Renee Chenault-Fattah Biography
Renee Chenault-Fattah is an American journalist who previously co-anchored the WCAU NBC 10 News at 4 and 6 p.m. on weeknights in Philadelphia. She worked as a lawyer in New York City during the 1980s.
Renee Chenault-Fattah Age
Renee was born on 12 October 1957, in Littleton, Colorado, United States of America. She is 66 years old as of October 2023.
Renee Chenault-Fattah Education
Fattah studied political science at Johns Hopkins University before earning her law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. She then launched her media career by receiving a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
Renee Chenault-Fattah Husband
-Fattah is the third wife of Pennsylvania politician Chaka Fattah, and the couple has a daughter named Chandler. Chenault-Fattah had a daughter named Cameron Chenault through artificial insemination two and a half years before her marriage to Fattah. She is stepmother of Frances (“Fran”) Fattah and Chaka Fattah Jr.
Renee Chenault-Fattah Career
Chenault-Fattah began working as an anchor and reporter for WCAU, Philadelphia’s CBS TV affiliate, in September 1991. After a few years of anchoring the noon program alongside Tim Lake, she was elevated to the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts in March 1995. By then, WCAU had become Philadelphia’s NBC affiliate. Lake joined Chenault as a co-anchor at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and 11 p.m. in 2003, after previously co-anchoring newscasts at 6 and 11 with Ken Matz and Larry Mendte for eight years. The criminal case involving her husband, Congressman Chaka Fattah, made it increasingly impossible for Chenault-Fattah to continue working as an anchor, and she took a seven-month sabbatical after his indictment.
Finally, she quit the station on February 24, 2016. Although she was named in her husband’s business dealings, Chenault-Fattah was never charged with anything related to the acts that resulted in his conviction. Chenault-Fattah serves on the board of trustees at Johns Hopkins University. After several years on the board of directors, Chenault-Fattah was chosen Executive Director of Philadelphia Lawyers for Social Equity, a non-profit that helps low-income Philadelphians overcome barriers generated by previous criminal histories.
Renee Chenault Awards
Fattah was named to PoliticsPA’s “Sy Snyder’s Power 50” list of Pennsylvania politics’ most influential personalities in 2002. She was also listed on the PoliticsPA list of “Pennsylvania’s Most Politically Powerful Women.” The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted Chenault-Fattah into their Hall of Fame in 2009.
Chenault-Fattah Net Worth
Fattah has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.
