Taylor Petras Biography

Taylor Petras is an American journalist working for WINK News as a morning anchor. She joined the station in June 2018. Previously, she worked for KMIZ in Columbia, Missouri, as a reporter and weekend anchor for 3 years.

Taylor Petras Education

Petras attended the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University after completing her high school education at Canon-McMillian High School. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and a Sociology minor. During her summer breaks, she served KDKA in Pittsburgh and WPTV in West Palm Beach as an intern.

Taylor Petras Career

Petras works for WINK News as a morning anchor. She joined the station in June 2018. Upon joining the station, she initially worked as the Lee County Sheriff’s Office beat reporter. A year later, she joined the station’s weekend news team as an evening anchor while still reporting three days a week. For two years, she held the weekend anchoring role before earning a promotion to work as a full-time anchor for WINK News This Morning. In 2019, she received a nomination for an Emmy for her reporting about a bomb squad search at a home in Cape Coral.

Before Southwest Florida, she worked for KMIZ in Columbia, Missouri, as a reporter and weekend anchor for 3 years. During her time in Columbia, she anchored and produced the weekend evening newscasts as well as reported three days a week. Further, she broadcasted everything including the Fall 2015 protests at the University of Missouri, the surge and fall of former Missouri governor Eric Greitens, and the 5-year anniversary of the Joplin tornado. She says that meeting new people and learning something new on a daily basis serves as her favorite part of journalism.

Taylor Petras Age

Petras 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 30s.

Taylor Petras Height

Petras stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 6 inches

Taylor Petras Family

Petras’ grandfather “Papa” first suffered from a heart attack at the age of 44. For many years, he lived with a defibrillator in his heart due to the disease. He also served two tours in Vietnam. Even so, she has not disclosed any information about her parents, however, she regularly posts them on her Instagram account and wishes them a Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Father’s Day. She has a younger brother as evidenced by the family photo she posted on her Instagram account on December 25, 2019.

Taylor Petras Husband

Petras is a married woman but has not revealed information regarding him to the public. They tied the knot in August 2021 as evidenced by her Instagram post on August 8, 2021, where she posted a picture of them in Bentley Hall room 304 where they first met, and captioned it “Married my best friend this weekend in the town we met and fell in love.” They met in Athens, Ohio. She has cats named Isaac and Cleo. During her free time, she works out at the gym or relaxes with a mystery fiction novel. Hailing from Pittsburgh, she enjoys cheering on the Pirates and watching and reading up on every true crime story.

Taylor Petras Net Worth

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

Taylor Petras Salary

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

Taylor Petras Instagram

Petras has an active Instagram account which has over 2912 followers. CLICK HERE to view her Instagram account.