Kelly Wright Biography
Kelly Wright is an American correspondent for New Tang Dynasty Television. Previously with Fox News, he was the co-anchor of America’s News Headquarters on Saturday.Wright previously worked as a weekend news anchor and reporter for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Kelly Wright Age
He was born and raised in the United States of America.
Kelly Wright Education
He studied journalism in the Oral Roberts University.
Kelly Wright Family
Attempts to establish the identities of his family, his mother, and his father were in vain since no information about them is available to the public. It’s therefore not known whether he has any siblings.
Kelly Wright Wife
Kelly Wright Career
Wright recently reported from Tampa, Florida, on the Terri Schiavo case. In 2004, Wright spent nearly three months reporting on developments in Iraq. He was one of the first reporters to cover the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Wright also spent time embedded with American and British troops, reporting on humanitarian efforts in Baghdad, Basrah, and Mosul. Wright also reported on US forces training Iraqi security personnel. He covered the momentous U.S. surrender of sovereignty to Iraq. Aside from Iraq, Wright reported extensively on the 2004 presidential election, including the Democratic presidential contest, the New Hampshire primary, and the South Carolina primary. In October 2003, Wright covered the Congressional Black Caucus/FNC Democratic presidential candidate debate in Detroit.
Prior to joining Fox News Channel, Wright was an anchor/reporter at WAVY-TV/WVBT-TV in Norfolk, VA, where she co-anchored the Fox affiliate’s inaugural primetime broadcast (produced by WAVY) between 1998 and 2003. During his time there, he covered a variety of stories, including a historical event in Benin, West Africa, at which African presidents Mathieu Kérékou of Benin, Jerry Rawlings of Ghana, and representatives from the United States, England, France, and the Dominican Republic apologized for their roles in slavery. Wright previously worked as a weekend news anchor and reporter for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina. He got a number of exclusive interviews, including a 1996 interview with O. J. Simpson during the criminal court trial. Wright also worked as a general assignment reporter for WWOR-TV in New York.
He covered several high-profile newsmakers and events for the station, including John Gotti, Amy Fisher, the Howard Beach and Bensonhurst murder trials, and the 1989 Central Park jogger rape case. Wright’s media career began in 1977, while serving in the United States Army. Wright has won multiple honors for his reporting, including two local Emmys for developing, reporting, and co-producing a documentary and news series about the transatlantic slave trade. In 2017, Wright filed a lawsuit against Fox News for racial discrimination. According to court documents, Wright earned $400,000 per year while working at Fox. Wright also worked at the Black News Channel.
Kelly Wright Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.
