Kyra Phillips Salary

Kyra is an ABC correspondent, there is no doubt, therefore, she earns a decent salary. The typical yearly pay for Phillips is $65,789

Kyra Phillips Net Worth

Kyra Phillips makes money from her job as an ABC correspondent. Therefore, there is no question that she has amassed a respectable fortune over the years. The estimated net worth of Phillips is $5.3 million.

Kyra Phillips Bio

Kyra Phillips is an American Investigative Correspondent. She started working as a correspondent for ABC News in April of last year. Phillips previously held the Live From, CNN Newsroom, and American Morning anchor positions at CNN, which she joined in 1999.

Kyra Phillips Age

She was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, in the United States on August 8, 1968. By 2023, Phillips is 54 years old.

Kyra Phillips Spouse

She was first married to John Assad from 2000 to 2008. Phillips later got engaged to Fox News contributor John Roberts in 2010. She gave birth to their twins in March 2011.

Kyra Phillips Educational Background

After graduating from Helix High School, Phillips went on to the University of Southern California where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. Her initial gigs in the media were as a reporter and weekend anchor for WLUK-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1994, Phillips then made the switch to WDSU-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Kyra Phillips Career Background

On April 2, 2018, Phillips departed CNN to work as a “D.C.-based correspondent” for ABC News. She tweeted on President Trump’s willingness to grant journalists regular access and the freedom to ask any question on July 19, 2019. However, many people criticized Phillips for making the remark because they thought it was a “suck up” to the president.

CNN hired her in 1999. She was given access to the U.S. Navy Air Wing CVW-9 in 2001 while they were getting ready for the war in Afghanistan during her early days at CNN. For a little over a month, Phillips worked in Antarctica on a television documentary that will air on CNN Presents in January 2002. Later in 2002, among other things, she issued reports on the US Navy’s reconnaissance operations from the destroyer USS Paul Hamilton. Phillips has also taken part in SWAT training, TOPGUN school, and other police and weaponry courses through the Navy.