Victor Blackwell
Victor Blackwell (Photo Credit: Victor's Instagram)

Emmy award-winning journalist Victor Blackwell is the correspondent and anchor of CNN Newsroom. He co-hosts the show with the journalist and political commentator Alisyn Camerota in New York. As a journalist, Victor has played a pivotal role in reporting and anchoring on-the-scene for several breaking news.

Paving a way as an astounding journalist, Victor’s personal life has also been a matter of interest for people alongside his professional career. So, let’s know more about Victor Blackwell all from his personal life, family, children to salary and net worth.

Is Victor Blackwell Married? His Children!

Openly gay CNN news anchor Victor Blackwell is not married but he barely sheds light on his personal life and is very tight-lipped about his dating status. He has never revealed about his partner nor has he disclosed if he is dating or single. He came out as gay on 21 December 2013 during a live discussion with his co-host Sandy Brown and guest Jimmy Alexander.

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However, Victor supposedly has one godson. According to the Instagram post of Victor on 4 October 2018, he posted a video with his godson with a caption that read “Gettin' a refill of my godson, @sweetbabymason”. Moreover, when we have a look at the Instagram of his godson Manson, he has an elder sister.

Salary And Net Worth 

Early in his career as a reporter, Victor used to work in WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD as a fill-in anchor. He then joined WTLV/WJXX as a reporter and weekend anchor in Jacksonville, Florida, He was also the 1st black main anchor at WPBF in West Palm Beach, Florida and while working there he has won and has been nominated for various Associated Press awards and honors from the Society of Professional Journalists. In the year 2007, he won the Radio Television Digital News Association. He was nominated for a Regional Emmy Award in 2007, 2008, and 2011 and had won it in 2009. Victor even earned a Regional Edward R. Murrow award.

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Victor first joined CNN in 2012 and since then has been anchoring and hosting different shows of CNN. Previously he was the host of the weekend editions of New Day and CNN News from the network’s global headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. He even co-hosted New Day Saturday and Sunday with Christi Paul.

As of now, he hosts CNN Newsroom on weekdays from 2-4 PM in New York.

As an American television news anchor and CNN host, Victor Blackwell has a whooping net worth of around $1 million and he is speculated to muster the salary of about $79,000-$99,000 dollars per year.

Moreover, he will also be the co-host in CNN’s “Fourth in America Special” which will air on 4 July 2021 at 7 P.M along with other hosts Dana Bash, Don Lemon, and Ana Cabrera.

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Bio: Early Life And Family

Journalist Victor Blackwell was born on 25 September 1981 in Baltimore, Maryland, the U.S. Very little is known about his family but Victor seems to share a very close bond with his mother and is often seen posting photos with her.

During an interview with Baltimore Magazine, Victor revealed that his mom texts him after every show. He further revealed that when he was a kid, his mother gave him 3 options: to take a job, to join the Army, or to go to college. And Victor chose to go to college.

Mother of Victor Blackwell.

He attended Milford Mill Academy and was a class president during his high school days over there. Victor then graduated with a BA in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University in Washington D.C. Whilst a student at Howard, Victor worked at Howard University’s public television station WHUT-TV and after graduation, he went on to pursue a career in the field. 

Emmy award-winning journalist Victor Blackwell was also named as one of the top 150 distinguished alumni by his University in the year 2016.

According to the wiki, Victor holds American nationality and comprises Afro-American ethnicity. He celebrates his birthday on 25 September and his zodiac sign is Libra.

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Talking about the height of Victor Blackwell, he is around 6 feet tall which is around 1.82m. Additionally, Victor Blackwell underwent a medical procedure of laparoscopic gastric banding in 2007 and lost more than 130 pounds after the procedure.

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