birmingham native starting with a football career when he was a teen. Not before long, he went to the professional league, playing for many different clubs all over the United Kingdom. His fame didn’t grow at a rapid pace, but once it did, Wright became one of the most desired football players in the league. Today, he works as a reporter in the field of sports with a net worth of around $450,000.
Nick Wright
Lizzie Cundy
Millions in the United Kingdom would quickly realize the name and face of Lizzy Cundy. She started off on the hit segment A Day with a Designer on the show, This Morning. Ever since that start, she has become a massive hit, and her career continues to take off. Today she can be found hosting on the show Wedding TV’s WAGS World. Her current salary falls around £199,999, which is an impressive amount of money.
Lizzie Cundy
Kate Silverton
Before ever thinking about breaking into the news industry, Silverton started off working as a bank teller with no notable plans for the future. Years later, she began training with the BBC in reporting on the show Look North. Then she began working as a presenter on Tyne Tees Television. She later returned to the BBC, working on several of their shows. Silverton is now a veteran reporter and earns a salary of around £229,999.
Kate Silverton
Matt Frei
The German-born Matt Frei has come a long way from his native country. After graduation, he joined the team of the BBC news. He began reporting in the German language then switched to the English language later on. He covered some of the most riveting stories during his career, including the 1989 Intifada in Jerusalem, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Gulf War. He later began work as a presenter on LBC Radio. Frei currently holds an annual income of £199,999.
Matt Frei
Natasha Kaplinsky
Natasha Kaplinsky began her career in the late 1990s when she was young. She started off working for the show F2F. She caught the eye of the London News Network and began hosting the shows London Today and London Tonight. She started off the 2000s working for Sky News, eventually switching to the BBC network on the show BBC Breakfast. She is currently a reporter for the ITV network. She has an income of £1 million.
Natasha Kaplinsky
Julie Etchingham
Like many reporters before her, Julie Etchingham began her career at a very young age. She started working for the BBC network when she was just a teenager. Before even reaching the age of 18, she worked for the BBC Radio Leicester. Later on in her career, she worked for BBC Midlands and Midlands Today. Eventually, she left the BBC to work for Sky News in 2002 and is now working for ITV. She makes an annual amount of $1 million.
Julie Etchingham
Kirsty Gallacher
In 1996, Kirsty Gallacher was offered a position by the head of Sky Sports as a production assistant. She worked in that position for only two years before beginning to work as a presenter on Sky Sports News. She is known for her roles on shows like 90 Minutes, Soccer Extra, Kirsty and Phil, and Soccer AM. She worked for 20 years in the industry before announcing her departure from Sky Sports. Although her salary amount is undisclosed, it’s known that she is worth around $3 million.
Kirsty Gallacher
Angela Rippon
Angela Rippon is one of the top veterans in the field of news. She started her long-lasting career back in the year of 1966. At the young age of 17, she dropped out of school and started up work with a newspaper called Western Morning News. She gained the opportunity for a full-time position after filling in for Richard Baker on Nine O’clock News. That opportunity kick-started a career that continues to this day. She makes around 20,000 pounds a year.
Angela Rippon
Jeremy Vine
Jeremy Vine started her career as a reporter back in the 1980s. He began working in Northern Ireland on The Heart of the Matter. Things took off for him in 1989 when he became a regular voice on BBC Radio 4’s Today. By the mid-1990s, he was a well-known person in the United Kingdom. Nowadays, he works on the shows Eggheads and Points of View. He is hailed for working his way up the ladder. He currently makes £749,999 annually.
Jeremy Vine
Jon Sopel
Before becoming a regular with the BBC, Jon Sopel lived the life of a freelance writer. Many times, he’s gone weeks without having any work, finding the lifestyle incredibly stressful. Things finally began to turn around once he gained a fixed career in 1983 as a reporter. Since then, he has been on several BBC programs, including his current one, Politics Show. He sometimes works relief for other shows every now and then. His salary sits at £249,999.
Jon Sopel
Mishal Husain
Mishal Husain’s career started in Pakistan, working for an English newspaper called The News. She was 18 when she began the work, eventually moving on to attend University. While attending school, she worked for the BBC. She first started out working on the Bloomberg Report. For two years she worked for them as a producer before switching over to the BBC in the same position. She now works on the show Today and has a salary of £220,000.
Mishal Husain
Anne Doyle
Anne Doyle’s career started way back in the late 1970s, enjoying a long and rewarding career until her retirement. She started off working for the RTE in 1978 as a teacher in the fields of English and History. She eventually became a reoccurring newsreader for RTE and a lead anchor for RTE One. She was a well-known face for many years, gaining popularity for her position. Her current annual salary is €495,000.
Anne Doyle
Orla Guerin
Orla Guerin quickly climbed the ranks, gaining popularity, and becoming one of the most beloved newscasters among watchers. She started work in 1995 with the BBC, eventually becoming stationed in Los Angeles, California. Guerin worked a year in the city of angels before moving to Rome, where she stayed for four years. She has traveled all around the world as a reporter and is currently stationed in Cairo. She has a salary of around £199,999.
Orla Guerin
Sharon Ní Bheoláin
Sharon Bheolain started her career working in 1994 with RTE. She began working as a presenter on Nuacht RTE, the job only lasting a few years. It didn’t take long for her to gain a higher position on News 2. This position was the start of a great and long-lasting career. She worked as a relief reporter for her co-workers, gaining the trust of the network. She eventually got the opportunity to work as an anchor on RTE News: Nine O’clock. She makes a salary of €30,000.
Sharon Ní Bheoláin
Ciara Kelly
Ciara Kelly, born in Ireland, is a presenter from Newstalk, which is an independent news network. She currently hosts the critically acclaimed show, Lunchtime Live. Before even considering a career in the news industry, Kelly was studying at a university in the medical field to be a doctor. She quickly realized the lifestyle wouldn’t quite fit her, so she switched her path. The 47-year-old now works as a newscaster. She receives a salary of €337,000.
Ciara Kelly
Bryan Dobson
Bryan Dobson is a popular newscaster currently working on the show Morning Ireland. He was once a part of several different shows, including RTE News: Six One, RTE News: Nine O’clock, and RTE News: One O’clock. Long before working with RTE, Dobson worked for a network called Radio Nova. He later left the job to begin one with the BBC. Currently, he is making an annual income of €193,610.
Bryan Dobson
Caitríona Perry
For anyone who has ever view the TV program RTE News: Six One, they would have no problem recognizing the face of Catríona Perry. Before climbing the ranks to the top of RTE, she was studying at Dublin City University, later on working for a radio station called NewsTalk 106. After receiving a compliment from President Donald Trump on her smile, her popularity grew even larger. She currently has an annual salary of around €150,001.
Caitriona Perry
Julia Somerville
Julia Somerville started off working with Homes and Gardens magazine. Realizing it was a job she was willing to stick with, she eventually moved on to more challenging positions. Somerville joined BBC in 1972, kicking off a very long career in the news industry. She worked as a reporter for many different platforms like BBC Nine O’clock News, ITV Lunchtime News, ITV News at Ten, and Rip Off Britain. With this extensive list for a resume, it’s no surprise that her income is $1 million.
Julia Somerville
Naga Munchetty
Naga Munchetty is a 43-year-old journalist for the Evening Standard. She has grown a lot in her career since the time she started in the news industry as someone who was always behind the scenes. She started off working behind the cameras for CNBC Europe. She caught the attention of the BBC and began hosting a few shows like BBC Breakfast, BBC World News, BBC News, Asia Today, and Newsnight. She has a current salary of around £199,999.
Naga Munchetty
Fiona Bruce
Fiona Bruce was not always a face in the news industry. As a teen, she modeled for many teen magazines and was a part of a few punk bands. After university, life led her down a path to a job in management consulting. She craved a different career path, realizing it wasn’t something she wanted to. She soon began reporting for the show Breakfast News in 1992 and has become a staple on BBC News at Ten and BBC News at Six. Her income is around £400K.
Fiona Bruce
