Greg Groogan Biography

Greg Groogan is an American award-winning journalist currently working as a special projects reporter and the Host of What’s Your Point at FOX 26.

Greg Groogan Career

Groogan has won more than 200 journalism honors, including 28 Lone Star Emmys. The Houston Press Club awarded Greg as Broadcast Journalist of the Year in 2010, 2013, and again in 2017. In 2010, the National Education Writers Association awarded him the first prize for beat reporting. A seven-time geographic winner of the Edward R. Murrow Trophy, Greg is also a two-time recipient of the Casey Medal for Meritorious Writing for his reporting on children with special needs and a three-time recipient of the Barbara Jordan Award for Excellence in Coverage for Disabled Texans.

In 2008, the American Legion awarded Greg and his colleagues at Fox 26 with the Fourth Estate Award, the organization’s highest national distinction in journalism. Born in Austin, Greg broke into the TV industry in Texas border town Laredo after barely graduating from the University of Texas Plan II honors program (he received a diploma to prove it). In 1989, he abandoned the cactus and mesquite of South Texas for the cooler climate of the 49th state of America. When serving at the Anchorage stations KIMO and KTUU, Greg spent a greater part of the year covering the Exxon Valdez oil spill-at that time the nation’s worst-ever environmental tragedy.

In 1990, he returned to Texas to cover state affairs as chief of the capital office and later as an investigative reporter for Austin’s ABC station KVUE. In 1997 Greg again went north, this time to Cleveland for a three-year stay at the NBC WKYC affiliate. In 2000, Greg and his family returned to Texas. As Houston Business Journal FOX 26 broadcast writer Greg detailed the fall of Enron and the oil trading industry. In addition to his Emmys, Greg received 38 Associated Press Awards as well as recognition from the Houston Press Club, the Dallas Press Club, the Cleveland Press Club, the Alaska Press Club, the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, and the Ft.

Worth Society of Practicing Journalists, the National Black Journalists Union, the Texas Bar Association, the Texas Medical Association, the Texas Cancer Society, the Texas State Teachers Association, the Harris County Medical Society, and the Austin Chronicle. He is also the winner of Gannett’s National Best for News Writing.

Greg Groogan FOX 26

Groogan works at FOX 26 where he works alongside other famous FOX 26 anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sports anchors including;

1. Kopi Sotiropulos
2. Kim Stephens
3. Liz Gonzalez
4. Rich Rodriguez
5. JIM DE LA VEGA
6. Justin Willis
7. Sammi Jo Francis
8. Tom Zizka
9. Melissa Wilson
10. Jim Siebert
11. Stephen Morgan
12. Kaitlin Monte
13. Denise Middleton
14. Jonathan Martin
15. Sally MacDonald
16. Mike Iscovitz
    
17. Ruben Dominguez
18. Lina de Florias
19. John Dawson
20. Mark Berman
21. Isiah Carey

Greg Groogan Age

Groogan was born in Texas, a state in the South Central region of the United States. He likes to keep his personal life private hence has not yet disclosed the year and month he was born. It is therefore not known when he celebrates his birthday.

Greg Groogan Height

Groogan stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches.

Greg Groogan Family

Groogan has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Groogan has any siblings.

Greg Groogan Wife

Groogan is married to Michelle Casas, a former FOX 26 reporter. The couple has two children; a son Garrett Groogan and a daughter Hannah Groogan.

Greg Groogan Net Worth

Groogan has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through being a journalist.

Greg Groogan Salary

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

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