• Jennifer Lahmers is an American reporter with the Fox News network
• She graduated from the Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
• She has covered several important stories, including domestic violence
• She is an animal lover and a former spelling bee champion
• She has an estimated net worth of over $700,000 and is active on several social media platforms

 

Jennifer Lahmers (Fox News) Wiki Bio

Jennifer Lynne Lahmers was born in Tuscarawas, Ohio USA, on 19 February 1984, so under the zodiac sign of Pisces and holding American nationality – she is popular through her reporting job with the Fox News network.

Early life and education

Jennifer spent her entire childhood in Dover as her parents moved there soon after she was born – she was raised an only child by her father William Patrick Lahmers and her mother Cathy Lahmers Scolari. Jennifer can rarely be heard talking about her parents, as she is said to respect their privacy and personal matters as much as she respects her own.

She fell in love with journalism at a very young age, as she loved watching the reporters on TV –both those reporting from the scene and those working in the studio, however, she decided studio would work better for her. She is said to have had quite a normal time in high school, and was a teenager who enjoyed going to parties and drinking alcohol with her friends, but was also studying hard, and one of the best students judging by her grades.

After she matriculated from a local high school in Dover, Jennifer enrolled at the Ohio University’s E.W. Scripps School of Journalism located in Athens, and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism in 2006.

Jennifer Lahmers

Career of a reporter

Jennifer’s career was launched as soon as she graduated from college – her first job was for the WBBJ-TV channel in 2006, serving as a news reporter and an anchor. After being part of their team for more than a year, Jennifer joined The Hartford Courant, and worked as their humor columnist, which was somewhat different from what she used to doing.

After spending around one year with them, she moved to Fox CT in July 2007 and served as their news reporter and an anchor. She stayed with them for five years before working for Back9Network as their news host, as well as their director of ambassador relations – she stayed with them for two and a half years before leaving in June 2014.

Since 2014, Jennifer has been working as the host of “Fox 5 Special: Studio 5”, while she is also a news reporter for Fox 5 WNYW. During the time she has spent reporting, Jennifer was able to cover numerous important stories such as the early morning drug bust by the  DEA in Tennessee, all by herself as there was nobody else to help her. She has also covered numerous stories related to domestic violence, as she is very active in this field – she became interested in fighting for women who are suffering from domestic abuse, after her good friend Alice Morrin who worked for the Fox Ct became a victim of a murder-suicide.

Fox 5 WNYW

WNYW channel 5 serves as the flagship station for the Fox TV network, is licensed to New York City and serves the New York metropolitan area – it is owned by the Fox TV Stations which is part of Fox Corporation, and which is operating as one piece of a duopoly together with WWOR-TV channel 9. Both of these stations have their studios at the FOX TV Center located in the Lennox Hill on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, while WNYW’s transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. The WNYW channel goes by the slogans “Experience The Magic” and “We are Fox 5”, since it aired for the first time on 2 May 1944.

The station is currently available on satellite to people who are subscribed to DirecTV, and who live in a couple of areas of the Eastern United States – it is also available in the Caribbean on cable providers.

Love life and relationships

While Jennifer herself doesn’t talk much about her past affairs, there is quite a lot known about her love life. She dated several guys through the years, with the most interesting one for the media being James Bosworth, who is a former CEO of Back9Network, Inc. for which Jennifer used to work. The two seemed to be happy, became engaged, and married on 2 July 2011, however, the marriage didn’t go well, and they divorced after two years for unknown reasons. The two don’t have any kids together, and are said to have stayed on good terms.

Jennifer is currently rumored to be dating Michael Craig, who is a Fox News personality, but this hasn’t been confirmed by either of the popular reporters. Judging by her social media accounts, she is currently single, was married once, and doesn’t have any kids.

Hobbies and interests

Jennifer is a big animal lover, and has a Maltipoo pet dog named Sophie – she loves her dog so much that she even created an Instagram account for her, which is currently followed by nearly 1,000 people. Besides dogs, she has a love of horses too.

Jennifer loves spending her free time at the gym as she wants to keep the figure she currently has, and which she is very satisfied with – she is also an avid runner, and can be seen running throug the parks rather than on a treadmill at the gym. Judging by the description of her Instagram account, she loves to dance although terrible at it. Still, she is very good at spelling, and was a spelling bee champion.

Appearance and net worth

Jennifer is currently 35 years old. She has long brown hair and brown eyes, is 5ft 8ins (1.73m) tall, and weighs around 128lbs (58kgs).

According to authoritative sources, her current net worth is estimated to be more than $700,000 as of mid-2019, and is steadily rising thanks to her current job with Fox 5 WNYW.

Social media presence

Jennifer is quite active on several popular social media platforms, as this is expected of her because she is a popular Fox 5 reporter. She launched her Twitter account in June 2010, and has gathered nearly 20,000 followers, and tweeted more than 16,000 times. Her Instagram account is followed by almost 55,000 people, while she’s uploaded nearly 2,000 pictures onto it – she also has a Facebook profile, but seems to be using it just to stay in touch with her friends and family, as she has removed the ‘add friend’ option.

Movies

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Inside Edition2014TV Series documentaryHerself
Access Hollywood2014TV SeriesHerself

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia

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