Tappy Phillips Biography
Tappy Phillips is an American news correspondent for ABC News who formerly worked as a Consumer Affairs reporter at WABC-TV in New York from 1996 until 2009. Phillips joined Eyewitness News in 1985.
Tappy Phillips Age
Tappy was born on 5 February 1948 in the United States of America. She is 76 years old as of February 2024.
Tappy Phillips Education
Phillips graduated from the University of Iowa with a BA in mass communications and philosophy.
Tappy Phillips Husband
She is confidential when it comes to matters concerning her personal life. She has not yet shared her relationship or marital status with the public.
Tappy Phillips Career
From 1996 to 2009, he was a Consumer Affairs reporter for WABC-TV in New York, as well as an ABC News correspondent. Phillips joined Eyewitness News in 1985. She has exposed abusive talent agencies, resolved a stalled worker’s compensation case, and gotten a crippled bus driver a necessary back operation and the right to work. Phillips received an Emmy Award for her coverage of the Bensonhurst trial verdict, a Long Island Folio Award, and a New York State Broadcasters Award for her story on Plum Island, among others. In addition to her work for Eyewitness News, Phillips is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in the New York Times and Esquire.
Phillips recently followed a doctor from Bensonhurst, New York, who refused to give his patients mammograms. Phillips and WABC have been investigating the culprits, Dr. Florentine and his brother, for more than eleven months. On July 23, it was reported that the doctors were arrested without returning the mammograms to the patients. Phillips announced his retirement on Eyewitness News’ 5PM report on November 20, 2009. The newscast featured a segment commemorating her.
Phillips Net Worth
Tappy has an estimated net worth of 500 thousand dollars.
