Tanja Babich Biography
Tanja Babich is an American Anchor and Reporter working for ABC 7 News/WLS-TV in Chicago. She joined the station in the month of January 2014, working as a General Assignment Reporter. Babich now serves the station as a Weekday Morning Anchor. In this capacity, she anchors ABC 7 Chicago’s Eyewitness News in the Morning from 4:30 AM until 7 AM and again from 11 AM until noon.
Tanja Babich Age
Babich is 45 years old as of 2025. She was born on June 29, 1980, in Toronto, Canada. She celebrates her birthday on the 29th of June every year.
Tanja Babich Height
Babich stands at a height of 5 feet 3 inches (160 cm) tall.
Tanja Babich Family
Babich was born to a Chilean mother and a Serbian father. She is fluent in French and speaks conversational Spanish and Serbian. Not long ago she volunteered to take an experience she says she’ll never forget, a courageous flight with the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds, but may not replicate. She has however not disclosed the names of her parents.
Tanja Babich Husband
Babich is married to Paul Durbin. The couple tied the knot on 7 July 2018, four years after she joined ABC 7. The couple resides in Chicago with their three daughters, Addie Grace, Lola, and Josephine.
Addie was born on September 30, 2010, and is 15 years old as of 2025. On September 30, 2024, she posted Addie on her Instagram account and captioned “I’ve always said that I made you…the truth is, you made me. HBD to the rainbow baby who made me a Mama. ❤️” On October 29, 2024, she captioned her Instagram post “A sweet celebration, courtesy of my eldest daughter (14) who wanted to bake me a cake in honor of reaching 20k followers…”
Lola was born on June 2, 2012, and is 12 years old as of 2025. On June 2, 2025, she posted Lola on her Instagram account and captioned “THIRTEEN CANDLES! She can fill a laundry basket with “dirty” clothes, faster than…Happy Birthday Lola. 💕.”
Josephine was born on May 23, 2019, and is 6 years old as of 2025. On May 23, 2025, she posted Josephine on her Instagram account and captioned “I know a lot of you have a soft spot for my sweet little Josephine…Can you believe she’s SIX?? I tell her all the time, there is no JOY without JO and I mean it with all my heart. ❤️.” She admits to being an avid yoga practitioner, a terrible dancer, and a lover of food and wine.
Tanja Babich Net Worth
Babich has an estimated net worth of about $ 1 million- $ 5 million which she has earned through her career as an anchor.
Tanja Babich Salary
Babich earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45, 000 to 4 110, 500.
Tanja Babich ABC7 Chicago
Babich is working at ABC7 Chicago where she works alongside other famous ABC7 Chicago anchors and reporters including;
- Rob Elgas
- Alan Krashesky
- Stacey Sager
- Sarah Schulte
- David Novarro
- Val Warner
- Ravi Baichwal
- Paul Meincke
- Diane Pathieu
- Dion Lim
Tanja Babich Education
Babich received a Master’s Degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government from Cornell University.
Tanja Babich Career
Babich works for ABC7 as a general assignment reporter and contributing anchor since joining the team in January 2014. In September 2016, she was promoted to morning news anchor and added the midday newscast to her schedule in June 2018.
Babich brings a wealth of morning news experiences to Chicago viewers. Babich is a skilled anchor who is just as comfortable covering breaking news out in the community as she is anchoring 2 1/2 hours of news behind the anchor desk.
Prior to joining Eyewitness News, Babich anchored Syracuse, New York’s top-rated morning newscast on WYSR-TV for nearly three years. Before that, Tanja juggled morning news reporting with hosting the market’s only weekday morning talk show, which spotlighted community events, trends, and people.
Career highlights such as covering Pope Francis’ first visit to the United States in New York and Philadelphia, and the Chicago area residents who traveled to see the Pope; breaking news that affected work unions across New York State in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, and reporting in Washington, D.C., from President Obama’s inauguration in 2009.
Babich graduated from Cornell University and was later interviewed to become an intelligence officer. A public speaking engagement captured the attention of a city official who later suggested a career in broadcasting. She applied and was accepted to Northwestern University’s prestigious journalism program a few weeks later.
What happened to Tanja Babich/Where is Tanja Babich?
At the beginning of the year 2022, Babich did not appear on her show hence viewers began to question her whereabouts. Then, she posted on her Instagram Account that she was isolated as she had contracted the Corona Virus. She is however now ok and in good health and one may catch her newscasts on ABC 7 news from 4:30 AM until 7 AM and again from 11 AM until noon.
Tanja Babich Ethnicity
Babich was born in Canada to immigrant parents from Chile and Serbia. Thus, she has Chilean and Serbian roots.
Tanja Babich Social Media Platforms
Babich is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Facebook, Instagram, and X(formerly known as Twitter). She has over 5K followers on X, over 10.4k followers on Instagram, and over 23k followers on Facebook.