Emily Longnecker Biography
Emily Longnecker is an American Anchor and Reporter working for WTHR-TV Channel 13, serving as a night-side reporter. She has been working for the station since 2007, after working for WLTW, the NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, for 3 years.
Emily Longnecker Age
Longnecker likes to keep her personal life private; hence, she has not disclosed the date, month, or year in which she was born. However, she might be in her 40s, judging from her appearance.
Emily Longnecker Height
Longnecker stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches.
Emily Longnecker Family
Longnecker is a native of Bradford, western Pennsylvania, but has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight; hence, she has not disclosed any details about her parents. It is also unknown if Longnecker has any siblings.
Emily Longnecker Husband
Longnecker is very private about her personal life; therefore, it is not known if she is in any relationship. She paddleboards and kayaks at Eagle Creek or runs and trains for half marathons during her free time. Her favorite movie is “The Godfather” followed by “Jaws.”
Longnecker is a huge Star Wars fan, an avid reader, and a political junkie. Also, she enjoys going to music concerts and boasts that she was blessed to have seen Prince four times on stage. Though she is a Bradford native, she has traveled all over the world.
Emily Longnecker Net Worth
Longnecker has an estimated net worth of between $1 million-$5 million, which she has earned through her successful career as an Anchor and Reporter.
Emily Longnecker Salary
Longnecker earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Emily Longnecker Education
Longnecker joined Allegheny College in Meadville in 1991 after completing her high school education. In 1995, she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in English and French. She furthered her studies at the American University in Washington, D.C., earning her Master’s degree in Public Policy and Broadcast Journalism in 1996.
Emily Longnecker Career
Longnecker is working for WTHR-TV Channel 13, serving as a night-side reporter. She served WLTW, the NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, for 3 years before moving to Indianapolis as a reporter for Channel 13.
Longnecker is a 7-time Emmy award-winning journalist who has worked in Washington, D.C., and as an anchor and reporter for multiple smaller TV markets in upstate New York and Pennsylvania. In Washington, she started out working off-screen and broadcast stories on Capitol Hill. Also, she has been a contributing writer for Hope Magazine for Women.
Longnecker has received recognition from the Indiana Broadcasters Association, the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Associated Press Broadcasters Associations of both Indiana and Pennsylvania.
In 2021, Longnecker was invited to her former station in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and New York City to narrate her experiences broadcasting the crash of United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, when she was just a cub reporter. Also, she talks about her time covering September 11th in the book “Women Journalists at Ground Zero.”
Longnecker has made appearances on A&E’s “The First 48” and Investigation Discovery’s series, “The Shift.” During the onset of the pandemic, she interviewed Babyface, a Grammy award-winning and critically acclaimed musician and singer, via Zoom about his experience battling COVID. That is an unforgettable career highlight for her, as he’s her favorite 90’s R&B singer and she is normally in the first few rows of his concerts whenever he returns to perform in his hometown of Indianapolis.
One of her favorite quotes comes from her mom, who always told her: “Emily, everybody is somebody and everybody is nobody. If you always keep that in mind, you’ll know how to treat people.”
Emily Longnecker WTHR-TV Channel 13
Longnecker is working for WTHR-TV Channel 13, serving as a night-side reporter. She served WLTW, the NBC affiliate in Cincinnati, for 3 years before moving to Indianapolis as a reporter for Channel 13. After spending more than 10 years in the Circle City, she now considers Indianapolis her second home.
During her time in Indianapolis, Longnecker has spoken in front of multiple groups and helped emcee fundraisers for organizations like Coburn Place Safe Haven and The Independence Academy. She has been recently invited to discuss her experience surviving an attack in broad daylight near downtown Indianapolis and how that day affected her life.
Longnecker is working at WTHR alongside other famous WTHR meteorologists, anchors, and reporters, including;
- Matthew Fultz
- Rich Nye
- Jalea Brooks
- Samantha Johnson
- Felicia Lawrence
- Dominic Miranda
- Chelsea Stevens
- Brandon Schaff
- Jenna Webster
- Julia Moffitt
Emily Longnecker Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and often posts on her Instagram, Facebook, and X(formerly known as Twitter). She has over 9.5K followers on Facebook, over 5.6K on Instagram, and over 9.5K on X.