Samantha Cortese Bio | Wiki
Samantha Cortese is an American anchor and reporter. She currently serves as a digital multimedia journalist and a co-host of KTLA 5 News. Samantha is an Emmy-nominated reporter as well as an anchor who has a passion for on-air and online reporting. She works to her level best in order to bring energy to news, digital, as well as social media so as to keep her viewers informed and also engaged.
She has a very interesting career progression. Samantha worked at KPSP-TV for a period of two years prior to joining KESQ, CBS Local 2, KUNA in 2012. She served there for another period of four years. In 2018, Samantha became part of the KTLA channel she currently serves as an anchor, digital multimedia journalist, as well as a co-host of “5 Live,” KTLA’s digital-only newscast.
Samantha Cortese Age
She was born in Palm Desert, California, United States of America. Samantha celebrates her birthday on August 26 every year.
Samantha Cortese Height
She is a woman of above-average stature. Samantha stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in ( Approx 1.68m).
Samantha Cortese Family
She was born to her mother Kathryn and father whose identity is not known in Palm Desert, California, Unites States. Kathryn celebrates her birthday on January 21 every year. However, Samantha has not shared any more details about her family.
Samantha Cortese Husband
She is a married woman. She married her lover called Chris Di Vincenzo. He currently works as a producer at ABC7 based in Los Angeles. Samantha and her husband celebrated their second anniversary in May 2020.
Samantha Cortese Education
She studied and graduated from Chapman University. Samantha holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, broadcast journalism.
Samantha Cortese KTLA
He is a digital multimedia journalist and a co-host of KTLA’s digital-only newscast “5 Live”. Samantha became part of the KTLA news team after leaving KGUN-TV based in Tucson. While there, she served as a morning anchor. Prior to that, Samantha served as an anchor as well as a reporter at KESQ-TV based in Palm Springs. Additionally, she worked at KPSP-TV as the station’s morning show producer and web editor. Samantha is the founder, former producer, and anchor for local news broadcast, Chapman News in Orange County. She became part of the CBS Local 2 team while still a student at Chapman University.
While at Chapman, she won the Cecil Award for being the Best TV Show host. Samantha has also been nominated for an Emmy Award. She was as well nominated for the Mir Tuhki Award for being an Excellent Journalist. At Palm Desert High School and Chapman University, Samantha served as a cheerleader. Later, she coached cheer at PDHS. Samantha was a serious college football fan back then, cheerleading enabled her to have an effect on the game without actually playing.
Samantha’s colleagues at Ktla includes:
Ginger Chan-reporter
Kaj Goldberg-meteorologist
Eric Spillman-reporter
Jennifer McGraw-reporter
Rick Chambers– anchor
Kimberly Cheng-reporter
Gayle Anderson-reporter
Samantha Cortese Salary
Her main source of income is her role as a digital multimedia journalist and a co-host of KTLA’s digital-only newscast “5 Live”. Samantha earns an average salary of $69,253 per year.
Samantha Cortese Net Worth
She has managed to accumulate a lot of wealth from her journalism career. Samantha has an estimated net worth of $887,354.
How Old Is Samantha Cortese
Samantha was born in Palm Desert, California, Unites States, and celebrates her birthday on August 26 every year.
Is Samantha Cortese Married
Samantha married her lover called Chris Di Vincenzo. He currently works as a producer at ABC7 based in Los Angeles. Samantha and her husband celebrated their second anniversary in May 2020.
Who Is Samantha Cortese
Samantha is an American anchor and reporter. She currently serves as a digital multimedia journalist and a co-host of KTLA 5 News.