Jackie Bange Biography
Jackie Bange is an American award-winning journalist, weekend anchor, and reporter for WGN News at Nine. In August 1993, She joined the WGN-TV News team as a reporter and anchored WGN Morning News from January 1995 to October 1995.
Jackie Bange Age
Bange is 61 years old in 2023. She was born on September 8, 1961, in the United States of America. She celebrates her birthday on 8th September every year.
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Jackie Bange Education
Bange earned her post-baccalaureate degree in Telecommunications from the University of Florida where she graduated with distinction. Her undergraduate degree was from Florida State University in Management Information Systems. Jackie has completed seven Triathlons.
Jackie Bange Height
Bange has not disclosed information on her accurate height, though she stands at an average height, more details to be updated once confirmed.
Jackie Bange Family/Parents
Bange is grateful to carry on a family tradition of television. She has not disclosed the name of her father and mother in public. Her father was a news anchor in Miami, Florida, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania while her mother was a weather girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Jackie enjoys skydiving and athletic training. Besides, she has not yet revealed if she has any siblings.
Jackie Bange Husband
Bange is married to George Strickland, though she has not disclosed the career of her husband in public to be updated once confirmed.
Jackie Bange Children
The family is blessed with 3 children; two daughters and a son. During her free time, she enjoys skydiving and athletic training. She has participated in seven Triathlons.
Jackie Bange WGN-TV
She started her career as a noon anchor and reporter for CBS affiliate WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida. Bange became a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for NBC owned-and-operated station WMAQ-TV in Chicago in 1990. She moved to WGN-TV in August 1993 as a general assignment reporter and then was later named co-anchor of the WGN Morning News from January to October 1995 prior to joining to weekend evenings. Bange completed the Olympic length of the Chicago Triathlon in 2009.
Before her arrival at WGN-TV, she was a general assignment reporter and weekend anchor for WMAQ-TV in Chicago. Besides she served as a reporter and noon anchor for WPEC-TV in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Aside from presenting in-intensity insurance of neighborhood stories, she has pronounced from individual worldwide locales, which includes Africa and Paris, France. After Hurricane Katrina, she additionally introduced Chicagoland “Into the Darkness,” a tale profiling neighborhood pilots and their group who have been the primary to reach in New Orleans and assist rescue masses of stranded residents. Utilizing night-imaginative and prescient goggles, she recreated the rescue for viewers, and “Into the Darkness” received the Illinois Associated Press award: Best Hard News Feature.
Other awards she has received involve the Best Feature Reporting Emmy in 1999 for her series on attaining the world record for the largest skydive formation. Jackie as well won the Peter Lisagor award in 2009 for Hard News and In-Depth Reporting by assisting a widow “get justice” for her husband who was killed by a suspected drunk driver.
For the past numerous years, She has worked with Elmhurst College’s Mentor Program for college students inquisitive about the sphere of journalism. Jackie serves on the board of Michael Matters, a company created to assist the ones preventing mind cancer. She is involved withinside the fundraising efforts for A Safe Place, a home violence prevention company in Lake County.
Jackie Bange Salary
Bange has not disclosed information on her total earnings in public. Although, according to payscale.com the salaries of WGN TV anchors range from $47k – $154k.
Jackie Bange Net Worth
Bange has an estimated net worth of around $80 thousand which she gets from her successful career as a reporter and anchor.