Marie Saavedra Biography

Marie Saavedra is a popular American reporter/anchor at CBS Chicago. Before she served at WFAA in Dallas, Texas since August 2013. She studied Broadcast Journalism at The Missouri School of Journalism.

Marie Saavedra Age

Saavedra has not revealed her date of birth to the public.

Marie Saavedra Height

Her height’s is not known.

Marie Saavedra Family

Saavedra was born in Chicago, where her parents passed down a love of meeting people and new experiences and was raised alongside her down syndrome brother.

Marie Saavedra Husband

Saavedra has kept her personal life private.

Marie Saavedra Phoenix

Saavedra headed west to Phoenix from Ozarks to report and anchor weekends for independent station KTVK where she covered a range of stories including immigration, dust storms, and the tragic loss of nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew on Yarnell Hill.

Marie Saavedra WFAA

Marie joined News 8 in August 2013, where she became a general assignment reporter. Marie was hired by Dallas-based WFAA8 to replace the former anchor/reporter Jonathan Betz. She joined KYTV, the NBC affiliate in Springfield as a reporter and 5 p.m. anchor after her graduation. During her time in the Ozarks, she covered the EF-5 tornado that hit nearby Joplin, Mo. Marie is a winner of a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for her reports on a veteran who committed suicide after his case was mishandled at a regional VA hospital.

Marie Saavedra CBS Chicago

The long-time reporter for WFAA-TV’s Saavedra shared on Facebook that she was making a move. Sunday, 11 October 2020 was her last day on air! She joined the team at our Dallas/Fort Worth ABC affiliate in August 2013 after graduating from the University of Missouri – Columbia. She began her career in Springfield, Missouri, prior to moving to Phoenix, Arizona. In her departing post, she says that she has the chance to serve much closer to home, the Chicago area. When she was asked, about her interests, she said that her interest is in telling a story that will make the viewer feel. That runs the gamut from hard news to uplifting stories. Marie was in downtown Dallas the night that five officers were killed in an ambush, and looking back, she values being there as well as bringing information to a community looking for answers and understanding.

Marie Saavedra Salary

She receives an estimated salary ranging between $45,120 to $78,530 per year.

Marie Saavedra Net Worth

Saavedra has an estimated net worth of $1 million.