Soledad O’Brien Net Worth $5 Million
Award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien’s net worth is $5 million. Born and raised in rich part of St James, New York, O’Brien generated her net worth through becoming a respected anchorwoman for CNN. O’Brien followed the footsteps of her older siblings and attended Harvard University in the mid-eighties, but did not graduate until her return in 2000. The mother-of four began her fruitful career with WBZ TV as an associate producer and news writer. O’Brien then joined NBC in 1991, taking on the role as field producer for programmes, The Nightly News and Today. Field producer went on to worked as local reporter for NBC’s KRON in San Francisco. Whilst at NBC, O’Brien anchored the Weekend morning show and The Site, an award winning technology show. Furthermore, she co-anchored numerous shows, including Weekend Today with David Bloom, Today Show and the weekend edition of the Nightly News. In 2003, Soledad moved to CNN, where she co-host the morning show, American Morning, with Miles O’Brien (no relation.) By 2007 she was replaced with a younger model Kiran Chetry, because of poor ratings. Her co-worker Miles O’Brien was also axed in the show.
Since afterward O’Brien continued to act as a reporter for CNN, mostly hosting one off special documentaries. In early 2012, the award-winning reporter became an anchorwoman for CNN’s Starting Point. For her contribution to news, O’Brien won numerous awards — she received the NAACP President Award back in 2007 and was name the Journalist of the Year from the National Association of Journalists in 2010. She’s also known for her great mishaps. In 2008, O’Brien was heavily criticised (especially from FactCheck.org) for her coverage through the McCain/Palin campaign: she for falsely reported that Sarah Palin had cut the education budget by 62 per cent. Actually, Palin increased the funding.
Award-winning American broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien comes with an estimated net worth of $5 million and an annual salary of $1.5 million. On February 21, 2013, it had been announced that she’d leave CNN to begin the Starfish Media Group production business. Soledad was born Maria de la Soledad Teresa O’Brien on September 19, 1966 in St. James, New York. SoledadO’Brien parents are both immigrants who met at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. SoledadO’Brien father Edward was an Australian of Irish descent along with a mechanical engineering professor. Her mother is Afro-Cuban and also a French and English teacher. Her mother graduated from Smithtown High School East in 1984. She attended Harvard from 1984 to 1988 but she did not obtain a degree until she returned in 2000.
Soledad is a mom of four and she began her career with WBZ TV as an associate producer and news writer. She subsequently joined NBC in 1991 where she took the role as field producer for programs The Nightly News and Today. Soledad went to act as an area reporter for NBC’s KRON in San Francisco. While at NBC, the mother of four anchored the Weekend morning show and The Site, an award-winning technology show. The mother of four co-anchored numerous shows including Weekend Today with David Bloom, Today Show and the weekend version of the Nightly News. She moved to CNN in 2003 where she co host the morning show American Morning with Miles O’Brien but they are not related. The mother of four was replaced with a younger model Kiran Chetry due to poor ratings. Miles was also axed in the show.
O’Brien continued to act as a reporter for CNN. Soledad has won awards for her contribution to news. Soledad received the NAACP President Award in 2007. The mother of four was named the Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Journalists in 2010. In 2011, the mother of four won her first Emmy for Catastrophe in Haiti in the show Anderson Cooper 360 in the category of Excellent Live Coverage of a Current News Story — Long Form. Despite her achievements, Soledad was likewise known for her great mishaps. Soledad was greatly criticized in 2008, particularly by FastCheck.org, for her coverage throughout the McCain/Palin campaign for falsely reporting that Sarah Palin had cut the education budget by 62 per cent where in fact Palin has increased the funding.
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