Martha Teichner Biography
Martha Teichner is a CBS News television news correspondent who is also a regular contributor on CBS Sunday Morning. Since December 1993, she has been a correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning,” where she is equally adept at covering major national and international breaking news stories as she is at handling in-depth cultural and arts topics.
How old is Martha Teichner? – Age
She is 73 years old as of 12 January 2021. She was born in 1948 in Traverse City, Michigan, United States.
Was Martha Teichner married? – Family
Martha is so personal when it comes to her personal life. She has not revealed the identity of her parents and siblings; She is not known whether she is married, divorced, widows, engaged or dating.
Martha Teichner Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $ 2 million.
Martha Teichner Illness
She is healthy and in shape, there is no rumor of her being hospitalized.
Martha Teichner Dogs
Teichner met a man she only knew by his dog at the Union Square Farmers’ Market in Manhattan in 2016, during one of her regular Saturday morning excursions with her dog, Minnie (a golden retriever). Knowing she had and loved bull terriers, the man — Stephen, as she later learned was his name — wanted to put her in touch with his friend, Carol, who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. When the time came, Martha would be the ideal person to take care of Carol’s beloved bull terrier, Harry.
As a result, a saga of dog dates and a human friendship began. Teichner adopted Harry, Minnie and Harry bonded, and Teichner and Carol bonded over the course of six months. Teichner was at Carol’s bedside when she died in December of that year.
Martha Teichner Career
Teichner was a member of the team that brought you the story of the Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school shooting, which earned CBS News a DuPont-Columbia Award in 2014. She has received numerous national awards for her original reporting since joining CBS News in 1977, including 12 Emmy Awards and five James Beard Foundation Awards. Michigan Women Forward will induct Teichner into the Women’s Hall of Fame in 2020. In 2018, the Newswomen’s Club of New York presented her with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Teichner has covered some of the most significant national and international stories of our time. She was assigned to the CBS News London bureau, where she was one of only a few reporters to cover many wars. She was assigned to the CBS News London bureau, where she covered numerous wars as one of only a few female war correspondents. Teichner also spent several weeks in the Bolivian jungle reporting on Drug Enforcement Agency undercover operations.
She was one of a small group of journalists permitted by the military to accompany US troops during the Persian Gulf War. She covered Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and election as South Africa’s first post-apartheid president. Her reporting on the Cuban/Haitian boatlift to America was featured in the CBS Radio special “Exodus: The Freedom Flotilla.”
Teichner began her career in journalism at WJEF Radio and TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and later worked as a reporter for WTVJ-TV Miami and WMAQ-TV Chicago. She is the author of the upcoming nonfiction book “When Harry Met Minnie,” which will be published in 2021 by Celadon. She has been the moderator of the “Conversations With…” interview series at the Spoleto Festival, U.S.A., the summer arts festival in Charleston, South Carolina, since 1995.
