Taniya Wright Biography
Taniya Wright is a journalist from the United States who worked as the NBC 2 Weekday Morning Anchor since August of 2019 until her abrupt departure in 2020.
How Old is Taniya Wright? – Age
Wright is 37 years old as of August 5, 2020. She was born in 1983, in Houston TX.
Taniya Wright Family – Parents
She is the daughter of the late James Berkeley Wright, who was a Green Beret. Her father passed away in a training accident on August 25, 1987, when Taniya was four years old. She has a young sister whose identity is not revealed.
Taniya Wright Husband – Engagement
She is engaged to her boyfriend whose identity is not revealed. Wright calls her fiance a photoshop master.
Why did Taniya Wright leave KPRC?
KPRC did not offer an official statement on why Taniya is not working at their station. Speaking to Facebook, she said that her departure was a management decision.
Taniya Wright Net Worth
Wright has not revealed her wealth to the public making it difficult to calculate her net worth.
Taniya Wright Career
For NewsChannel 8 Today, a 2.5-hour morning newscast, Taniya acted as an associate editor. She created cut-ins for the Today Show, wrote and finalized scripts for the morning show, designed maps, and graphs. She wrote local reports, photographers shot packages, and she even wrote packages to be tracked by on-air talent. Wright was also a fill-in producer for newscasts at 4:30 am, 5:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:30 am, and 5:30 pm.
She joined WDVM TV localDVM.com in Hagerstown, MD as an anchor, reporter, and editor in December 2013. She anchored and produced the solo-anchor weekday newscast at noon, 5:00 pm, and 5:30 pm. She acted as the lead anchor for special reports, cut-ins with breaking news, and live interviews with on-air guests as well. For noon delivery, she joined ‘newsmaker’ segments. This is by getting in local guests to discuss numerous topics of lifestyle and future local activities.
For 4State in Focus, she did a special assignment. She anchored and produced a special 30-minute show focused on specific people in the ‘four-state’ area. There are people who have devoted their lives to giving back to their neighborhoods. In February 2016, she joined KJRH in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as a morning news anchor and reporter. She anchored the weekday newscasts in the morning and noon. Wright worked as a key anchor doing special updates in the morning, cut-ins with breaking news, and live interviews with on-air guests.
Taniya has arranged many programs, including Tulsa’s “Clear the Shelters,” which helped more than 500 shelter animals find homes. From KJRH in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Wright joined CBS 17 in February 2018 to co-anchor the morning and noon newscasts. Wright made a statement on her Twitter account on Tuesday, July 9, 2019, that she was leaving the station for a position at KPRC the same month. Her last day was July 24, 2019, with the network. Wright joined KPRC on August 5, 2019, in Houston, Texas. She took her spot next to co-anchor Owen Conflenti on the morning news desk on the weekday mornings from 4:30-7 a.m. And co-anchoring with Andy Cerota on the midday newscast weekdays at 11 a.m.-noon.