Lesli Foster Biography and Wiki
Lesli Foster is an American award-winning journalist, anchor and reporter currently working as a weeknight news anchor at WUSA9 in Washington, D.C. She is also part of WUSA9’s Special Assignment Unit. Before joining WUSA9, Lesli reported for WBAL-TV in Baltimore, where Baltimore’s City Paper named her Best TV News Personality. She received an Emmy Award for Best News Anchor in the Washington, DC market in 2012, and has been nominated for Best Anchor for three consecutive years since 2010.
Lesli Foster Education | Sorority
Foster holds a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University and is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Lesli Foster Age and Birthday
How old is Leslie? Lesli is 49 years old as of 2024. She was born in 1975, in Lansing, Michigan, United States of America. Details of when she celebrates her birthday are currently not yet available but will be updated once confirmed available. READ: Melanie Alnwick
Lesli Foster Nationality and Ethnicity
Foster holds American nationality and citizenship by birth. She was born in Lansing and grew up in Detroit, Michigan, United States. She belongs to the African-American ethnicity/heritage/ancestry.
Lesli Foster Height and Measurements
How tall is Lesli? Lesli stands at an average height of 5 feet 3 inches (1.6 m). Information regarding her other body measurements is currently under research.
Lesli Foster Parents and Family
Lesli was born in Lansing and grew up in Detroit, Michigan with her parents. She is the daughter of (mother) Gail Foster-Dorsey. Information regarding her father and siblings is currently not yet available.
Lesli Foster Husband | Daughter
Who is Leslie’s husband? Lesli is currently married to her husband John Mathewson, who works for HSC, a non-profit dedicated to helping individuals with social and healthcare barriers to chronic illness or disability. The couple first met through a mutual friend. The couples are proud parents to a daughter by the name of Jordan. RELATED: Max Spielberg
Lesli Foster Salary
Lesli currently working as a weeknight news anchor at WUSA9 in Washington, D.C. earns an estimated annual salary of $89,500.
Lesli Foster Net Worth
Leslie is an American award-winning journalist, anchor and reporter who has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Lesli Foster WUSA9 CBS News | Wikipedia
Leslie is an award-winning journalist currently working as a weeknight news anchor at WUSA9 in Washington, D.C. She is also part of WUSA9’s Special Assignment Unit. She joined WUSA9 in 2001 and has been privileged to cover major events of time across the area. Before joining WUSA9, Lesli reported for WBAL-TV in Baltimore, where Baltimore’s City Paper named her Best TV News Personality.
Leslie is known for her warmth, and capacity to share significant stories that affect our more extensive community, she flourishes with work that contacts ordinary living. While her work has permitted her to interview numerous neighborhood, public and global illuminators, she most appreciates chatting with common individuals who utilize their lives to do phenomenal things. RELATED: Will Cain
Lesli Foster’s vocational work has been recognized with Emmy, Edward R. Murrow and Associated Press Awards. Lesli got an Emmy Award for Best News Anchor in the Washington, DC market in 2012, and has been assigned for Best Anchor for three consecutive years since 2010. Lesli likewise procured two more Emmys for reporting on a series on the 40th Anniversary of the March on Washington, and Jeep Gas Tank Fires. All added up, she has been assigned to nine Emmy Awards. Lesli likewise got two Edward R. Murrow Awards for stories working on it that assisted with coining the expression “carjacking” about the instance of Dr. Pamela Basu, and Stray Voltage: A Silent Danger. She additionally won three Associated Press Awards for a series on Jeep Gas Tank Fires, a series on HIV/AIDS and the “Down Low,” and the social effect of Olympic Gymnast Gabby Douglas.
Lesli Foster was a highlighted writer in the book, Women Journalists at Ground Zero, by Judith Sylvester and Suzanne Huffman, which reports the individual encounters of 24 ladies journalists who covered September 11.
Preceding joining WUSA9, Lesli reported for WBAL-TV in Baltimore, where Baltimore’s City Paper named her Best TV News Personality. Her profession started in her local Michigan, where she was an end-of-the-week anchor and reporter for WEYI-TV, an NBC associate outside of Flint, Michigan.
