Barak Shapiro Biography
Barak Shapiro is an American Meteorologist working for NEWSnet serving as the Senior Meteorologist. He has been working for the station since March 2022 after working for FOX19 where he served as a Weekend Morning Meteorologist.
Barak Shapiro Age
Shapiro likes to keep his personal life private hence he has not disclosed the date, month, or year in which he was born. However, he might be in his 30s, judging from his appearance.
Barak Shapiro Height
Shapiro stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches.
Barak Shapiro Family
Shapiro has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any details about his parents. It is also not known if Barak has any siblings.
Barak Shapiro Wife
Shapiro is a married man, however, he has not disclosed the name of his wife. The couple is blessed with two children.
Barak Shapiro’s Net Worth
Shapiro has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a Reporter, Meteorologist, and Multimedia Journalist.
Barak Shapiro Salary
Shapiro earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Barak Shapiro Education
Shapiro went to Florida Atlantic University after completing his high school education. He later enrolled at Florida State University in 1998. From there, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Meteorology in 2002.
Barak Shapiro Career
Shapiro works at Newsnet based in Farmington, Michigan, as a weekend morning meteorologist and Senior meteorologist. He previously held the same position at FOX19 WXIX and WCPO 9 News based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Prior to working at WCPO 9, he was hired at Hearst which is also based in Ohio, as a weekend morning meteorologist.
Between March 2011 and December 2016, he worked at Sinclair Broadcast Group as a weekday prime-time meteorologist. While at Sinclair Broadcast Group, he would coordinate scheduling between team members and freelance meteorologists during vacation and helped enforce our brand on all visible news monitors, tickers, and title calling during newscasts. Additionally, he cleaned up, reorganized, and scripted all animated and still icons in the Weather Central system.
Shapiro has also served with KSLA as a Multimedia Journalist and weekend meteorologist. His responsibilities included; forecasting accurate and consistent local weather, producing interactive graphics, and acting as a fill-in meteorologist. Moreover, he served as a green reporter when necessary. Previously, he was a KOKI morning meteorologist and live reporter at Newport between March 2006 and April 2008. His duties involved updating all web graphics and videos before, during, and after morning and noon newscasts. Additionally, he created and compiled new movies for morning and night newscasts and graphics for web purposes.
Shapiro was a KOLD weekend meteorologist at Raycom Media between 2004 and 2006. His job was to maintain weather computers and create all new graphics for the team which included developing a new color table and automated updating weather products. He was also responsible for teaching all interns the utilization of the weather system and forecasting. In addition to that, he compiled movies in Unix for the station and acted as a featured speaker for local schools regarding weather careers and the TV business. Shapiro also resolved local viewers’ questions about the weather and acted as a fill-in meteorologist for KOLD and KWBA.
Barak Shapiro NEWSnet
Shapiro is working at NEWSnet where he works alongside other famous NEWSnet meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Ryan Thompson
- Madison Schlegel
- Remington Hernandez
- Ryan Wooley
- Brooklynn Lambert
- Morris Langworthy
- David Ade
- Colleen Mehlberg
- Lauren Creighton
- Kirk Montgomery
Barak Shapiro Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and often posts on his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.