American journalist and newscaster Paula Zahn is worth an estimated $18 million. Paula Zahn’s career in television has taken her to a variety of networks. She has anchored morning and evening news shows for several networks including ABC, CBS, CNN, and Fox News. Zahn also produces and hosts “On the Case with Paula Zahn,” a true crime documentary series that started in 2009 on the Investigation Discovery channel.
After ten years in which she worked for stations in Dallas, San Diego, Houston, Boston, and Los Angeles, Paula finally accepted a position with ABC News in 1987. Zahn was quickly promoted to co-anchor “World News This Morning” and a regular contributor to GMA’s newscasts after joining ABC. Starting in 1990, Zahn was a co-host on CBS News’ “CBS The Morning.”
She later moved on to the “CBS Evening News” and “48 Hours” on Saturdays for CBS. Zahn also reported on the Olympic Games in Albertville, France in 1992 and Lillehammer, Norway in 1994. Zahn began working for Fox News in 1999 and stayed there for two years before joining CNN. On September 11, 2001, she began her career at CNN.
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What is Paula Zahn’s Net Worth and Salary?
| Net Worth: | $18 Million |
| Date of Birth: | Feb 24, 1956 (66 years old) |
| Place of Birth: | Omaha |
| Gender: | Female |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.753 m) |
| Profession: | Journalist, Broadcaster, Actor, Television producer |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
Paula Zahn’s Salary and Contracts.
During her most successful years at Fox News, Paula earned an annual salary of $600,000. Paula was let go from Fox News in September 2006 after the network found out she had been offered a job at CNN for $2.1 million annually.
Although her contract with Fox News did not end until February of 2006, there was a time when the network threatened to sue Paula, her agent, and CNN for breach of contract if they allowed her to take a job elsewhere during her employment with Fox News.
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Paula Zahn’s Early Life and Education
Paula Zahn’s parents, a sales executive for IBM and a teacher gave birth to her on February 24, 1956, in Omaha, Nebraska. There are three of her siblings, and she spent her early years in Canton, Ohio, with them. When Zahn was in middle school, his family relocated to Naperville, Illinois, where he attended Washington Junior High and later Naperville Central High.
She was a teenage contestant in several beauty pageants, including Miss Teenage America 1973. Zahn received a cello scholarship to Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she completed her undergraduate studies. In 1978, she completed her bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Paula Zahn’s Career Beginnings.
After finishing her undergraduate degree, Zahn went into television news. She spent ten years in local television, first at KFMB-TV in San Diego, then KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, and last at WFAA-TV in Dallas.
National News Broadcasting
In 1987, Zahn began her career in journalism with her first employment at ABC News, a prominent national news outlet. At initially, she hosted a weekend program devoted to health and medicine called “The Health Show.”
A few months after commencing that post, she began co-anchoring “World News This Morning” and anchoring news portions on “Good Morning America.” About three years after starting out at ABC News, Zahn made the move to CBS in early 1990.
She first appeared on “CBS This Morning” as a co-anchor alongside Harry Smith. Zahn later helped cover the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics; she also covered the horrific Waco siege in 1993. She and Smith both resigned at the same time in 1996. Later, Zahn became a regular on CBS’s “48 Hours” and “Public Eye with Bryant Gumbel,” and anchored the network’s Saturday version of “CBS Evening News.”
Zahn began her career in cable news in 1999 when she joined Fox News. She has served as the host of the channel’s prime-time news program “Fox Report” and her own talk show “The Edge with Paula Zahn.” After joining fellow anchor Aaron Brown in covering the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, she made the decision to join CNN.
Zahn joined Anderson Cooper as co-host of “American Morning” the following day. In 2003, she hosted “Life from the2 Headlines,” which reported on the Iraq War and other major news of the day. Paula Zahn Now” was her first show after Anderson Cooper took over for her. Zahn left CNN back in 2007.
Zahn, a tireless fighter against breast cancer and all cancers, has been honored by the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation by being named to its board of honorary directors. Other recognitions include an honorary doctorate from Dowling College, which she received in 2003.
