Brendan Keefe Biography
Brendan Keefe is an American award winning Multimedia Journalist working for CBS46 as a Chief Investigator. He has been working for the station since August 2022 after working for TEGNA.
Brendan Keefe Age
Keefe likes to keep his personal life private hence he has not yet disclosed the date, month, or year he was born. However, he might be in his 50s.
Brendan Keefe Height
Keefe stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 10 inches.
Brendan Keefe Family
Keefe was born and raised in the United States alongside his five siblings Susan Kelly, Grace Huebscher, Daniel Keefe Jr, Mary Keefe Hatch and Kathleen Keefe, who was a broadcast executive until her demise on 1st May 2024. However, he has not given any information about his parents.
Brendan Keefe Wife
Keefe is married to Tiffany and the two live together in Atlanta, Georgia. However, it is not known if they have any children or not.
Brendan Keefe Net Worth
Keefe has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million and $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a Multimedia Journalist.
Brendan Keefe Salary
Keefe earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Brendan Keefe Education
Keefe went to North Haven High School in 1982 where he got his high school diploma in 1986. Later, he joined Kenyon College in 1986 where he graduated with a bachelor’s of art degree in English in 1990. While at the College, he worked at KCTV, the college’s TV station. He also interned at WFSB TV IN 1989.
Brendan Keefe Career
Keefe works as a Chief Investigator at CBS46. He operates as a solo entity, opting to fulfill multiple roles including photographer, producer, and video editor for investigations aired on Atlanta News First and Gray Television’s Investigate TV. Before joining CBS46, Keefe served as a chief investigator and lead multi-skilled journalist instructor at TEGNA from October 2014 to August 2022. Earlier, he worked for The E.W. Scripps Company as a senior multi-media journalist from October 2012 to September 2014. Prior to that, Keefe served as an evening anchor and I-Team chief investigator at WCPO-TV from October 2007 to September 2014.
Brendan Keefe WCBS | CBS New York Career
Keefe previously worked for WCBS | CBS New York as a correspondent from February 2003 to October 2007. While there, Keefe served as the 11:00 pm weeknight reporter at WCBS-2 and Weekend morning anchor. In addition to this, he was the war correspondent with three combat reporting tours in Iraq and Kuwait. Keefe also covered the terrorist bombings of commuter trains in Madrid. During his tenure there, he won NY Emmy awards for continuing coverage of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and for breaking news coverage of the NYC Blackout. Additionally, he won the coveted Silurian Award for outstanding coverage in Iraq from one of the oldest press clubs in the nation.
Brendan Keefe Early Career
Before joining WCBS | CBS New York, Keefe served as a reporter from October 1997 to November 2002 at KPRC-TV. During his time there, he covered the collapse of Enron, the Andrea Yates child drownings, multiple hurricanes, three serial killers, Houston floods, the Clinton impeachment hearings, U.S. Capitol shootings, and the Space Shuttle program. Additionally, Keefe flew twice in zero gravity with NASA aboard the KC-135 “Vomit Comet.” While there, he won four Suncoast Emmy awards, including two for an underwater cave diving documentary he shot alone while on vacation in the Yucatan Peninsula.
Earlier from October 1995 to October 1997, Keefe worked for WFSB TV as an anchor and reporter. He previously served as a reporter from October 1992 to January 1994 at WWMT-TV3. During his tenure there, Keefe covered the trial of a criminology professor and former police officer charged with executing his wife, the local ABC morning anchor woman. Additionally, he appeared as a trial expert on The Donahue Show. Keefe started his career at WREX from February 1991 to October 1992 where he served as a reporter, anchor, and photographer.
Keefe has won the Peabody Award, the DuPont Columbia Award, five more National Murrow Awards, a 2021 National Emmy, and an IRE Award. In addition to this, he was awarded the Hillman Prize, the Scripps Howard Award, the TEGNA Pinnacle Award, and the Al Neuharth Award for Investigative Reporting. Keefe also won the American Legion’s Fourth Estate Award, multiple Atlanta Press Club Awards of Excellence, and 74 Southeast Emmys over eight years. In all, Keefe has won 126 regional Emmys over his three-decade career.
Brendan Keefe WPTZ – NBC5
Keefe is working at CBS46 where he works alongside other famous CBS46 meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Tori Cooper
- Savannah Louie
- Brooks Baptiste
- Joy Lim Nakrin
- Cutter Martin
- Patrick Pete
- Baillie Burmaster
Brendan Keefe Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 49.5k followers on Twitter.
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