Angie Hendershot Biography
Angie Hendershot is an American journalist working for WJRT as an anchor of ABC12 News at Five, Six, and Eleven. She joined the station as a general assignment reporter and has worked for the station for over 2 and a half decades.
Angie Hendershot Education
Hendershot joined Central Michigan University when she finished her education at Davison High School. She later graduated with double major degrees in Political Sciences and Broadcasting. She then attained a Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Angie Hendershot Career
Hendershot works for WJRT as an anchor of ABC12 News at Five, Six, and Eleven. She has won 2 National Edward R. Murrow Awards for her reports and an Emmy for her anchoring and reporting. She believes that she has realized her dream by working for the station she grew up watching.
Hendershot has acquired 10 Emmys, many Associated Press and Michigan Association Broadcaster while at ABC 12. For instance, she won an Emmy and Regional Murrow Award for investigating the child abuse demise of 4-year-old Dominick Calhoun.
Hendershot worked for WLNS in Lansing, Michigan as a weekend anchor before joining WJRT. In 2020, she won the 2020 Michigan Emmy Best News Anchor Award. The previous year, she attained a national Edward R. Murrow Hard News Award for her broadcasting families affected by the Flint Water Calamity.
Hendershot won her first national Edward R. Murrow Award for her report on Baby Court, a program in Genesee County fashioned to reconcile broken families. The series also won her two Emmys, two Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, the Wade H. McCree Jr. Advancement Of Justice Award, and the American Judicature Society’s Toni House Journalism Award.
In 2019, the National Association of Broadcasters Service granted her a Community Award for co-founding the Flint Diaper Bank, which gives over a million diapers yearly to the community. For her community service work, she was an inductee of the Genesee Regional Women’s Hall of Fame.
Hendershot serves on the board of directors of Voices for Children, an organization that tries to prevent child abuse and assist survivors become children again. Additionally, she is a board member of the Shelter of Flint.
Angie Hendershot Age
Hendershot likes to keep her personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month she was born. It is therefore not known when she celebrates her birthday. However, she might be in her 50s.
Angie Hendershot Height
Hendershot stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches.
Angie Hendershot Family
Hendershot grew up in Davison but has managed to keep her personal life away from the limelight hence she has not disclosed any information about her parents. It is also not if Hendershot has any siblings.
Angie Hendershot Husband
Hendershot is married to Steve. The couple has two sons including Fischer and Holdini. They live in Genesee County. Fischer was born on September 4, 2005, and is 18 years old as of 2023. On September 3, 2023, she captioned her Instagram post “Senior Sunday – nine years ago – tomorrow we celebrate Fischer turning 18! ♥️.”
Holdini was born on November 11, 2008, and is 15 years old as of 2023. On November 12, 2022, she captioned her Instagram post “Happy birthday to my favorite #11 – born on 11/11/08…We sure love you, Holdini…” Steve celebrates his birthday every December 6t as evidenced by her Instagram post on December 6, 2022, captioned “Happy Birthday to my husband, Steve!! Life is so crazy with our two boys…”
Angie Hendershot Net Worth
Hendershot has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through being a journalist.
Angie Hendershot Salary
Hendershot earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 – $ 110,500.
Angie Hendershot WJRT
Hendershot is working at WJRT where she works alongside other famous anchors and reporters including;
- Matt Barbour
- Christine Winter
- Matt Franklin
- Dawn Jones
- Sheryl Coonan
- Tiffany Maddox
- Kent Davis
- Alyssa Erwin
- Christina Burkhart
- Kevin Goff
- Brandon Green
- Yousef Nasser
- Miriam Bingham