Amy Andrews Bio and Wiki
Amy Andrews is an American journalist, anchor, and reporter currently working as the morning news anchor at WJBK FOX 2 News in Detroit, Michigan. As a trailblazer in her field, she has consistently broken new ground with her reporting and engaging style of broadcasting. With more than 20 years’ experience in the industry, Amy Andrews is one of Detroit’s most trusted media personalities.
A graduate of Oakland University with a Bachelors in Journalism and Communications Studies, Amy has worked as a radio host for various stations before transitioning to television news reporting. In 2011 she joined WJBK as their morning news anchor where she continues to inform viewers on current events through her signature mix of passion and wit that make her stories so unique. Her personal mission is to broadcast timely information that helps create positive change for the city of Detroit.
Additionally, Andrews has also been on KREY and UPN affiliate KLBC TV2. Her career skyrocketed when an opportunity opened up at Fox 2. She is one of the senior and veteran media personalities.
Amy Andrews, Age, and Birthday
Andrews was born on January 29th, 1976, in Indiana, the United States of America. She is 47 years old as of August 2021.
Amy Andrews Family
Amy is a very private person when it comes to his personal life. Her parents live in Metro Detroit. She has not revealed any detail about her early infancy. Now, she has a sister and two step-sisters. The lists of the lists and professions of her parent will be updated as soon as they become available.
Amy Andrews Husband and Children
Andrews is married to her husband Rodney Thomas since 2008. Rodney is a school principal and the couple is blessed with a daughter. Andrews and her husband Rodney are parents of their daughter named Grace Elizabeth born in January 2010.
Amy Andrews Education
Andrews attended Indiana University for three years before transferring to Oakland University where she graduated cum laude with a BA in Journalism. Amy also graduated from Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts in Southfield. While in school, she worked as a weekend sports anchor at WSYM in Lansing. She also interned with the Detroit Lions.
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Amy Andrews Career
After graduating from college, she packed her bags and moved to Colorado to work as an anchor/reporter for a small television station on the Western Slope. She says she can remember looking in her rearview mirror as she drove away from her home in metro Detroit thinking “someday I will be back working for FOX 2 News.”
After that, she moved to Montrose, Colorado where she made the switch from sports to the news at KREY/KREX. The next stop, “then” UPN affiliate KLBC TV2 in Laughlin, Nev. Two and a half years later it was off to San Luis Obispo, Calif. Where Amy worked as a reporter/anchor for KSBY 6. Several years later, she started feeling the “pull” of the Midwest and realized it was time to make her way back home.
Amy took a job at WNEM TV5 in the Flint/Saginaw market. She started as a weekend anchor and worked her way up to morning/noon anchor and co-host for the lifestyle show “Better Mid-Michigan.”
Andrews FOX 2 News
In September 2011, her career came full circle when an opportunity opened up at FOX 2. Amy co-anchors FOX 2 News Morning and “Live at 11”. Jason Carr is also among the anchors who previously worked for Fox 2 as a news anchor and reporter. She is also the creator of Amy’s Angels franchise to highlight those making a difference in their communities and beyond.
Andrews outside Career
When she is not busy empowering viewers from the anchor desk, she is out in the community making a difference. She is heavily involved with Gleaners Community Food Bank, is an ambassador for C.A.T.C.H Children’s Charity. She also facilitated FOX 2’s media partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. She is very active with the Crohn’s Colitis Foundation of America, Habitat for Humanity, the American Heart Association, and Angels of Hope.
Amy Andrews Salary
Andrews is receiving an estimated annual salary of $75,000. Which is referring to a news anchor’s annual average pay at Fox 2 News.
Andrews Net Worth
Andrews has an approximated net worth of $100K $250k U.S dollars. Her career as a news anchor is the primary source of her income.
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