Roz Varon Biography
Roz Varon is an American Emmy-Award-Winning Traffic Anchor/Reporter working for ABC 7 News since March 1989 where she anchors the traffic news every morning. She happens to be the first TV Anchor in the country to bring rush-hour traffic reporting to the morning television news.
Roz Varon Date of Birth / Birthday
Varon prefers to keep his/her age and birthdate away from social media. However, we will update this information once it’s available.
Roz Varon Measurements/Height
She stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 6 inches.
Roz Varon Partner/ Husband
She is married to her loving husband, Glen Janz. However, she manages to keep information regarding her husband away from the public sharing no information in relation to how, where, and when they met or tied knots. An update of this information will be out when available.
Roz Varon Kids/Children
She is a proud mother to her beautiful daughter, Sara, 22 years old whom she greatly loves. In addition, they live in Chicago together with their dog and cat. Sara is a proud graduate of Columbia College in Chicago.
Roz Varon Relatives/ Family
Varon was born and raised in the United States. She has managed to keep information about her family away from the public, however, we will update the information once it’s available.
Roz Varon Schooling/Education
She is a proud graduate of Columbia College in Chicago where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Broadcast Journalism in the year 1980.
Roz Varon Profession
She not only updates people on snarls and travel times but also provides extensive coverage of the transportation beat. Asides from bringing the rush-hour traffic expertise, she has covered a wide range of transportation stories from construction, feature travel expertise to technology.
She is a multiple Emmy Award-Winning Anchor having won the award for Spo News, Features, Traffic Reporting, and Specialty Programming. In addition, she counts it a privilege to have been honored with several Peter Lisagor Awards. This includes one for her “Weekender” series, a weekly roundup of metro Chicago events. In addition, the Girl Scouts recognized her for being a role model with their “Girls Scouts of the USA Thanks Badge.” In addition, she has also won the Illinois Broadcasters Association’s Silver Dome Award which was for her breast cancer special, “Faces of Inspiration.”
She is also an author having published “On the Road with Roz: Adventures in Travel and Life.” This book is a delightful and heartening collection of words and images detailing her travels on Route 66 and around the world with her family.
Varon happens to be a breast cancer survivor and has worked diligently to help heighten cancer prevention and awareness, in addition to being an in-demand motivational speaker. She is also an animal-lover and volunteers much of her time to the PAWS Chicago and Anti-Cruelty Society.
Since the year 2000, she has served on the board of Governors of the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Currently, she is a proud member of the Columbia Alumni Association & Network National Alumni Board (CAAN at Columbia College).
Roz Varon Income
Varon receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Roz Varon Net Worth
Through Varon’s career as an Anchor/Reporter, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1million and $1.5 million.
Roz Varon Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Varon is active on her social media accounts. She has about 39,000 followers on her Facebook Page, about 10,910 on her Twitter account, and around 5,580 followers on her Instagram account.