Summer Knowles Biography
Summer Knowles is an American anchor/reporter working at WESH 2 News. There she serves as a weekend co-anchor and reporter. She joined the station in January 2015.
Summer Knowles Age
Knowles was born on 24 January 1982 in the United States. She is 39 years old as of 2021. She celebrates her birthday on the 24th of January every year.
Summer Knowles Height
Knowles stands at an average height of 5 feet 9 inches.
Summer Knowles Family
Summer’s parents were in the military, so she lived all over the country and didn’t really have a hometown per se, but she still had the Sunshine State in her heart. Her grandparents, whom she visited as she grew up every summer, lived in Miami, Florida, where her father was raised and born.
Summer Knowles Husband
She is a married woman. She is married to her fellow news anchor named LaVar. The couple has 3 kids, a daughter Sade Simone Smith, born February 15, 2018, weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces, and 20.5 inches long, and the other 2 whose identities are under review.
Summer Knowles Net Worth
Knowles has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million -$5 Million which she has earned through her career as a journalist.
Summer Knowles Salary
Knowles earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Summer Knowles Career
Knowles serves at WESH 2 News as a weekend co-anchor and reporter. She is very happy to join WESH 2 and looks forward to continuing her passion for Orlando and the surrounding areas for community service. Before joining WESH, she worked as a CBS4 News reporter/fill-in anchor in Miami, where she scored an interview with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush about his decision to ‘explore the chance’ to run for president in 2016, and she reported on the release of Alan Gross and the purpose of the US to normalize ties between the US and Cuba.
Summer was promoted in January 2016 to co-anchor WESH2 News First at Four, Monday to Friday. In addition, Summer covered a number of high-profile national stories, including the 2014 Florida Gubernatorial debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Gov. Charlie Crist, the Thanksgiving Day manhunt for accused killer Paul Michael Merhige, and the trial of George Zimmerman, scoring the first television interview with Rachel Jeantel, the teenager with Trayvon Martin on the phone the night he died.
Before landing her first on-air reporter job in Charlottesville, Virginia, Summer started her career in Charlotte, North Carolina, where she worked as a News Writer and Overnight Producer for the NBC News Channel. Summer went on to report at KTVI in St. Louis, WPEC in West Palm Beach, and KSLA News 12 in Shreveport, Lousiana after Charlottesville, where she anchored newscasts in the morning and afternoon.
Over the years, Summer has partnered with groups such as the Chamber of Commerce, NAACP, Urban League, 100 black men, charter schools, high school literacy projects, and Habitat for Humanity for hundreds of hours of community service. These organizations have been awards of gratitude, but she most loves the moreso letters from and the smiles and embraces of the children she has served.
She is a member of the National Black Journalists Association (NABJ), the Investigative Reporters and Editors Association (IRE), and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. When coming to her education, Summer is a proud graduate of North Carolina University (UNC)-Chapel Hill, where she earned her Journalism degree.
Summer Knowles WESH 2
Knowles is working at WESH 2 where she works alongside other famous WESH 2 anchors and reporters including;
- Jazmin Bailey
- Sanika Dange
- Jaclyn DeAugustino
- Jason Guy
- Michelle Imperato
- Meredith McDonough
- Stewart Moore
- Alex Villarreal
- Alex Alecci
- Eric Burris
- Kellianne Klass
- Tony Mainolfi
- Jim Payne
Summer Knowles Social Media Platforms
Knowles is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has over 34k followers on Twitter, over 5k followers on Instagram, and over 1.1k followers on Facebook.
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