Whitney Wild Biography
Whitney Wild is an American Emmy award-winning anchor/reporter and correspondent working at CNN. She serves as a law enforcement correspondent based in Washington D.C.
Whitney Wild Age
Wild is 33 years old as of 2021. She was born on January 21, 1988, in Michigan, United States. She celebrates her birthday on the 21st of January every year.
Whitney Wild Height
Wild stands at a height of 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Whitney Wild Family
Wild 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 Wild has any siblings.
Whitney Wild Husband
Wild is a married woman however, she has not disclosed the name of her husband as she likes o keep her personal life private. Together with her husband, they have been blessed with three children a girl named Audrey born on October 15, 2016, two boys namely Philip born on December 18, 2018, and a lastborn son called Paul Steven who was born on September 15, 2020
Whitney Wild Net Worth
Wild has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through her career as a law enforcement correspondent.
Whitney Wild Salary
Wild earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Whitney Wild Education
Wild attained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan. In addition, she also attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism where she earned a Master of Science degree in Journalism.
Whitney Wild Career
Wild serves at CNN as a law enforcement correspondent based in Washington D.C. She covers law enforcement agencies, including the Capitol Police and Secret Service. Additionally, she delivered live reports and digital content for Newsource’s 1,000+ local news partners for CNN. Joining CNN Newsource, she was on the investigative team from WUSA 9 in Washington, D.C.
For her reporting on discriminatory property advertising and rental practices affecting federally subsidized housing voucher holders, she was awarded a National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter Emmy Award. After her reporting, lawmakers in the nation’s capital made extra efforts to combat housing discrimination based on the source of income.
Before joining CNN, she worked in Denver for 9NEWS. While in the station she served as an anchor and reporter covering many stories. Additionally, for her reporting on President Gerald Ford’s plan to rescue thousands of children from war-torn Vietnam in 1975, and the anniversary and the chance meeting of two survivors of a plane crash during Operation Babylift, she was awarded a Heartland Chapter Emmy Award.
Her career as a journalist began at WJLA/NewsChannel 8 in Washington, D.C. where she served as a multimedia journalist. While she worked at WJLA/NewsChannel 8, her reportings prompted the United States Marshals to arrest a child sex predator.
Whitney Wild CNN
Wild is working at CNN where she works alongside other famous CNN anchors and reporters including;
- Anderson Cooper
- Guillermo Arduino
- Carl Azuz
- Jeffy Zeleny
- Julian Zelizer
- Jeff Zucker
- Vanessa Yurkevich
- Ryan Young
- Jasmine Wright
- Fareed Zakaria
- Fredricka Whitefield
- Coy Wire
- Ben Westcott
- Nick Watt
- Bill Weir
- Ben Wedeman
- Hines Ward
- Ivan Watson
- Clarissa Ward
- Bianna Golodryga
- Brooke Baldwin
Whitney Wild Social Media Platforms
Wild is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, and Twitter. She has over 7k followers on Twitter, and over 1k followers on Instagram.