Mark Rivera Biography
Mark Rivera is an American Reporter/Anchor working for ABC 7 News in Florida. She joined the station in the month of December 2017. There, she serves the station as a Weekend Morning News Anchor.
Mark Rivera Age
Rivera was born on 18 February. He likes to keep his personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year he was born. He celebrates his birthday on 18 February every year. However, he might be in his 30’s.
Mark Rivera Height
Rivera stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Mark Rivera Family
Rivera has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Mark has any siblings.
Mark Rivera Wife
Mark is married to Alissa Marie. Together the couple was blessed with a son in 2021 named Pierce. They reside in Chicago. They enjoy going out and visiting different eateries in the city and love exploring new places.
Mark Rivera Net Worth
Rivera has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a news anchor.
Mark Rivera Salary
Rivera earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Mark Rivera Education
Rivera graduated his high school and then later joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and graduated from there in Broadcast Journalism.
Mark Rivera Career
Rivera works for ABC 7 Chicago serving the station as a Weekend Morning News Anchor. When he joined the station, News Vice President Jennifer Graves described him as a “skilled anchor and a versatile anchor adept at covering everything from huge breaking news narrations to politics and feature stories.”
He was raised in Crystal Lake, Illinois. He covered for ABC 7 Eyewitness News the funeral and procession of the slain police commander, Paul Bauer in 2018 the first major live story. Mark reported ABC 7’s on-air coverage for more than three hours as Commander Bauer was honored by the city and its residents.
He joined ABC 7 from WTSP-TV in Tampa, Florida, where he served as the station’s the weekend morning news anchor and political reporter. Mark provided six hours of compelling non-stop coverage of the Pulse Nightclub shooting in nearby Orlando while on the anchor desk.
Rivera covered Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaign rallies as the station’s political reporter asked Vice President Mike Pence for information about Russian influence and co-moderated a heated congressional debate. Additionally to the political beat, he has reported on a huge range of stories from the hurricanes that destroyed Florida to a family whose son is a 5-organ transplant survivor.
Before joining WTSP, he worked at WAND-TV in Decatur, reported breaking news, and wrote, Illinois where he anchored a two-hour daily newscast and edited and reported a weekly feature piece focused on the local community. He won a regional Associated Press Award while at WAND.
Mark Rivera ABC7 Chicago
Rivera is working at ABC7 Chicago where he works alongside other famous ABC7 Chicago anchors and reporters including;
- Rob Elgas
- Alan Krashesky
- Stacey Sager
- David Novarro
- Val Warner
- Paul Meincke
- Diane Pathieu
- Eric Horng
- John Garcia
- Michelle Gallardo
- Evelyn Holmes
- Jessica D’Onofrio
- Sarah Schulte
- Leah Hope
- Janet Davies
- John Idler
- Samantha Chatman
- Jason Knowles
- Chuck Goudie
- Larry Mowry
- Stacey Baca
- Dionne Miller
- Phil Schwarz
- Karen Jordan
- Ravi Baichwal
- Roz Varon
- Tracy Butler
- Jim Rose
- Terrell Brown
- Hosea Sanders
- Tanja Babich
- Cheryl Scott
- Judy Hsu
- Mark Giangreco
- Cheryl Burton
- Eric Thomas
- Kristen Sze
- Sandhya Patel
- Dan Noyes
- Chris Nguyen
- Mike Nicco
- Dion Lim
- Jobina Fortson
- Liz Kreutz
- Spencer Christian
- Dan Ashley
- Larry Beil
- Reggie Aqui
- Chris Alvarez
- Kumasi Aaron
- Drew Tuma