Zoey Tur Biography

Zoey Tur is an American broadcast reporter and Commercial Pilot. Zoey created Los Angle News Service together with her then-wife Marika Gerrard and fellow reporters. In 2013 Tur public come out as transgender and in 2024 underwent surgery. She changed her details from male to female.

Zoey Tur Age

Zoey was born on 8th June 1960 in Los Angles County, California.

Zoey Tur Height

Zoey stands at a height of 5 feet and 10 inches tall.

Zoey Tur Family

Zoey has not revealed any details concerning his family.

Zoey Tur Wife

Zoey was married to her wife Marika Gerrard for 23 years when the two had a divorce in 2003. The couple had two children Katy and James Tur

Zoey Tur Career

Los Angeles News Service was the first news organization to deploy an AStar helicopter to cover breaking news in a major metropolis, as well as the first to broadcast a high-speed police chase. Tur’s other notable reports include the assassination of Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles riots and the discovery of the Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crash site.
On June 17, 1994, Tur was the first to show O. J. Simpson’s slow-speed chase. Tur and Gerrard won three Television News Emmy Awards and Edward R. Murrow Awards for broadcast excellence as a team, as well as an Associated Press National Breaking News award and a Humanitarian Award from the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA).

Following a complaint from the Los Angeles City Fire Department, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revoked Tur’s pilot’s license in 1991 for “reckless flying.” In 1994, a California Superior Court awarded $550,000 to the Los Angeles Fire Department for suborning perjury in the original FAA lawsuit, stating that “public personnel are not exempt from culpability for malicious prosecution if they begin the prosecution via frowning.”
Tur has been credited with the recovery of seven missing planes. Tur hosted a documentary series called Why They Run on MSNBC in 2007. The show explored why criminal suspects fled from police and featured interviews with persons who had been involved in chases. Tur appeared on three episodes of CNN’s Inside Edition, TMZ, and Dr. Drew On Call in 2015.

Zoey Tur Salary

Tur earns an annual salary ranging between $ 40,000- $ 70,000 dollars.

Zoey Tur Net worth

Zoey has an estimated net worth of $ 250,000 dollars.