Greg Groogan Biography
Greg Groogan is an award-winning American journalist who presently works as a special projects reporter for FOX 26 and hosts the show What’s Your Point. Greg has received 38 Associated Press Awards, as well as accolades from the Houston Press Club, Dallas Press Club, Cleveland Press Club, Alaska Press Club, and others.
Greg Groogan Age
How old is Greg? Apparently, Groogan was born in Texas, a state in the United States South Central region. He prefers to keep his personal life private, hence he hasn’t revealed his birth year or month. As a result, it is unknown when he celebrates his birthday.
Greg Groogan Education
He graduated from the University of Texas Plan II honors program (He’s got the diploma to prove it).
Greg Groogan Height
How tall is Greg? Groogan stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall.
Greg Groogan Family
The award-winning American journalist was born and raised in Texas, a state in the United States South Central region. Groogan has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Groogan has any siblings.
Greg Groogan Wife
Groogan is happily married to a former FOX 26 reporter Michelle Casas, together they have been blessed with two children; a son Garrett Groogan and a daughter Hannah Groogan.
Greg Groogan Career
Groogan, a native Texan and special projects reporter for FOX 26, has won over 200 journalism accolades, including 28 Lone Star Emmys. Greg was named Television Journalist of the Year by the Houston Press Club in 2010, 2013, and 2017. In 2010, he won the first prize for beat reporting from the National Education Writers Association. Greg is a seven-time regional winner of the Edward R. Murrow award, as well as a two-time Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism winner for his reporting on children with special needs and a three-time Barbara Jordan Award winner for excellence in coverage of Texans with disabilities. Greg and his coworkers were recognized by the American Legion at Fox 26 in 2008.
He moved from South Texas’ cactus and mesquite to the colder temperature of America’s 49th state in 1989. Greg spent the greater part of a year covering the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which was at the time the country’s worst-ever environmental disaster while working at Anchorage stations KIMO and KTUU. He returned to Texas in 1990 to work as the capital bureau chief and later as an investigative reporter for KVUE, an ABC station in Austin. Greg moved north again in 1997, this time to Cleveland for three years at NBC station WKYC. Greg returned to Texas and his family in 2000. Greg, a FOX 26 broadcast reporter for the Houston Business Journal, documented the collapse of Enron and the energy trading sector.
Greg has received 38 Associated Press Awards, as well as honors from the Houston Press Club, the Dallas Press Club, the Cleveland Press Club, the Alaska Press Club, the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, the Ft. Worth Society of Professional Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Texas Bar Association, the Texas Medical Association, the Texas Cancer Society, the Texas State Teachers Association, the Harris County Mock Trial Association, and the Harris County Mock Trial Association. He has also won a national Gannett Best of Gannett Award for news writing. Greg Casas is married to Michelle Casas, a former FOX 26 reporter, and spends most of his time away from the workplace with his son Garrett and daughter Hannah.
Greg Groogan Net Worth
Groogan has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being a journalist.
Greg Groogan Salary
How much does Greg earn? Groogan earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.