Sharyn Alfonsi Biography
Sharyn Alfonsi is a 60 Minutes correspondent from the United States. On March 1, 2015, she made her debut on 60 Minutes. She received the prestigious DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award in 2019.
How old is Sharyn Alfonsi? – Age
She is 49 years old as of 3 June 2021. She was born in 1972 in the United States of America.
Sharyn Alfonsi Education
Alfonsi graduated from McLean High School in McLean, Virginia. She earned her bachelor’s degree with honors in 1994 from the University of Mississippi in Oxford, where she was a James Love Scholar.
Sharyn Alfonsi Husband
Alfonsi is married and the father of two children. In May 2013, she delivered the commencement address at the University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media. NPR named her speech one of the “Best Commencement Speeches Ever.”
How much does Sharyn Alfonsi weigh? – Weight Loss
She weighs 108.03 lbs(49 kg). Alfonsi has not lost any weight and is not ill; however, she has reported that Americans spend approximately $35 billion per year on weight-loss products. Sharyn Alfonsi’s weight is 58 kilograms (128 pounds).
Sharyn Alfonsi Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Sharyn Alfonsi Salary
She has an estimated net worth of $100 thousand.
How long has Sharyn Alfonsi been with 60 Minutes? – Career
Alfonsi began her career in local news in 1995 at KHBS-KHOG-TV in Fort Smith, Arkansas, then moved on to WVEC-TV in Norfolk, Virginia, KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington, and finally WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts. Dan Rather hired her at CBS News in 2002. In 2008, she left CBS to work for ABC News. In 2011, she returned to CBS to work on 60 Minutes Sports, which aired on Showtime.
Sharyn Alfonsi made her 60 Minutes debut in 2015 with an investigative story about fraud following Hurricane Sandy, which prompted a congressional investigation and earned her a Writers Guild Award. She appeared on 60 Minutes several times during the 2016–2017 season, including an investigative piece on phone hacking that demonstrated how hackers could easily access a Congressman’s phone.
She was featured on the season premiere of 60 Minutes in 2018 with a candid interview with Paul McCartney, which drew over 13 million viewers. McCartney admitted that he couldn’t read music, that he was extremely insecure, and that he was concerned about his legacy.
Alfonsi won two Emmys in 2019 for her reporting on the Parkland High School shooting. Alfonsi made international headlines in 2020 when she was the first reporter to obtain photos from inside disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s jail cell, as well as autopsy photos, which aired on 60 Minutes. Alfonsi and her producers received the prestigious duPont-Columbia University of Journalism Award in 2020 for their reporting from the US/Mexico border. Alfonsi dedicated the award to everyone who called her a “pain in the ass” during her acceptance speech. She was also honored with a Gracie Award for Outstanding News/News Magazine talent by the Alliance for Women in Media in 2020.
In 2021, Alfonsi’s 60 Minutes report on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the state’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout drew widespread criticism for making a direct accusation, without “substantive evidence,” that there was a link between a donation to DeSantis’ re-election campaign by the supermarket chain Publix and Florida’s partnership with Publix stores for vaccine distribution.
Following that, Palm Beach County Mayor Dave Kerner accused 60 Minutes of reporting “intentionally false” information, while others characterized Alfonsi in the interview as a “political activist” rather than a journalist. The network received similar scrutiny because, during the recorded briefing, DeSantis provided what appeared to be a significant volume of evidence refuting Alfonsi’s “pay for play” accusation, none of which was included in the carefully edited segment aired by CBS.