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Fredricka Whitfield Wiki, Height, Age, Parents, Siblings, Wife, Net Worth, Career, CNN
Fredricka Whitfield Wiki, Biography
Fredricka Whitfield, an American/Canadian, Anchor/Reporter working for CNN where she serves the station as a News Anchor for the Weekend Edition of CNN Newsroom. This is in addition to serving as a fill-in and substitute anchor for CNN's At This Hour With Kate Bolduan.
Fredricka Whitfield Height|Weight
Fredricka Whitfield Age
Whitfield was born on the 31st of May 1965 in Maryland, USA. She celebrates her birthday on the 31st of May every year. She is 59 years old as of 2024.
Fredricka Whitfield Parents|Siblings|Relatives
Whitfield was born and raised by her American middle-distance runner and Olympias father, Mal Whitfield. She, however, manages to keep more information regarding her parents and siblings away from limelight. We will update this information once more information is available to the public.
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Fredricka Whitfield Net Worth
Fredricka Whitfield Partner|Husband|Kids|Children
Whitfield is married to his husband, john Glenn who happens to be the director of Photgraphy at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution from the year 1999. Together, the duo are parents to their son who was born in the month of January 2005. This is in addition to being parents to their fraternal twins, daughter Nola and son Gilbert who were born in the month of November 2012.
Fredricka Whitfield Educational Background
Fredricka Whitfield Job|Career|Biography
Fredricka Whitfield is a highly regarded CNN anchor, based at the network's headquarters in Atlanta. She hosts CNN Newsroom with Fredricka Whitfield on weekends and also anchors a version of the program on CNN Max on Wednesdays at 8 a.m. ET.
With a career in broadcasting spanning over three decades, Whitfield has reported on a wide range of major events, including the 1990s Cuban-Haitian refugee crisis, the 2000 Bush-Gore presidential race and recount, the Kosovo War refugee crisis, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the 2008 inauguration of President Barack Obama, and the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Beijing, and London. She has also covered significant anniversaries like the 50th of the Voting Rights Act in Selma, Alabama, and provided in-depth reporting on the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Whitfield’s early life exposure to diverse cultures has shaped her perspective. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, to a U.S. diplomat father, she grew up in various countries, including Somalia and France, which fostered her appreciation for cultural diversity and global awareness.
Before joining CNN in 2002, Whitfield worked as a correspondent for NBC News, covering stories for NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, and Dateline NBC. Earlier in her career, she held anchor and reporting positions at WPLG-TV in Miami, News Channel 8 in Washington, D.C., KTVT-TV in Dallas, and WTNH in New Haven, Connecticut. She began her career as a reporter and morning anchor for WCIV in Charleston, South Carolina.
Fredricka Whitfield Awards and Recognition
Throughout her career, Whitfield has received numerous accolades. These include an Emmy nomination in 2000 for long-form storytelling, a 2004 Alfred I. DuPont Award for CNN’s coverage of the Southeast Asia tsunami, and a 2005 George Peabody Award for the network’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina. She was part of CNN’s Peabody Award-winning coverage of the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill and the 2011 Arab Spring. In 2017, she received a NAACP Image Award nomination, and in 2018, she was named to Ebony’s Power 100 list. In 2023, Whitfield received the Women’s Media Center’s Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award.