Samantha Chatman Biography
Samantha Chatman is an American Emmy-Award-Winning Anchor/Reporter working for ABC 7 News in Chicago where he works as a consumer investigative reporter and anchor since joining the station in September 2019. Prior to ABC 7 News, she was working for KXAS-TV, an NBC-owned station located in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. There, she was still working as a consumer investigative reporter.
Samantha Chatman Date of Birth / Birthday
Chatman was born on the 23rd of August 1997, in Chicago, United States of America. She is 24 years old as of 2021.
Samantha Chatman Measurements/Height
She stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 4 inches.
Samantha Chatman Partner/ Husband
Chatman prefers to keep information about her marital status away from the public hence it is not known if she is married. However, we will update the information once it’s available.
Samantha Chatman Kids/Children
She is a very proud mom to her dog Nugget who has been featured on ABC 7 for his work-from-home antics. Samantha prefers to keep information about whether or not she has any children away from the public hence it is not known if she has any children at the moment. However, we will update the information once it’s available.
Samantha Chatman Relatives/ Family
Chatman was born and raised in Chicago’s Hyde Park Neighbourhood on the South Side to his loving and caring parents. She happened to lose his brother Keith where she posted a picture of him on the 1st of January 2022 stating how much as a family they missed him. Additionally, she posts photos of her mom and also posted a video of her mom and herself dancing salsa and asked who was better on the 18th of November 2021.
Samantha Chatman Schooling/Education
Chatman attended Kenwood Academy’s Academic Center for middle school, and Lincoln Park High School. Later on, she joined the University of Illinois located in Urbana-Champaign where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in African-American studies in the year 2014.
Samantha Chatman Profession
Chatman is working with the ABC7 News team working as a consumer investigative reporter and anchor since September 2019. The Director and Vice President of ABC7 News stated that Samantha is a top-notch reporter whose consumer investigations have resonated with viewers and won several awards. She is a proud member of the station’s I-Team, which alerts the public to the latest scams and helps consumers make good financial decisions. Chatman states that she is happy to be working with the station she grew up watching and that this station inspired her to take up a career in broadcast journalism.
She was previously working with the KXAS-TV team, an NBC-owned station where she reported for “the NBC 5 Responds” franchise. He also helped people throughout the DFW get back more than $500,000 of their hard-earned money. Prior to this, she also worked as a business reporter for WDRB-TV in Louisville, Kentucky. She also worked for the WEEK-TV team in Peoria, Illinois. There, she was working as a multimedia journalist, weather anchor, and fill-in anchor.
Samantha goes ahead to say that she is humbled by the opportunity to help people in her hometown which has made her the person she is today. She states that those are her people and it is, therefore, his duty to ensure they are informed of what is going on around them. She goes ahead to state that she owes it to the people watching to have their backs.
Chatman is a proud member of the National Association of Black Journalists, and the Alpha Kappa Sorority, Incorporated. She also serves as an Associate Board Member for the Make-A-Wish Illinois program and After School Matters, respectively. Away from work, she enjoys traveling with friends and family, singing, and dancing. In addition, she is a foodie and enjoys Chicago’s tacos, hot dogs, Italian beef, and pizza that she can’t get enough of.
Samantha Chatman ABC7
Chatman is working with the ABC7 where she is working alongside his fellow ABC7 anchors, meteorologists, and reporters such as:
- Larry Mowry
- Greg Dutra
- Chuck Goudie
- Jason Knowles
- Craig Wall
- John Idler
- Leah Hope
- Sarah Schulte
- Jessica D’Onofrio
- Liz Nagy
- Tre Ward
- Val Warner
- Ryan Chiaverini
Samantha Chatman Income
Chatman receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Samantha Chatman Net Worth
Through Chatman’s career as an Anchor/Reporter, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1million and $1.5 million.
Samantha Chatman Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Chatman is active on her social media accounts. She has about 22,000 followers on her Facebook Page, about 4,150 on her Twitter account, and around 12,450 followers on her Instagram account.