Who is Liz Anderson?
Liz Anderson works as an Anchor, Reporter, and Producer at WTOP in the Washington DC-Baltimore Area. She has held this role since February 2014 following her tenure at Salem Communications.
How old is Liz Anderson?
Anderson prefers to maintain privacy, thus refraining from disclosing her exact date of birth. However, she is estimated to be in her 50s.
How tall is Liz Anderson?
Anderson Stands at around 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Who is Liz Anderson Wife?
Anderson keeps her marital status discreet, with no information available about her current or past relationships.
Liz Anderson Family
Anderson keeps her family life private, not revealing information about her parents or whether she has siblings. During her leisure time, Anderson indulges in various activities such as singing, writing, reading, and self-learning guitar techniques from online platforms and instructional books. She also enjoys gathering insights about herself from family members and has a penchant for vegetarian comfort foods including haystacks, Italian, Indian, Mexican, and soul food.
Liz Anderson Net worth
Anderson has amassed an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million and $5 million through her prosperous career as an Anchor, Reporter, and Producer.
Liz Anderson Salary
Anderson’s annual salary falls between $45,000 and $110,500.
Liz Anderson Education
Anderson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from Oakwood College (now Oakwood University), where she attended from 1992 to 1996. She furthered her education by obtaining teaching credentials in Education from California State University-Dominguez Hills between 2002 and 2005. Additionally, she pursued a master’s degree in Journalism and Public Affairs at American University from 2007 to 2008.
Liz Anderson WTOP Career
Liz Anderson is employed at WTOP in the Washington DC-Baltimore Area where she serves as an anchor, reporter, producer, and assistant producer, a position she began in April 2020. She has been with the station since February 2014. Prior to her current role, from January 2016 to April 2020, she held positions as assistant editor, editor, and reporter at WTOP News.
In her assistant editorial capacity, Liz supported editors, reporters, and anchors in daily newsroom activities, including tasks such as reporting, production, and writing. She conducted research on pertinent topics for interviewing newsmakers, discussed current news stories, and transformed information from various sources into radio broadcast-style copy for anchors to present on-air, often under tight deadlines. Liz also edited pre-recorded long-form interview audio, communicated with reporters about deadlines, and contributed to initiative-driven wraps and long-form interviews while also curating content for WTOP’s ‘Daily Flash Briefing’ for Amazon Alexa users.
Her editorial responsibilities involved booking hourly lineups and rundowns, verifying listener tips by contacting government agencies, gathering information on breaking news events, and liaising with reporters regarding assigned stories and deadlines. She collaborated with reporters to explore potential story angles when necessary.
Liz Anderson More WTOP Career
As a reporter, Liz gathered information from diverse sources such as law enforcement, public officials, sports figures, and musicians, both in person and over the phone. She conducted rapid research and synthesized background material to craft on-air stories across a wide array of subjects. Liz also contributed to WTOP.com by writing articles, capturing photographs, and shooting iPhone videos to complement digital stories. Additionally, she actively engaged in tweeting to enhance the station’s presence during field reporting, functioning effectively as a solo field producer, reporter, videographer, and writer. She worked closely with broadcast and digital editors to finalize on-air stories and digital reports for the station’s website, all while nurturing professional relationships with sources.
Liz Anderson Career
Anderson assumed the role of National Show Producer for The National Weather Desk at Sinclair Broadcast Group starting from August 2022 until the current date of January 2024. Additionally, she worked as a senior producer for DC Today at BNC from May 2021 to March 2022. Preceding this, she held the position of executive producer for DC Today at BNC from April 2020 to April 2021.
Before her tenure at WTOP News, Anderson was employed at Salem Communications from June 2009 to February 2014, where she served as a News Announcer and Board Operator. During her time there, she was responsible for compiling news, traffic, and weather reports, as well as scripting and voicing stories for morning news announcers and other related tasks.
From September 2008 to December 2011, Anderson worked at Columbia Union College as an Instructor in the Communication and Journalism Department. In this role, she delivered lectures, provided guidance to student organizations, and also worked as a freelance writer for Patch.com from September 2010 to February 2011. Additionally, she interned at Talk of the Nation at NPR from June 2008 to August 2008 and at WAMU 88.5FM from September 2007 to December 2007.
Liz Anderson Teaching Career
Between November 2001 and June 2007, she taught 5th grade, kindergarten, and 1st grade at the Los Angeles Unified School District, covering various subjects such as Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Skills, emotional management, and physical education. Anderson began her career at KWVE Radio in October 1998 as an Announcer and Public Affairs Director, where she worked until November 2001. Earlier, she served as an Intern, News Announcer, and Weekend Announcer at WDRM Radio from July 1994 to June 1997. Anderson commenced her career as an Announcer and News Anchor at WOCG Radio (now WJOU) from September 1992 to August 1995. During this period, she served as an on-air afternoon news anchor and music announcer, hosting “Back in the Day Fridays,” which celebrated gospel music from the 70s and 80s.
Liz Anderson WTOP
Anderson is employed at WTOP, where she collaborates with other renowned meteorologists, anchors, and reporters from the station including;
- John Aaron
- Shawn Anderson
- Michelle Basch
- Brennan Haselton
- Anne Kramer
- Dean Lane
- Mark Lewis
- Dimitri Sotis
- Ralph Fox
- Jenny Glick
- Stephanie Gaines-Bryant