Betty Nguyen Biography and Wiki
Betty Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American journalist, anchor and reporter currently working as a co-host of “The News After the News” with Dan Mannarino at WPIX in New York City. She previously worked as a correspondent for “The Today Show” and fill-in news anchor for “Weekend Today,” as well as a contributor to the Today Parenting Team, NBC’s multiplatform community for working moms.
Betty Nguyen, Age, and Birthday
Nguyen was born on September 1, 1974, in Saigon, Vietnam. She celebrates her birthday on the 1st of September every year and she is 48 years old as of 2023.
Betty Nguyen Education
Betty attended and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism. The Betty Nguyen Scholarship in Journalism was created in 2007 at her alma mater to assist students pursuing a career in broadcast journalism.
Betty Nguyen Height and Measurements
Nguyen stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.67 m). Information regarding her other body measurements is currently under review. It will be updated once available.
Betty Nguyen Family | Father
Betty was born to a Vietnamese mother and to an American father. She is of Vietnamese and Scottish-American descent. Her parent’s names are not available.
However, she describes her father as an American serviceman who fell in love with a Vietnamese college student. They married and had her, a child who was given life when so many were losing theirs in the war. They fled Vietnam, crammed into a packed C-130 cargo plane. It was stepping into the unknown. Nothing was guaranteed except that turning back was not an option. And that meant leaving behind her grandparents…As hard as it was, fleeing not only saved her life, it gave her a new one, in a place called America.
Betty Nguyen Husband Name and Kids
Betty is currently married to her husband whose name is not yet in the limelight. The couple is proud parents to a son Thomas born on December 15, 2015. She also confirmed that she had previously had a miscarriage.
Betty Nguyen Net Worth
Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American journalist, anchor, and reporter. She has an estimated net worth of between $ 1 million and $ 5 million.
Betty Nguyen Salary
Nguyen receives an annual salary ranging from $ 43,668 to $ 150,443. However, details about the exact amount of salary she earns are currently not available.
Betty Nguyen CNN
Nguyen joined CNN, where she anchored the end-of-the-week morning version of CNN Newsroom. She went through six years at CNN covering significant news occasions including the 2010 Haiti seismic tremor, presidential races in Africa, Hurricane Katrina, and the demise of Pope John Paul II. She likewise went on an undercover task in Myanmar.
Betty Nguyen WPIX
Betty currently works as an anchor at WPIX. She previously anchored “Early Today” and “First Look,” at NBC and MSNBC. Nguyen became the new co-anchor of the PIX11 Morning News at WPIX-TV on June 19, 2017, succeeding Sukanya Krishnan, who left the station after 17 years
Nguyen started her vocation as a morning anchor and reporter at KWTX-TV, the CBS partner in Waco, Texas. At that point, she was an anchor at KTVT-TV, the CBS member in Dallas, where she covered various breaking news occasions, including the Columbia debacle.
Nguyen turned into an organization anchor and correspondent for CBS News in 2010. Furthermore, she was a commentator for CBS This Morning Saturday, a correspondent for The Early Show, and anchored the CBS Morning News. During her residency, she was likewise a substitute anchor toward the end of the week release of the CBS Evening News and a Special Correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.
Nguyen has recognized by the Smithsonian Institution in 2007 as the principal Vietnamese-American to anchor public TV news broadcast in the United States. According to Maxim.com, she named one of “television’s 10 Hottest News Anchors” in 2008. In 2011, she has recorded as one of “The 10 Most Stylish Anchors and Reporters” by The Huffington Post. Nguyen spent a brief timeframe as an independent correspondent for E! Diversion Network. She has hosted a few specials and highlighted as a reporter on scenes of Walker, Texas Ranger. She can likewise be found in Spike Lee’s When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts.
The Betty Nguyen Scholarship in Journalism created in 2007 at her alma mater to assist students pursuing a career in broadcast journalism. Active in charity work, she is the co-founder of Help the Hungry, a non-profit organization providing humanitarian aid to poverty-stricken families.
