Tanja Babich Biography and Wiki
Tanja Babich is a Canadian-American Emmy award-winning journalist and anchor currently working as a morning and noon anchor at ABC 7 Eyewitness News based in Chicago, Illinois. Before joining ABC7, she worked as a news anchor for three years at WSYR-TV in Syracuse, New York.
Tanja Babich Education
Tanja attended and graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government. She also holds a master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University’s prestigious Medill School of Journalism.
Tanja Babich Age and Birthday
How old IS Tanja? Babich is 43 years old as of 2023. She was born on June 29, 1980, in Toronto, Canada, United Kingdom. She always celebrates her birthday on 29th June of every year. RELATED: Sarah Forgany
Tanja Babich Nationality and Ethnicity
Tanja holds dual nationality Canadian-American. She was born and raised in Toronto, Canada to immigrant parents from Chile and Serbia. She became a United States citizen in April 2013 as a first-generation college student. She belongs to the mixed ethnicity of Chilean-Serbian.
Tanja Babich Height and Measurements
How tall is Tanja? Babich stands at an average height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.6 m). Information about her other body measurements is currently under review.
Tanja Babich Parents | Family
Babich was born in Canada to immigrant parents from Chile and Serbia. She migrated to the United States in 2013 as a first-generation college student. She is fluent in French and speaks conversational Spanish and Serbian. She proudly speaks about her heritage and living the “American Dream.” Information regarding her family members including her father, mother and siblings is under review.
Tanja Babich Husband
Is Tanja married? Babich is currently married to her husband Paul Durbin. The coupled got married officially through a private wedding held on July 8, 2018, after engaging in May 2018. The couple does share a daughter by the name of Josephine Emily born on May 22, 2019. Though, Tanja has two daughters from her previous marriage namely, Adelaide and Lola. More details about her first husband are not known in the public domain. RELATED: Charles Osgood
Tanja Babich Baby
Babich and her husband welcomed their first daughter Josephine Emily on May 22, 2019. The family currently lives in Chicago.
Tanja Babich Salary
Tanja working as a morning and noon news anchor at ABC7, in Chicago, earns an estimated annual salary of $89,000.
Tanja Babich Net Worth
Tanja is an American journalist, anchor and reporter with an estimated net worth of $1 Million.
Tanja Babich ABC7, Chicago
Tanja currently works as a morning news anchor from 4:30 AM until 7 AM and again from 11 AM until noon at ABC 7 Chicago’s Eyewitness News. Babich joined ABC7 in January 2014 as a general assignment reporter and contributing anchor. She was promoted to morning news anchor in September 2016 and added the midday newscast to her schedule in June 2018, where she brings a wealth of morning news experience and a rich cultural perspective to Chicago viewers. RELATED: Carol Silva
Prior to joining ABC7, Babich anchored Syracuse, New York’s top-rated morning newscast on WSYR-TV for three years. Prior to that, she reported on the morning news while hosting the market’s only weekday morning talk show, Bridge Street, which highlighted community events, people, and trends.
Babich’s most exhilarating news experience involved flying for almost an hour and a half with the U.S.A.F. Thunderbirds, clocking 9.4Gs at one point. Her sense of adventure makes up for her stomach not being well-suited for stunt-flying. Other career highlights include following Pope Francis on his first visit to the U.S., reporting from President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, and helping thousands of tradesmen and women track down the person responsible for half-a-billion-dollars of labor union losses in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme.
Above all, Babich considers it the challenge and honor of her career to helping Chicago-area viewers navigate the unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and modern civil rights movement. Babich has won an Emmy award for her contributions as an anchor.
Babich is highly conscious of the advantages her profession provides and endeavors to give back to the community. She serves as a board member for HFS Chicago Scholars, an organization that offers financial assistance and guidance to deserving high school students in the region. Additionally, she established Lake Affect Chicago, a children’s camping retreat in collaboration with The Wood Family Foundation and Camp Wandawega in Elkhorn, WI. Babich has also lent her voice to narrate the accounts of remarkable women from history in two installments of the Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls podcast.
