Meg Farris Biography
Meg Farris is an American Medical Reporter, Desk Assistant, Assistant Assignment Editor, and Satellite Coordinator working for WWL, serving as a medical reporter. She began her journalism career as a desk assistant at the station in May 1981
Meg Farris Age
Farris was born on April 30, 1958, in the U.S.A. He is 68 years old as of 2026. Farris celebrates her birthday on April 30.
Meg Farris Height
Farris stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches.
Meg Farris Family
Farris was born to Margaret Gandolfo Farris and Charles Farris, M.D. Her father, Charles, worked as an obstetrician/ gynecologist. She is a native of New Orleans, but has not disclosed more details about her parents. It is also unknown if Farris has any siblings.
Meg Farris Husband
Farris is very private about her personal life; therefore, it is not known if she is in any relationship. She takes care of her rescue dogs, all adopted from the SPCA, and abandoned Easter rabbits from the local shelter during her free time.
Meg Farris Net Worth
Farris has an estimated net worth of between $1 million-$5 million, which she has earned through her successful career as a Medical Reporter, Desk Assistant, Assistant Assignment Editor, and Satellite Coordinator.
Meg Farris Salary
Farris earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Meg Farris Education
Farris studied at the University of Mississippi, where she double majored in Print Journalism, Radio, and TV.
Meg Farris Career
Farris is working for WWL, serving as a reporter, specializing in health and medicine. She concentrates on pioneering and sometimes controversial treatments, such as the hyperbaric chamber therapy that a local doctor is using to treat brain-damage victims instead of deep-sea divers.
At WWL, Farris appears in the Medical Watch evening reports, Weight Loss Wednesday reports, Wrinkle Free Friday reports, and has a morning feature with Mackie Shilstone, a national fitness guru.
At times, Farris appears on the “Eyewitness Morning News,” where she interviews nationally known medical and fitness specialists. She serves as Southeast Louisiana’s only broadcast journalist devoted to broadcasting health and medicine.
Every Wednesday, Farris does everything from yoga positions to pumping iron in WWL’s Eyewitness Morning News from 6 to 8 a.m. as she partners with colleague Mackie Shilstone for a fitness session with “Mackie & Meg.”
Farris covered a local senior citizens group that lovingly knitted a tiny pair of crocheted slippers to help a mother cope with the loss of her stillborn child. She also covered when a Vietnamese refugee, who was totally blinded during the war, saw his post-operative reflection in a hospital mirror for the first time in 2 decades.
Farris broadcasts all topics of local news. In 2021, she received an Emmy Award for following the day-to-day struggle of a single mother looking after a child paralyzed by gun violence.
Early Career;
After graduating from college and obtaining UPI stringer credentials broadcasting Oxford’s Federal Court, Farris joined the Channel Four newsroom in 1981 as a desk assistant. She was later promoted to assistant assignment editor and satellite coordinator. She then worked as a producer and reporter of the community-events feature “New Orleans 4 Today.”
Farris found the chance to channel her lifelong interest in science in the early nineties. She began contributing her first local medical reports to the increasingly popular morning newscast.
Farris wore her first pair of scrubs when she was just 15 years old. As a teenager, she observed her father for hours in surgery in the local O.R., where she watched deliveries, c-sections, and even hysterectomies. She was captivated as each procedure was so clean, so organized, and perfectly coordinated.
Farris brought a laboratory-preserved placenta for her 10th-grade oral science report. She is now welcomed into the living rooms of thousands of viewers. Given that New Orleans is a world-class city for medical research, she brings a wealth of revolutionary stories to her highly health-conscious audience.
Meg Farris 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 2.8K on Facebook, over 2.9K followers on Instagram, and over 5.9K on X.