Patrice Wood Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Husband, WJAR-TV, Net Worth, and Salary

Patrice Wood Biography

Patrice Wood is an American Emmy Award-winning Anchor and Reporter working for WJAR – NBC 10 in Providence, Rhode Island as a main news anchor and education reporter. Prior to joining the station in February 1980, she worked for WDHO-TV and WBGU-TV.

Patrice Wood Age

Wood was born on May 9, 1959, in Rockford, Ohio, United States. She is therefore 64 years old as of 2023. She celebrates her birthday on the 9th of May every year.

Patrice Wood Height

Wood stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 5 inches.

Patrice Wood Family

Wood grew up in Rockford, Ohio. She has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not known if Wood has any siblings.

Patrice Wood Wife / Children

Wood is a married woman and her spouse is Paul Pabis, a director of engineering and operations at WBZ-TV. The couple takes great pride in being dad and mom to their 2 kids, Jonathan (son) and Stephanie (daughter). Wood says that she loves spending her leisure time with her husband, kids, and their dogs (golden retrievers).

Patrice Wood Net Worth

Wood has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as an Anchor and Reporter.

Patrice Wood Salary

Wood earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.

Patrice Wood Education

Wood is a proud alumnus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. She is also a graduate of Roger Williams University, where she earned an honorary doctorate in communications.

Patrice Wood Career

Wood serves at WJAR – NBC 10 as a primary news anchor and education reporter. Also, she hosts the Tuesday´s Child segment on WJAR-TV. She started as a street reporter and weekend news anchor at WJAR and has anchored the weekday 5 PM, 5:30 PM, 6 PM, and 11 PM newscasts.

Wood’s Tuesday’s Child coverage, where she talks about kids in state care who need forever families, has helped many kids find adoptive homes. Wood is the news reporter and anchor who’s been at WJAR the longest, working there for over 4 decades. Over the years with WJAR, she had interviews with many famous people, including Mark Wahlberg and Oprah Winfrey.

Before joining WJAR-TV, Wood worked for WBGU-TV in Bowling Green, Ohio, and WDHO-TV in Toledo, Ohio as a news anchor and reporter. While in college, she interned at Time Magazine, ABC News, and the United States House of Representatives in Washington.

Wood has won lots of awards for her volunteer work and her reporting and anchoring job. NATAS’s (National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) New England Chapter has honored her with the important Silver Circle Award. Also, she has been added to the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame, which is the top honor they give to regular people in the state. Wood has also been inducted into the Rhode Island Radio and TV Hall of Fame, and she got the Congressional Angels in Adoption Award for helping kids in foster care. Wood also holds an Emmy award, which she received for her remarkable work as a journalist.

Patrice Wood WJAR – NBC 10

Wood is working at WJAR – NBC 10 where she works alongside other famous WJAR – NBC 10 meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;

1. Krystin Rae
2. Sam Read
3. Tamara Sacharczyk
4. Mark Searles
5. Gene Valicenti
6. Emily Volz
7. Temi-Tope Adeleye
8. Katie Benoit
9. Joanna Bouras
10. Cal Dymowski

Patrice Wood Social Media Platforms

She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Facebook and Twitter. She has over 5.1K followers on Twitter.