Tashanea Whitlow: Biography

Good Day New York fans are familiar with the multi-talented news anchor and reporter, Tashanea Whitlow. She, alongside Dan Bowens, starts your day every weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 am. Tashanea has been in the industry for a long time. Before she joined the FOX 5 New York team, the news anchor was formerly in other stations and companies, as far as her career and making ends meet is concerned. Whitlow loves to give stories and she is very dedicated in her career. She has distinguished herself as a critical part of the news team.

Throughout her career, Tashanea Whitlow has covered many major events and breaking news. For instance, after the death of George Floyd, Tashanea was there to give every detail of what was going on and the protests and riots that followed. She also covered the COVID-19 pandemic and how it affected the brown and black communities. Before the pandemic kicked in, the Good Day New York anchor was hand-picked to be the Boston’s Marathon announcer for two years consecutively. But that was not it, she was an honored motivator for the runners who took part in the 123rd Boston Marathon. She motivated thousands of them.

In addition to being the spokesperson of the event, she hosted Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority events. One notable one is the Martin Luther King Day annual celebration which attracted a multitude of more than 2000 people. Tashanea Whitlow was once selected to be Amherst-Pelham’s speaker for regional professional development. One of the major things she discussed was the importance of diversity in newsrooms and classrooms.

Tashanea Whitlow Age

How old is Tashanea Whitlow? When and where was Tashanea Whitlow born? The reporter was born Tashanea Whitlow in Southern California, United States of America in an unknown year. Though there are sources that say Tashanea was born in 1994 and others in 1984, she has not talked about it publicly. It seems that she celebrates her birthday every 25th day of February. Her year of birth and actual age is unknown.

Tashanea Whitlow Salary

How much does Tashanea Whitlow earn from FOX 5? Informationscope has done some research on the subject. Some figures may not be precise. Well, some online sources say that Tashanea’s yearly pay ranges from $25,000 to $70,00. This equates to an hourly income of between $11.15 and $30.50. This is according to a salary estimation for an average journalist in the United States. However, these values might fluctuate greatly depending on the employee’s degree of seniority.

Tashanea Whitlow’s Net Worth

We have gathered that Miss Tashanea’s net worth is projected to range from $1 to $5 million as of 2023. This includes her property, money, and earnings. Her main source of income is her career as a journalist work. Whitlow has amassed wealth from her multiple sources of income, yet she opts to live a simple lifestyle.

Tashanea Whitlow Education

So, where did she start? Let’s start with her education. Just like her family and age, we are not aware of where the news anchor went to elementary school. Neither do we know about her high school life. Nevertheless, she went to Roxbury Community College in 2011 where she took her Associate of Arts in Broadcast Journalism. She was the president of the school’s journalism video club. Also, Tashanea was the first student to intern at NBCUniversal NECN. For her outstanding work and devotion, she created a leeway for future students.

After she graduated from Roxbury Community College in 2012, she joined Emerson College in 2013 to further her studies in Broadcast journalism. She was also the vice president of the student chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists. Tashanea was a very active student. In this regard, young Tashanea was an associate producer for the “Every Woman Has A Story” talk show. The talk show received an AP award and Tashanea was promoted to Executive Producer position. She worked for WEBN as an in-studio and in-field reporter. Tashanea went on to be the co-host for the channel’s show, Election Time.

Tashanea Whitlow Career

When it comes to reporting and anchoring, Tashanea Whitlow has excellent experience in them. She started as an intern for NBCU from January 2012 to December 2012. Her task was to assist in the daily preparation and execution of newscasts. She also was in charge of researching topics, current events, and guests. In her LinkedIn profile, there is a one-year gap in her profession. Another year, she joined WEBN TV where she first worked as an assistant producer. Her job was to set up, coordinate, and conduct interviews. She interacted with the guests and touched on relevant and original topics. Tashanea was also in charge of producing and monitoring the flow of the show.

In December 2014, Tashanea Whitlow became a talk show host for Boston City TV based in Boston, Greater Boston Area for like a month. Her job was to provide outlets for leaders of the city agencies and departments to share their valued work and available resources with the residents. She used social media to expand the show’s viewership and reach Boston residents.

From June 2015 to December 2018, Tashanea Whitlow worked for WWLP as a weekend anchor and television reporter. Based in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Tashanea was a weekend morning producer for the station. She focused on all news and stories in the Northampton bureau in Hampshire County. Some of the stories she covered included drug chemist Sonja Farak. Tashanea Whitlow also reported breaking news.

After leaving the station in December 2018, the following year in January she joined WBZ News in Boston as a News Reporter. Her job was to develop and write local news for the market-leading CBS station. She also reported live breaking news. Tashanea Whitlow also wrote stories that she was to tell uniquely. She left WBZ station in October 2020 and joined BNC the same month. She was a full-time news anchor.