Rhondella Richardson WCVB, Age, Kids, Family, Net Worth

Rhondella Richardson Biography

Rhondella Richardson is an American Emmy award-winning journalist working for WCVB as a weekend morning newscast Anchor/Reporter. She joined the station in 1996.

Rhondella Richardson Age / Birthday

Richardson celebrates her birthday every year on June 24. She manages to keep information regarding her dates of birth away from the limelight. It is therefore not known when the year she celebrates her birthday and how old she is at the moment. Judging from her appearance, she might be in her 40s.

Rhondella Richardson Height / Measurements

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

Rhondella Richardson Husband

Richardson is married o her husband Mark. She posed a pic of them on her Instagram account on October 20, 2015. She manages to keep information regarding her marriage away from the public. However, we will update information about her marriage if it’s available.

Rhondella Richardson Kids / Children

Richardson posted a pic of her daughter on her Instagram account on June 6,2021 and captioned You are kind, bold, beautiful, courageous, and we are just blessed to call you our daughter. High school graduation day has never meant more to us.

Rhondella Richardson’s Family / Relatives

On December 16, 2019, she posted a pic of her and her aunties and captioned Santa I’ve been good! Just ask my Aunties. I could tag my Aunties for you Santa but I doubt they have Instagram! So take my word for it!

Rhondella Richardson’s Career

Richardson works as an Anchor/Reporter at NewsCenter 5. Alongside Jennifer Eagan, they anchor the Saturday morning (5-7 AM & 8-9 AM) and Sunday morning (5-7 AM, 8-9 AM, & 10-11 AM) newscasts. She has been part of WCVB’s award-winning news team for over 20 years.

During the Martha’s Vineyard vacations, she has reported both Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and assisted in lead coverage of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Boston archdiocese’s sex abuse scandal, and the Boston Marathon bombings.

Also, she has reported every blizzard and rare tornado to hit New England. During a six-week supermarket strike across the region, she is among the few journalists to personally speak to Market Basket CEO, Arthur T. Demoulas. She has held several roles including serving as an original co-anchor of the weekend EyeOpener when it was created.

Then, her multiple sources and ability to break news stories led her from the anchor desk to the “5 Investigates” team for several years prior to moving to general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for WCVB’s various newscasts. Her career has landed her at all #1 network affiliates.

In 1994, at KING-TV she produced a three-part series called Capitalism vs Communism, and was a contributing reporter on “The Today Show,” during a week-long international reporting assignment to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Before joining WCVB, she worked at the NBC affiliate in Seattle, the NBC station in Providence, the ABC affiliate in Manchester, NH, KING-TV, and WA; WJAR-TV, RI. From 1992-1994 she was involved in that station’s “Tuesday’s Child” segments and appeared on the soap opera “Another World” in a dancing scene for a behind-the-scenes story about life as a soap star at WJAR-TV.

Richardson was the recipient of WCVB’s Leo Beranek Fellowship in 1990 which brought her to NewsCenter 5 as a freelance news assistant. She officially created her career in broadcasting as an intern for CityLine, WCVB’s urban news program at WCVB in 1986.

Richardson was named one of “The 50 Most Intriguing Women in Boston” by Boston Magazine. Also, she graced the report of Northeastern University Alumni Magazine and was the first honoree of the University’s “Medallion Award.”

For over 10 years she emceed Boston’s annual “Duckling Day” Mother’s Day festivities and parade, sponsored by the Friends of the Public Garden and the Boston Parks & Recreation Department. In 1990, she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts from Northeastern University, School of Journalism. Lately, she lives south of Boston.

Rhondella Richardson’s Salary

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

Rhondella Richardson’s Net Worth

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