As she has been around the media circle for quite a while, many have come to admire Nancy Cordes for her accomplishments as a news correspondent. The American media personality who is also appreciated for her stunning beauty has been nicknamed the ‘White Pearl’ by her many fans who have come to adore her news reporting style. Always sporting a cute smile on the sides of her lips, Nancy is a darling of TV viewers in America.
Having worked with several TV stations over the years, Nancy Cordes is now the chief congressional correspondent at CBS News. Without a doubt, she has fared well in this capacity as many expected. Let’s learn more about her life and career below.
Early Life
It is quite a common knowledge that this American media personality was born on the 10th day of the month of August in 1970. Records have it that she was born in the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. However, as a child, she grew up with the rest of her family in Hawaii on the islands of Kauai and Oahu. Although everyone now calls her Nancy Cordes, it is noteworthy that her real birth name was Nancy Weiner; she changed her name after she got married.
The identity of Nancy Cordes’ mother has been revealed to be Linda Weiner. However, her father’s name has not been given yet. It is not known if she has siblings with whom she spent her early days or if she is an only child.
Details about the high school that Nancy Cordes attended have not been given but we know that she attended the University of Pennsylvania from where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude in 1995. Burning with a desire to learn more and improve on her skills, Nancy proceeded to gain her master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Career
Nancy Cordes started her career as a reporter in 1995 when she joined KHNL-TV, an NBC-affiliated television station in Honolulu. After some time, she left KHNL-TV and relocated to Washington DC where she started working as a reporter for WJLA-TV, another TV station in 1999. During her time with the station, Nancy covered a lot of important beats including the September 11 attack on the Pentagon and even the 2000 Presidential elections. This went a long way to establish her as a journalist with fine work experience.
Nancy left WJLA-TV in 2003 and moved to NewsOne, an ABC News affiliated media outfit also in Washington where she worked as a correspondent. She worked with NewsOne till 2004 and then moved to New York to work as an ABC News correspondent from 2005 to 2007.
It was in 2007 that Nancy joined CBS News. To the best of our knowledge, she was initially employed to work as the Transportation and Consumer Safety correspondent and did very well by covering some very significant stories about America’s transportation infrastructure and important safety issues. Today, she has become the chief congressional correspondent at CBS News.
Net Worth and Salary of The CBS News Correspondent
Considering the fact that Nancy Cordes has been able to achieve quite a lot in her career, it is expected that she has made a lot of money for herself over the years. According to sources, her annual salary at CBS News is around $750,000.
Nancy has worked with various top media outfits and has covered some very important beats in the process; these outings have yielded great results financially for her. At the moment, her net worth has been pegged at around $2 million by celebrity wealth calculators.
The media personality is currently based in Washington with her husband, Harald Cordes and their children; a boy and a girl. She and Harald Cordes got married in 2006. The exact time in which they met and started dating is not known but it is quite apparent that they have been in love ever since they got married.
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Nancy Cordes’ Height
Nancy Cordes is not a tall woman but she is not short either. She stands at an average height of 5 feet 6 inches. In addition, she weighs about 153 lb (69 kg). Nancy has brown hair and is highly admired by her many fans.
