Kelsey Childress Biography
Kelsey Childress is a renowned American journalist working as co-anchor of Good Morning Virginia at ABC 13 (WSET-TV) in Lynchburg, Virginia. She joined the station in June 2021 as a multimedia journalist and was promoted to her current role in July 2025.
Kelsey Childress Age
Childress manages to keep information about her date of birth out of the limelight. Therefore, it is not known when she celebrates her birthday or how old she is at the moment. Judging from her appearance, she might be in her 30s.
Kelsey Childress Height / Measurements
Childress is of average body stature, standing approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall, which is equivalent to 164cm.
Kelsey Childress Husband / Children
Childress manages to keep information about whether she is married private. She also keeps information about whether she has any kids out of the limelight. However, we will update this information once it’s available.
Kelsey Childress Family / Relatives
Childress manages to keep information about her parents out of the limelight. On May 13, 2024, Kelsey celebrated her mom in a Facebook post. She captioned, “Happy Mother’s Day to the best mom I could ask for. She deserves to be celebrated every day, but today, an extra amount. Childress provides no information on whether she has any siblings. We will update this information once it’s available.
Kelsey Childress Education
Childress attended Brookville High School, where she pursued her high school diploma. After graduating in 2017, she enrolled at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, where she triple-majored in Journalism, Communication Studies, and Psychology.
While attending college, she interned at WFXR-TV in Roanoke, Virginia, where she wrote, filmed, and edited news packages and VOSOTs (Voice-Over-Sound-On-Tape segments). She also completed an internship with Buffalo Rising in Buffalo, New York. Additionally, she worked as a TV Production Specialist for Kaleidoscope, Canisius College’s television production organization, while serving as a resident assistant during her undergraduate years.
Kelsey Childress Career
Childress serves as co-anchor of Good Morning Virginia, anchoring the station’s morning newscasts at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, and 6:30 a.m., and the noon broadcast at 12:00 pm. She joined the station in June 2021 as a multimedia journalist, later became a weekend anchor in August 2022, and was promoted to her current morning anchor role in July 2025. In addition to anchoring, she mentors younger reporters, contributes to news production, and helps develop content for the station’s highly rated morning and midday newscasts. Off-screen, Childress enjoys spending time with family/friends, shopping, exploring the Downtown Lynchburg area, and trying new restaurants and shops.
Kelsey Childress Salary
Childress receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Kelsey Childress Net Worth
Throughout her career as a journalist, Childress has accumulated a net worth of $1 million to $5 million.
Kelsey Childress ABC 13
Childress works with WSET-TV, where she serves alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists, such as;
- Pattie Martin
- Danner Evans
- Pat Simon
- George Flickinger
- Will Stafford
- Thomas Battle
- Arielle Schafer
Kelsey Childress Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Childress is active on her social media accounts. She has about 5.6k followers on her Facebook Page @Kelsey Childress, about 240 followers on her Twitter account @kels_news, and around 2.1k followers on her Instagram account @kelsey_childress2