Melanie Hastings WJLA, Age, Partner, Kids, Family, Net Worth

Melanie Hastings Biography

Melanie Hastings is an American award-winning journalist working for WJLA as a news anchor. She has been with the station for more than 30 years.

Melanie Hastings Age / Birthday

Hastings is 68 years old as of 2023. She was born on 9 May 1955 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

Melanie Hastings Height / Measurements

Hastings is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.

Melanie Hastings Husband

Hastings is a married woman, she is married to Edmund Ross Wotring Jr. The couple has been together for almost 40 years. They met on April 19, 1980, and they are now parents of two. She manages to keep information regarding her marriage away from the public. However, we will update information about her marriage once it’s available.

Melanie Hastings Kids / Children

Hastings and Ross are proud parents of two kids, Alison Stewart Hastings and Edmund Ross Hastings. She manages to keep information regarding her kids away from the limelight. However, we will update this information about her children once it’s available.

Melanie Hastings Family / Relatives

Hastings was raised by her parents Jean Athanase Sayegh and Annabelle Sayegh. She manages to keep information regarding her parents away from the limelight. Additionally, she shares no information regarding whether she has any siblings or not. We will update this information once it’s available.

Melanie Hastings Career

Hastings served as an anchor at WJLA when the 24-hour newscast was first launched in 1991 as News Channel 8 on the very first day. She works at ABC7, 4:24 AM covering Good Morning Washington. At 6.00 AM she airs Good Morning Express on WJLA and assists with midday reports in the same studio.

By working as a multi-media journalist she has won a number of broadcasting awards, inclusive of “Best Public Affairs” by the Associated Press. American Women in Radio and Television also commended her. This made her appointed for a regional Emmy Award.

She gained experience serving as an anchor and reporting for WTTV-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana. To add to this, also in Huntington, West Virginia at WSAZ-TV and KTVI-TV in St. Louis, Missouri. She was awarded a degree in speech communications from the University of Delaware.

Melanie Hastings Salary

Hastings receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.

Melanie Hastings’s Net Worth

Through Hastings’s career as an anchor, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.