Wendy Rieger is known as a feature reporter and weekend anchor in The Newscenter (1947), herself in the video documentary, The 5 keys to Mastery (2005), and News anchor in the tv series The Blacklist (2014). She was also diagnosed with a brain tumor and underwent surgery.
Wendy is active on social media. She has 6.7k followers on her Instagram account and 12.8k followers on her Twitter account. Moreover, she also has her official Facebook account and has 22k followers.
Who Is Wendy Rieger? Wikipedia Details
Wendy Rieger is an actress and a journalist born on 18 April 1956 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. She recently retired as a reporter and news anchor in April 2022 at the age of 66. Sixty-six years old, Wendy holds an American nationality and her birth sign is Aries. She follows the Christian religion, and her ethnicity is white.
About her physical status, she stands at the height of 5 feet 4 inches (1.60m) tall and has a moderate weight.
Concerning her education, After completing her high school studies, she joined Psychology but then dropped out. Later, In September 1978, she graduated from the American University in Broadcast Journalism.
Who Are Wendy Rieger’s Parents?
Wendy Rieger was born to her parents in Norkfold, Virginia. Her mother raised her, and she spent her childhood in her hometown Norkfold. However, her mother is an English teacher by profession, and her father was a pilot who used to call her Wendy bird. She uploaded pictures with her dad on her Instagram with a beautiful caption, the proud daughter of a girl dad.
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When she was eight years old, her parents separated from each other. They finalized their divorced in 1964 and don’t share why they split.
Wendy does not share more information publicly about her family and her personal life. As a low-key, she does not share with the public.
Is Wendy Rieger Marired? Her Husband & Kids
Wendy Rieger was a married woman and didn’t share any children. She was married to Sol Levine in September 1993. Her ex-husband Sol Levine is a producer for CNN, NBC News, and a professional media consultant.
Wendy and her Sol Levine don’t share about her marriage life then after, it seems that they are no longer together. The ex-couple appears to be living apart with their own lifestyle.
According to the Facebook post on 28 January 2017, Wendy confirmed that she is in a relationship with her boyfriend, Patrick. She posted a photo of Patrick and introduced him as a boyfriend with a caption. Wendy also confesses that they have dated each other since 2016 and together for one year in her post.
She also stated that she was the only independent girl who struggled to let someone in. Afterward, she frequently shares a picture with him on her Instagram account.
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Recently on the occasion of the new year, on 1 January 2022, she uploaded a picture with her boyfriend and captioned it that she will live her next 33 years with him.
When Did Wendy Rieger Start Her Career?
According to her Twitter bio, she started her career when she was six and had been covering the news in Washington for 30 years.
Wendy Riger officially started her career as a reporter in 1988 at the age of 32. She made her debut as an Anchor in 1995 when she was 39 years old in The Newscenter (TV Series).
In her 30 years, she worked on local radio FM 99 on morning weekend shows. She later joined WAMU 88.5FM and famous radio stations such as NPR and WTOP radio.
Moreover, she joined television after she left the radio. She joined CNN Washington Bureau and News4 as an assignment anchor reporter and started anchoring in 1995. Over the past three decades, she has been involved in the media industry, and recently in 2022, she retired.
What Is Wendy Rieger’s Net Worth?
Wendy Rieger collected a decent sum of her fortune as an anchor, journalist, and reporter. According to Payscale.com, the average salary of a Journalist may earn up to $41,481 to $120,00. She has been in the media for three decades, so that she may have an estimated net worth of around $2.5 million.