Mike Gooding Biography
Mike Gooding is an American Emmy Award-winning Anchor and Reporter working for 13News Now – WVEC-TV in Hampton, Virginia as a senior military and politics reporter. He started with the station in the year 1985.
Mike Gooding Age
Gooding was born in Rhode Island, United States. He 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 60s.
Mike Gooding Height
Gooding stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 9 inches.
Mike Gooding Family
Gooding 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 Gooding has any siblings.
Mike Gooding Wife / Children
Gooding is a married man, and he is married to Donna. The couple takes great pride in being dad and mom to their 2 grown-up kids, whose names are under review. Gooding and his wife live happily in Virginia Beach. He likes spending his spare time with his wife, kids, and his 2 dogs (Corgi breed).
Mike Gooding Net Worth
Gooding has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an Anchor and Reporter.
Mike Gooding Salary
Gooding earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Mike Gooding Education
Gooding is a proud 1977 alumnus of Annandale High School in Fairfax County, Virginia. He is also a 1985 alumnus of Old Dominion University. During his time at the university, he served at The Mace & Crown, the student-run newspaper, as an Editor-in-Chief.
Mike Gooding Career
Gooding serves at 13News Now – WVEC as a senior military and politics reporter. Over the years with the station, he has held several other roles: news and sports anchor, photographer, assignment editor, general assignment reporter, and show producer.
Gooding has also covered many military stories across the globe for WVEC. One of these stories includes Operation Iraqi Freedom, which he covered from Balad, Iraq in the year 2004, and from USS Harry S. Truman in Eastern Med, off Cyprus in the year 2003. Gooding also provided coverage of Operation Allied Force (NATO air strike campaign on Kosovo, reporting in the year 1999 from the Albania and Adriatic Sea.
In the year 2001, he provided live coverage of Operation Enduring Freedom (United States-led air strikes against al-Qaida in Afghanistan, from the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Persian Gulf and the USS Enterprise. In addition, Gooding reported on Operation Southern Watch (enforcing the United Nations no-fly zone over Iraq, from Saudi Arabia in year 1998, as well as from USS Nimitz and Bahrain in the year 1997.
Gooding has also reported on many other stories such as presidential inaugurations, the Virginia General Assembly, Virginia gubernatorial inaugurations, and national political conventions. He has been the Virginia Capitol Correspondents Association President 2 times.
Mike Gooding Awards and Honors
Mike has received numerous awards and recognitions for his outstanding work as a reporter and anchor. Some of these awards include;
- Emmy Award from the NCCBC (the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter) of the NATAS (the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences). The award was for the News Special “BRAC Battle: Target Hampton Roads” (2006).
- Virginia Association of Broadcasters’ 2013 George A. Bowles, Jr. Award – for Distinguished Performance in Broadcast News.
- Emmy Award nomination – for the documentary “Stretched Too Thin” (U.S. Air Force Operations in Saudi Arabia-1999).
- Emmy Award nomination – for the Public Affairs Program “20th Annual Navy Christmas” in the year 2006.
- Emmy Award nomination – for the Public Affairs Program “The Healing Journey” (U.S. Army search for M.I.A. remains in Vietnam-2000).
- Emmy Award nomination – for the Documentary-Topical “Navy Christmas at Home and Abroad” (2007).
- Emmy Award nomination – for the Military Program/Special “A Century of Service, Naval Station Norfolk, Then and Now” (2018).
- Emmy Award nomination – for the News Special “Sequestration: Finding our Future” (2014).
- Virginia Associated Press Meritorious Award (2007) – for Outstanding Effort by an Individual Reporter at a TV Station for “Final Flight of the F-14,” a 30-minute special.
- Named the “Best Local TV News People’s Choice” award winner – by Coastal Virginia Magazine.
- Virginia Associated Press award (2006) – for Outstanding Effort by an Individual Reporter at a TV Station for his series “Gitmo: An Inside Look”.
Mike Gooding 13News Now – WVEC
Gooding is working at 13News Now where he works alongside other famous 13News Now meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Angelique Arintok
- Dan Kennedy
- Bethany Reese
- Nicole Livas
- Alex Littlehales
- Janet Roach
- Dana Smith
Mike Gooding Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Twitter, where he has over 4K followers.