Shannon Murray Biography
Shannon Murray is an American Anchor/Reporter working for KDFW in Dallas, Texas, in the United States as a news anchor and reporter. She joined the station in January 2016. She previously worked as Reporter and Fill-in anchor for Austin’s ABC affiliate, KVUE-TV in Austin, Texas Area before joining Fox 4 News.
Shannon Murray Age / Birthday
Murray manages to keep information regarding her dates of birth away from the limelight. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday and how old she is at the moment. Judging from her appearance, she might be in her 30s.
Shannon Murray Height / Measurements
Murray is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 6 inches.
Shannon Murray Partner / Husband
Murray has been happily engaged to her loving boyfriend Chris. However, she manages to keep information regarding her fiance away from the public. However, we will update information about her spouse once it’s available.
Shannon Murray Kids / Children
Murray manages to keep information regarding whether she has any kids away from the limelight. However, we will update this information about her children once it’s available.
Shannon Murray Family / Relatives
Murray was born and raised in DeSoto, in the United States. However, she manages to keep information regarding her parents away from the limelight. Additionally, she shares no information regarding whether she has any siblings or not. We will update this information once it’s available.
Shannon Murray Education
After graduating from Duncanville High School with a high school diploma in general studies, she joined the University of Texas at Austin where she graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism.
Shannon Murray Career
Murray is a News anchor and reporter for KDFW-TV Fox 4 News from 4 to 10 am. Her journalism career has been Texas through and through and reporting the news in Dallas brings it all full circle. Her passion for journalism began while in high school whereby she anchored their school newscast, Eye of the Panther News, and they won the state competition for broadcasting and even went on to place 2nd in nationals her senior year.
Shannon’s teacher, Mrs. Nancy Noyes, is the woman who encouraged her to pursue journalism in college and she is one of the main reasons she is still doing it today. She, therefore, joined the University of Texas to pursue her career. While in college she held an internship with a local news station and spent a summer in Los Angeles where she interned for The Ellen Degeneres Show.
While working at The Ellen Degeneres Show, showed her, it takes a lot of work behind the scene to make it happen so as to have fun on television. She was also president of her sorority, Alpha Phi, and got involved with the UT television station, Texas Student Television.
After graduating from college, Murray began her first job at KOSA in Midland/Odessa working as a reporter. She has never been there but made the six-hour drive west and didn’t think twice. That’s where she learned to report, shoot video, produce, edit, anchor, and sometimes she even ran the teleprompter. She also picked up a few skills at KCRS Radio, where she learned to run the control board and filled in as host for a political talk radio show.
Shannon was then offered a job at KVUE in Austin as a reporter and spent the next three years embracing everything the capital city had to offer live music, the outdoors, and tacos. While at work she primarily covered crime and courts, sometimes spending weeks inside a courtroom on a high-profile case. She also had the chance to cover fun events such as the Longhorn football and Austin City Limits Music Festival. Austin will always have a special place in her heart but when the opportunity at FOX 4 came up, the drive up I-35 didn’t seem so bad all of a sudden.
She is a runner and loves checking out different trails around DFW. Her first distance race was in 2008, The Dallas White Rock Half-Marathon with her dad. And since then she has finished a sprint triathlon, a hand full of half marathons, and a couple of full marathons in Austin. Murray also serves as a coach and ambassador for Girls on the Run, a mentorship program that helps 3rd – 5th-grade girls build confidence through running. She is also a member of the YMCA Healthy Living Advisory Committee. During her spare time, she enjoys visiting the dog park with her blind rescue pup, Boo Boo, and traveling.
Murray works with FOX 4 News where she serves alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Evan Andrews
- Dionne Anglin
- Hanna Battah
- Alex Boyer
- Lori Brown
- Rebecca Butcher
- Kylie Capps
- Steven Dial
- Mike Doocy
- Steve Eagar
Shannon Murray Salary
Murray receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Shannon Murray Net Worth
Through Shannon’s career as an anchor and reporter, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Shannon Murray Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Murray is active on her social media accounts. She has about 27 K followers on her Facebook Page, about 13.1 K followers on her Twitter account, and around 11 K followers on her Instagram account.