Amara Walker

Amara Walker: Biography in Details

Who is Amara Walker?

Amara Walker is a reputed American journalist and TV personality. She is famous for anchoring CNN International’s ‘CNN Today’ alongside Michael Holmes.

She has hosted several popular events such as the South Korea ferry disaster, the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and much more.

What are the birth facts of Amara Walker?

She was born on November 30, 1981, in Los Angeles, California, United States. She belongs to the American and Korean Nationality. Her ethnicity is not Asian.

Details about her father, mother, and siblings are unavailable.

As regards Amara’s education, she enrolled at the University of Southern California after high school. She completed her graduation with a double bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism and political science.

Amara Walker: Professional Life, Career, Awards

After graduating, Amara Walker began her journalism career at KMIR 6 News TV, an NBC-affiliated TV station. At KMIR, she served as an anchor and reporter.

As she worked there for a couple of years, she left the KMIR and joined WTVJ in Miami, Florida in 2005. WTVJ is also an NBC-based station, where she served there as a news anchor and general assignment reporter.

During her time there, she covered some of the major news such as the 2010 governor’s race in Florida, the capture, and killing of Osama bin Laden, and the 2006 NBA championship.

In addition, Amara has also worked as a news anchor for FOX’s WFLD in Chicago.

Amara Walker presented some major news such as the Chicago Teachers Strike and the U.S. presidential election from President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. In November 2012, she switched to work on CNN as a CNN news presenter.

Furthermore, Amara has also taken the spotlight at the time on CNN as she covered some notable news which includes the death of Singapore’s founding father Lee Kuan Yew, and the re-election of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Russia’s annexation of the Ukrainian region, and much more.

As a renowned journalist, she was the 12th most beautiful newswoman in America among the top 20 in 2016. Amara is a recognized journalist in the United States as she was ranked 7th in the top 17 CNN women news anchors in 2015.

Net Worth and Salary

This journalist’s net worth is estimated at around $1 million. She receives a salary of $87k per year.

As per the records, a journalist’s average salary is around $38k per year.

Is Amara Walker involved in any rumors and controeversies?

So far, there are no desperate rumors regarding her personal and professional life. It seems she is carrying her profession decently. She has never been the headline for the controversy.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight

Amara Walker has a height of 5 ft 7 inches and her weight is 62 kg.

Her eye color is dark brown and she has beautiful dark brown hair.

Social Media Profiles

Amara Walker is pretty active on social media.

She has 8.6k followers on Instagram. On Twitter, she has more than 5.9k followers and she has over 21.9k followers on Facebook.

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