Russ Mitchell Bio-Wiki
Russ Mitchell is an American Emmys Award-winning anchor and reporter working for WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio serving as an anchor and managing editor. He joined the station in Jan 2012 after working for CBS News.
Russ Mitchell Age
Mitchell is 63 years old as of 2023. He was born on March 25, 1960, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America. Mitchell celebrates his birthday on the 25th of March every year.
Russ Mitchell Height
Mitchell stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 10 inches.
Facts About Russ Mitchell
- Full Name: Russ Mitchell
- Popular As: Russ
- Occupation: Anchor and reporter
- Age: 63 years old as of 2024
- Birthday: March 25
- Height: 5 feet 10 inches
- Weight: Not Available
- Parents: Not Available
- Siblings: Not Available
- Wife: Karina Mahtani
- Children: One
- Net Worth: $1 Million – $5 Million
Russ Mitchell Family
Mitchell was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Information regarding his parents and siblings is under review. However, the information will be updated as soon as it’s available.
Russ Mitchell Wife
Mitchell was married to Erica Townsend. The two tied the knot in 1987 and in 1990, they welcomed their first daughter, and in 2000 they divorced. He later married Karina Mahtani on December 2, 2006, after five years. Unfortunately, they later divorced.
Russ Mitchell Education
Mitchell attended high school in Webster Groves in suburban St. Louis where he earned his Diploma in General Education. From there, he joined the University of Missouri in Columbia to further his education. After completing his studies there, he graduated with a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1982.
Russ Mitchell Career
Mitchell is an anchor and reporter working at WKYC Channel 3 in Cleveland, Ohio. He serves the station as the lead anchor of the 6 pm and 11 pm newscasts and managing editor of the Evening News. Before coming to Cleveland, he was the national correspondent for The Early Show, the CBS Evening News, and CBS News Sunday Morning, and anchor of the CBS Evening News weekend editions and The Early Show on Saturday.
He began his first television job at age 17 years old as a nighttime switchboard operator at KTVI-TV. After college graduation, he started his professional career at KMBC in Kansas City. He also worked at WFAA-TV as a reporter and at KMOV-TV as a reporter and anchor for five years. Larger markets and bigger stations soon followed and he moved to New York as the co-anchor of the overnight CBS News broadcast. During his tenure, he reported from Cuba, India, Indonesia, and The Marshall Islands, interviewed then-President Laurent Kabila, went to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and covered the war in Bosnia.
He was named a correspondent for Eye-to-Eye with Connie Chung in 1993. After two years, he was assigned to the CBS Washington bureau, and in 1997, he was named co-anchor of CBS News Saturday Morning and traveled extensively as a reporter for the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and 48 Hours. On September 11, 2001, he was on the anchor desk with Dan Rather and later reported from Ground Zero and other parts of Manhattan. Not long ago, Mitchell anchored the live CBS Special Report coverage of the capture and death of Osama Bin Laden on May 1, 2011.
Russ Mitchell Salary
Being one of the top anchors and reporters for WKYC-TV, Mitchell earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.
Russ Mitchell Net Worth
Mitchell has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as an anchor and reporter.
Russ Mitchell Awards
Throughout his broadcasting career, he has received multiple awards and honors including an Emmy Award, for coverage of the crash of TWA’s flight 800; with two additional from the St. Louis chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and also received the National Association of Black Journalists Award. He won the Press Club of St. Louis 18th Annual Media Person of the Year Award, the New York Association of Black Journalists Award for Best Documentary, and the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for his coverage of the Elian Gonzales story.
In 2007, he received the 2007 Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism from The University of Missouri School of Journalism, his alma mater. Mitchell returns there every summer to help with a journalism workshop for high school students, a workshop he attended in 1977.
