Amy Zimmer Bio, Wiki

Amy Zimmer is an American journalist working as a sports director for WJCL 22 News since February 2022. She joined the station in April 2019 and initially worked as a weekend sports anchor and reporter. She previously worked as a sports director for NBC Palm Springs for 2 years. 

Amy Zimmer Education

She received her bachelor’s degree in anthropology from Yale University, where she won the Sapir Prize for her senior essay on New York graffiti writers. She has a Master’s degree in journalism from New York University.

Amy Zimmer Career

Zimmer works as a sports director for WJCL 22 News since February 2022. She joined the station in April 2019 and initially worked as a weekend sports anchor and reporter. She previously worked as a sports director for NBC Palm Springs for 2 years.

Zimmer joined DNA info after six years of reporting on everything from economic development and the environment to culture and crime for Metro. She broke news on the demise of CBGB, Coney Island redevelopment, and the alarming trend of young women fainting on subways for lack of a good breakfast.

She also worked as appeared in the New York Times, The wall street Journal, City Limits, and on Public Radio  International’s “Pacific Time.” A piece she wrote for the Brooklyn Rail won a 2004 Independent Press Association award and was anthologized in Pieces of a Decade.

At WJCL 22 News, Zimmer works alongside;Shannon Royster (Weeknight Evening Anchor), Ashley Garrett (Morning Co-anchor), Chris Tatum (Morning Co-anchor), Riley Miller (Anchor/Reporter), Victoria Kokinos (Meteorologist), Jonathan Myers (Meteorologist), among others.

 Amy Zimmer Chalkbeat

She is the Bureau Chief for Chalkbeat New York and has been an award-winning journalist who previously covered Education for the news site DNA Info. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times of the journal and City Limits among other outlets.

Amy Zimmer Age

Zimmer likes to keep her personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month she was born. She celebrates her birthday on the 19th of May annually. However, she might be in her 30’s.

Amy Zimmer Height

Zimmer stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches.

Amy Zimmer Family

Zimmer is a born and bred New Yorker with deep roots on the Lower East Side. She had an essay about her family’s former store on Orchard Street, H. Eckstein’s and Sons, that appeared in The Suburbanization of New York: Is the World’s Greatest City Becoming Just Another Town (Princeton Architectural, 2007). Zimmer was featured in the 2004 New York Times story about the ever-evolving neighborhood. They entitled “Trendiness Among the Tenements,” in which she represented “trendiness.”

Amy Zimmer Husband

Zimmer is married to her lovely husband, Walter Mathews. The pair tied the knot on 22nd August 2019. Mathews is a Georgia Southern alumnus. He celebrates his birthday on the 8th of July annually. However, it is not known whether the couple has children or not.

Amy Zimmer Salary

Zimmer earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500

Amy Zimmer Net Worth

Zimmer has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being an anchor and reporter.

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