Paula Zahn Biography

Who is Paula Zahn?

Paula Zahn is an American reporter, newscaster, and Journalist known for her TV anchoring career with ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, and CNN. She is currently producing and hosting a crime documentary series 'On the Case with Paula Zahn' that now broadcasts on Investigation Discovery.

Paula Zahn's Early Life, Childhood, and Education

Paula was born in Omaha, Nebraska on February 24, 1956, to an Arts teacher/and Artist Betty Zahn (mother), and Paula Ann Zahn, an IBM computer Executive father. Growing up, she spent his entire childhood in Canton, Ohio, with her parents and three kin, Leslie (sister), Steve (brother) and Mark (brother). Furthermore, in her youth years, her family migrated to Naperville, Illinois, as her dad's job demanded transfers.

She is of American nationality and her ethnicity is Caucasian. Paula attended Naperville's Washington Junior High School. She later graduated from the Central High School of Naperville in 1974. In addition, she continued her education on a cello scholarship at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. She finally graduated with a bachelor of journalism degree in 1978.

Age(63), Paula Zahn Career Highlights

Paula initially spent 10 years at various local stations across the country, including WFAA-TV, KFMB-TV, KPRC-TV, WHDH-TV (then WNEV) and KCBS-TV. Next, in 1987, she accepted a job offer at ABC News.

At ABC News She anchored the ' Health Show, ' a health and medical issues weekend program. She later began to anchor the early morning newscast of the network's ' World News This Morning. ' She also anchored the ' Good Morning America ' news segments.

She anchored the ' Health Show, ' a health and medical issues weekend program. She later began to anchor the early morning newscast of the network's ' World News This Morning. ' She also anchored the ' Good Morning America's news segments.

Paula joined the Fox News Channel (FNC) after 9 years at CBS News. She anchored' Fox Report' there, which was the nightly newscast of the network. FNC later fired her r for what they claimed was an infringement of her contract. She then started to work at CNN. She also launched her CNN morning news program with Paula Zahn,' American Morning.'

She eventually announced her resignation from CNN on July 24, 2007. On November 9, 2008, Paula became the new co-host of 'Sunday Arts' on New York City PBS stations WNET and WLIW. In addition, on January 9, 2009, the Discovery Communications announced it was developing a true crime documentary series. Her series ‘On the Case with Paula Zahn’ premiered on October 18, 2009, on the Investigation Discovery channel.

 

Paula Zahn Salary and Net Worth

Paula as a TV host and reporter earned over $50 thousand per year and from her current affiliation with Discovery network's Investigation Discovery (ID) she receives over $100 thousand per year. Further, she has an estimated net worth of around $ 12 million.

Rumors and Controversy

Richard's divorce of Paula attracted numerous controversies. Initially, she was rumored that she was romantically involved with Paul Fribourg prior to her divorce. She later became part of the heated news after telling her friends that her sexless marriage to Richard Cohen drove her into another man's arms. After that, she filed a lawsuit against Cohen alleging that her former husband mismanaged 20 years’ worth of career earnings which again made highlights in the media. 

Paula Zahn's Body Measurements

The blond beauty, Paula is 5 feet 6 inches / 1.75 m tall in height. Moreover, she weighs around 119.05lbs / 54 kg. Moreover, she possesses a sexy figure of 33-24-34 inches. Further, she has a lovely pair of blue eyes.

Social Media Profile

Paula Zahn is an active social media user and keeps her fans updated about what's going on in her life via it. Left alone twitter and Instagram, her Facebook page has over 94.3k followers.

Updated On Tue Oct 02 2018 Published On Tue Oct 02 2018 By