Meg Oliver Biography
Meg Oliver is an American journalist and television personality who currently serves as the television correspondent and anchor for CBS News based in New York City since March 2017. Oliver reports for all CBS News programs and platforms, including “CBS Mornings,” “CBS This Morning: Saturday,” the “CBS Evening News” and the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News’ premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service. She has previously worked for ABC News and several other stations.
Meg Oliver Age
Oliver is 51 years old as of the year 2021, she was born Megan Elisabeth Oliver on 7 December 1970, in Birmingham, Michigan, United States of America. Her birthday is on December 7th every year. She is an American by nationality and she belongs to the white ethnicity.
Meg Oliver Height
Oliver stands at a moderate height of 5 feet 6 inches (1.67 m). She is of slim build and she looks elegant in her appearance.
Meg Oliver Body Measurements and Weight
She has black hair and a pair of dark brown eyes in color. She weighs 60 kg (132 lbs). Her body measures 34-25-35 inches.
Meg Oliver Education
After her elementary education, Meg attended Marian High School. She then joined the University of Montana in 1989 and graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism. However, Meg remains actively engaged in service to UM. She is a past Dean Stone Lecturer, a member of the Journalism Dean’s Advisory Board and a supporter of women’s leadership programming at UM.
Meg Oliver Family
Meg was born in Birmingham, Michigan, the United States of America to her parents. However, details regarding her parents and siblings are not known to the public. This section will be updated as soon as the information is available.
Meg Oliver Husband
Meg is married to John Basinger, who is a corporate lawyer and a graduate of Harvard University. The duo met through a Montana connection in early 2000. The couple married on October 18, 2002, at an intimate ceremony in a spectacular wedding attended by a few guests and family members.
Back on 19 October 2017, Meg shared a photo of their 15th year anniversary with the caption,” 15 years ago life got better”. She posted another photo of their 17th-anniversary celebration on October 18, 2019. Together the duo shares three adorable children. They also Meg and her family reside in New York City, United States. Besides this, the couple has three beautiful dogs.
Meg Oliver Children
Meg together with her husband are blessed with three children; daughter Maria Basinger, (born on August 29, 2006), son Tommy Basinger (born on May 9, 2008), and a baby boy Cormac Basinger, (born on March 9, 2011).
Meg Oliver Salary
Meg earns an average annual salary of $104,749, but the range typically falls between $86,995 to $129,888. This is according to CBS News correspondent salaries. However, their salaries vary mainly according to the level of seniority of the journalist in question. We will keep tabs and update her exact salary once it is available to the public domain.
Meg Oliver Net Worth
Meg’s net worth is estimated to be in the range of $1 Million – $5 Million as of 2022. She has accumulated her fortunes through her primary source of income as a broadcast journalist and in the other businesses she has invested in.
Meg Oliver CBS News
Oliver currently serves as the television correspondent and anchor for CBS News based in New York City since March 2017. Oliver reports for all CBS News programs and platforms, including “CBS Mornings,” “CBS This Morning: Saturday,” the “CBS Evening News” and the CBS News Streaming Network, CBS News’ premier 24/7 anchored streaming news service. She has previously worked for ABC News and several other stations.
She began working for CBS News in 2006 as a journalist for “The Early Show” and the nighttime anchor of “Up to the Minute.” In 2009 she was a correspondent and anchor for ABC News in New York City from 2009 to 2014. In 2015, she made a freelance comeback to CBS News, where she also served as an anchor on CBSN, covering breaking news like the San Bernardino shooting and the killings of WDBJ-TV anchor Allison Parker and her videographer Adam Ward.
Before CBS News, Oliver was the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. anchor at KGPE-TV, the CBS affiliate in Fresno, California from (Dec 2001 – Oct 2004). Before that, Oliver was an anchor/reporter at WKBD/WWJ-TV, a CBS-owned operation in her hometown of Detroit from (July 1998 – December 2001). Earlier, she was a reporter in Seattle for Northwest Cable News in Seattle, Washington between (Oct 1995 – Sep 1997).
Oliver began her broadcasting career as an anchor-reporter at KCFW-TV in Kalispell, Montana in 1993 as soon as she graduated from the University of Montana. After working there for two years, Oliver joined Northwest Cable News
Oliver has received numerous Society of Professional Journalist awards for her reporting, as well as Associated Press Awards for ongoing coverage of breaking news.
Meg Oliver Body Measurements and Facts
- Full Names: Megan Elisabeth Oliver
- Career / Profession: Journalist
- Nationality: American
- Ethnicity: White
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Age: 51 years old as of the year 2021
- Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
- Date of Birth: 7 December 1970
- Place of Birth: Birmingham, Michigan
- Birthday: December 7th
- Body Measurements: 34-25-35 inches
- Height: 5 feet 6 inches (1.67 m)
- Weight: 60 kg (132 lbs)
- Marital Status: Married
- Wife/Spouse: John Basinger
- Children: Three
- Net Worth: Estimated to be in the range of $1 Million – $5 Million as of 2022
- Salary: Average annual salary of $104,749
Meg Oliver House
Meg resides in New York City, NY, United States of America.
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