Fernando Garcia-Franceschini Biography
Fernando Garcia-Franceschini is an American Anchor/Reporter/Multi-Media Journalist working for WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee as a multimedia journalist and morning reporter. He joined the station in June 2022.
Fernando Garcia-Franceschini Age
Garcia was born on April 2, 1995 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He is therefore 29 years old as of 2024 and celebrates his birthday every year on April 2nd. On April 2, 2024, he posted his birthday photos on his Instagram with the caption, “Holding on to my 20s for dear life 😨 #Happy29.”
Fernando Garcia-Franceschini Height
Garcia is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches.
Fernando Garcia-Franceschini Wife / Children
Garcia manages to keep information regarding his parents away from the limelight. Additionally, he shares no information regarding whether he has any siblings or not. We will update this information once it’s available.
Fernando Garcia-Franceschini Family / Relatives
Garcia was born and raesied in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He moved to the USA for study purposes at Syracuse University where he extended his studies and after graduation, continued working as a journalist. Growing up, he was raised alongside his two younger brothers. Whenever he is not busy working, he enjoys spending his free time going out with friends, working out at the gym, or watching reality TV.
Fernando Garcia-Franceschini Education
In 2014, he joined Universidad del Sagrado Corazón where he attained his Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism in 2017. He also worked to obtain the highest percentage of votes from the student body in the Student Council’s election process in the history of the institution by encouraging students, through orientations and social media, to vote. Later in 2018, he joined S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University where he earned his Master of Science in Broadcast Journalism in 2019.
While still in college, he worked at NCC News based in Syracuse, New York where he served as a reporter, anchor, and producer from July 2108 to June 2019. He previously interned at WSYR NewsChannel 9 from January 2019 to May 2019.
Previously, from January 2019 to May 2019, he worked at Mornings on the Hill where he served as an anchor and reporter based in Syracuse, New York. He had previously spent 9 months working at Citrus TV where he served as an anchor, reporter, and associate producer from September 2018 to May 2019. He previously worked at Asociación de Periodistas de Puerto Rico where he served as a reporter, photojournalist, social media journalist, and on-screen talent based in Puerto Rico from June 2017 to August 2017.
Fernando Garcia-Franceschini Career
Garcia serves as a multimedia journalist and morning reporter at WBIR-TV based in Knoxville, Tennessee. Prior to working at WBIR-TV, he worked at KCRG-TV9 where he served as a news reporter based in Dubuque, Iowa from March 2020 to July 2024. He previously worked at KAMR in Amarillo and KTSM in El Paso, Texas where he served as a news associate from July 2019 to August 2019.
Fernando Garcia-Franceschini Salary
Garcia receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Fernando Garcia-Franceschini Net Worth
Through Garcia’s career as an Anchor and Reporter, he has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Fernando Garcia WBIR-TV
Garcia works with WBIR-TV where he serves alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- John Becker
- Abby Ham
- Rebecca Sweet
- Cassie Nall
- Tevian Whitehurst
- Katie Inman
- Brittany Bailey
- Karthik Venkataraman
- Frank DeLuca
- Emilie Rae Cochrane
- Raya Quttaineh
- Sam Perez
- María Marta Guzmán
- Olivia Dague
- Lauren Davis
Fernando Garcia Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Garcia is active on his social media accounts. He has about 1K followers on his Facebook Page, about 826 followers on his Twitter account, and around 1,015 followers on his Instagram account.