Kerry Kavanaugh Biography
Kerry Kavanaugh is an American Anchor/Reporter working for Boston 25 News in Dedham, Massachusetts as an Anchor/Investigative Reporter. She joined the station in the month of January 2015.
Kerry Kavanaugh Age / Birthday
Kavanaugh is 35 years old as of 2023. She was born on the 10th of August 1988 in Medford, Massachusetts, United States. Kerry celebrates her birthday on the 10th of August every year.
Kerry Kavanaugh Height / Measurements
Kavanaugh is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 5 inches.
Kerry Kavanaugh Partner / Husband
Kavanaugh is married to his husband named Jason Solowski who happens to be an Investigative Producer for WFXT Boston 25 News. She, however, manages to keep more information regarding her husband away from the limelight. We will update this information once more information is available to the public.
Kerry Kavanaugh Kids / Children
Together with her husband, the duo are proud parents to their daughter named Khloe Rose who was born on 15th January 2019. Rose was born on the 15th of January 2019. She, however, manages to keep more information regarding her daughter away from the limelight. We will update this information once more information is available to the public
Kerry Kavanaugh Family / Relatives
Kavanaugh was born and raised in Massachusetts to his loving and caring parents, Paul Kavanaugh Sr., father, and unknown mother. Asides from this, she was raised alongside her brother named Paul Junior, and sister named Lori Rosen. As a family, they reside in Medford, United States.
Kerry Kavanaugh Boston 25 News
Kavanaugh works for Boston 25 News serving the station as an Anchor and Investigative Reporter. Her journey back to Boston 25 News has brought her home to the Boston Area. She made the move back just in time for the historic winter of 2015 which saw more than 100 inches of snow, crippling mass transit.
From the start of the COVID-19 pandemic back in the year 2020, she has been on the frontlines exposing how the crisis was impacting people living and working in nursing homes, the impact of remote learning on students, inside prisons and jails, and the obstacles many faced getting a vaccine once those became available in Massachusetts.
Asides from this, she works to give all members of the community an opportunity to have their voices heard especially for the young people. She has also produced, written, and anchored multiple Emmy-Nominated in-depth specials examining the youth mental health crisis, the uncertain futures which persist for young immigrants brought to the United States as children, known as “Dreamers”, and the teen vaping crisis.
Asides from this, back in the year 2021, she was one of 10 local reporters nationwide to receive an invite to the White House to interview the First Lady and help bring the holiday decorations of the East Wing to the public, since tours were still canceled due to the pandemic.
During his original series, “Coffee with Candidates,” she interviewed every Democratic presidential candidate including President Joe Biden. This is in addition to interviewing every Republican candidate ahead of the 2020 election.
From then on, she has expanded the franchise to include Massachusetts Senate races and this historic Boston mayoral race in 2021. This in addition to being the first woman and person of color eected Mayor of the city. This series garnered him an Emmy nomination for political reporting.
She’s also been on the front lines of major, national news stories. In 2015, she traveled to Philadelphia after a train derailed, killing eight and injuring more than 200 people. While there, Kerry dug into the issue of train safety and the slow implementation of “Positive Train Control” which may have prevented that tragedy. Kerry played a key role in Boston 25’s 2016 Election coverage.
Kerry has also been on the front line of major, national news stories. Back in the year 2015, she traveled to Philadelphia after a train derailed killing eight and injuring more than 200 people. During her time there, she dug into the issue
Asides from this, she was inside the Javits Center in New York City when Clinton supporters watched the results roll on the historic election night. After this, she was placed at the head of the inaugural parade route in Washington D.C. the day when President Donald Trump was sworn in. She was also on the ground in Manhattan on Halloween covering 2017 hours after a terrorist rented a box truck and drove down the bike path on the West Side Highway.
Kerry Kavanaugh Career
Prior to joining the Boston 25 News team, she was working for WSB-TV in Atlanta, Georgia. Asides from this, she was the first reporter on-scene when a gunman took four firefighters, hostage after making a bogus call for help. Kerry’s tackled complex, personal stories as the immigration debate churned in Georgia.
In her time there, WSB-TV dispatched her to cover major national stories which include the tragedy in Sandy Hook back in 2012 and the Boston Marathon Bombing back in 2013. Asides from this, she was also a Consumer Investigative Reporter and anchor for WFTS-TV in Tampa, Florida. During her time in the Tampa Bay area, she covered Florida politics and consumer issues.
During her time at WHO-TV, in Des Moines, Iowa, she traveled to Villachuato, Mexico which was in order to reconnect with undocumented immigrant workers after their meatpacking plant was raided and they were deported.
She began her broadcasting career in the Mountain West in Bozeman, Montana. Asides from this, she was a one-woman show: writing, shooting, and editing, all her own stories. Asides from this, she traveled to Germany where she was participating in a journalism immersion program and produced a series of stories.
She has also previously served as a mentor through Boston Partners in Education and the Council for Women of Boston College. Asides from this, she serves on the board of Resolve New England which advocates for people struggling to start or grow their families. Back in the year 2018, she shared her and her husband’s own struggles to get pregnant and how she went through the process of IVF before having her daughter in the year 2019. Asides from this, she states that she loves hearing from people who continue to share their stories with her.
She states that she is very excited about her journalism career brought home in order to cover the city she loves. Asides from this, she states that she is fluent in Spanish and states that this helps her tell stories from a variety of communities. Away from work, she enjoys traveling and trying new restaurants passing along suggestions in Boston and beyond. As for her education, Kavanaugh attended Boston College where she studied between 1996 and 2000. There, she was studying Communication and Media Studies.
Kerry Kavanaugh Awards
She was privileged to win a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for News Documentary back in the year 2021. This is in addition to covering ‘The Murder of Amanda Dabrowski’ which chronicled a deadly case of domestic violence that resulted in Massachusetts lawmakers proposing legislation in order to enhance workplace protections for domestic violence victims.
Back in the year 2019, the Society of Professional Journalists awarded her first place for consumer reporting in Florida. Asides from this, the Associated Press of Iowa and the Iowa Broadcast News Association honored her series of stories with first-place documentary awards. She is an alumna of the RIAS German/American Exchange Program. This program awarded her a fellowship back in the year 2004.
Kerry Kavanaugh Salary
Kavanaugh receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Kerry Kavanaugh Net Worth
Through Kerry’s career as an Anchor/Reporter, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Kerry Kavanaugh Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Kavanaugh is active on her social media accounts. She has about 13K followers on her Facebook Page, and about 14K followers on her Twitter account.
Kerry Kavanaugh Boston 25 News
Kavanaugh works at Boston 25 News where she works with her fellow colleagues who are anchors, reporters, and meteorologists and they include:
- Kevin Lemanowicz
- Butch Stearns
- Mark Ockerbloom
- Vanessa Welch
- Gene Lavanchy
- Elizabeth Hopkins
- Rachel Keller
- Ray Villeda
- Jason Law
- Catherine Parrotta
- Bob Ward
- Crystal Haynes
- Robert Goulston
- Ted Daniel
- Drew Karedes
- Kelly Sullivan
- Shiri Spear
- Vicki Graf
- Tucker Antico