Martin Savidge Biography
Martin Savidge is an award-winning television news correspondent who is both Canadian and American. He was a special correspondent for NBC News and a former anchor for public television’s Worldfocus nightly news program. He previously worked for Cleveland’s WJW, where he met current NBC correspondent Kelly O’Donnell. In January 2011, Savidge took over as anchor of CNN Newsroom.
Martin Savidge Age
Savidge is 63 years old as of 27 May 2021. He was born in 1958 in Lachine, Montreal, Canada.
Martin Savidge Family – Education
Savidge was born to British parents who immigrated to the United States shortly after. He is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States. Savidge grew up in Rocky River, Ohio, and attended Rocky River High School before graduating in 1976. He attended Beck Center for the Arts in Lakewood, Ohio, where he studied theater. In 1981, Savidge graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Martin Savidge Wife
Savidge is married to Bliss Savidge.
Martin Savidge Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
Martin Savidge NBC
Savidge joined NBC News in 2004 as an Atlanta correspondent, reporting for NBC Nightly News, the Today Show, and MSNBC. When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, he was their primary correspondent.
Martin Savidge CNN
Savidge worked as a special projects reporter and anchor for WJW-TV in Cleveland before joining national network television. He covered major local, national, and international stories for 11 years, specializing in news documentaries and breaking news.
In 1980, Savidge started his broadcasting career as an anchor and reporter for WCIA-TV in Champaign, Illinois. He later became the prime-time anchor for WMBD-TV in Peoria, Illinois. Savidge has also worked as an Associated Press reporter. Savidge has reported on breaking news from around the world for CNN. In 2013, Savidge covered the Alabama school bus hostage situation, the Cleveland missing girls, the Texan fertilizer plant explosion, the Colorado wildfires, and the George Zimmerman trial.
In 2012, Savidge was on the ground reporting from breaking and developing news locations on the pardoned Mississippi murders, the Ohio school shooting, Superstorm Sandy, and John McAfee on the run. In 2011, he covered breaking news stories such as the largest tornado outbreak in US history, which moved through the Southeast, and Japan’s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. Tornadoes that wreaked havoc in Alabama and Mississippi, the Mississippi levee, and the Casey Anthony trial In 2003, he provided on-the-ground coverage of the military buildup in Iraq and Kuwait, including embedding with the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines.
He has reported from Afghanistan, Kandahar, and Bagram, where he was the first television journalist to accompany US troops during Operation Anaconda. Following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Savidge reported from Ground Zero on the search and rescue mission.
Martin Savidge Awards
Savidge has received several prestigious awards in broadcast journalism, including two Headliner Awards, two Edward R. Murrow Awards, a Peabody Award, a Dupont Award, a national Emmy award, nine local Emmy awards, six Associated Press awards, two United Press International awards, and two Women in Communication awards. Savidge was named Media Person of the Year by the National Journalism Education Association in October 2002 for his contributions to scholastic journalism.