Personal Details Summary | |
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Name | Frances Wang |
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | No confirmed information is available on the year she was born. |
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Dating / Partner / Boyfriend | No confirmed information is available. |
Children / No. of Kids | None |
Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
Nationality | American |
What happened to Frances Wang? | During May 2019, Wang developed perioral dermatitis, or skin inflammation, after receiving incorrect topical steroids. |
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
- Frances Wang has been working as an Anchor/Reporter with WFOR (CBS Miami) since Dec 2018. Prior to that, she worked with the ABC10 reporting team from October 2015 to November 2018.
- She tackles both heart-wrenching stories such as disappearances and murders of children and lighter pieces such as covering the NBA Finals.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Frances grew up in Sacramento, California, which she also considers to be her hometown. However, she was born in San Francisco.
- Her family owned a hermit crab kiosk in Sacramento Mall. Frances helped out with customer service in the shop a lot as a child and teenager. This job led to her love of talking to people and getting to know others’ stories. When the local ABC affiliate opened up a shop next door, it cemented the idea of a journalism career in her mind.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Frances graduated from St. Francis High School before attending college at the University of Southern California (USC) to earn not one but two degrees.
- She earned her Bachelor’s in Business Administration degree from USC Marshall School of Business & a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. She graduated ‘Magna-Cum-Laude’ with Phi Beta Kappa honors.
- She was awarded the USC associates, USC Alumni Association, and Asian American Journalist Association scholarships while at college & graduated with a 3.84 GPA!
- Wang says she loved her time at college as everyone was smart, hardworking, and very supportive of each other.
TV Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- While she was studying, Frances had internships at CMPR, a sports public relations company, and Sacramento News & Review. A move to entertainment news saw her interning at Young Hollywood and E! News.
- In her early days, Frances worked as an entertainment reporter at KABC-TV and CNN. She initially felt that entertainment news suited her as she didn’t see herself as a serious reporter with her extroverted personality. She prides herself on having a relatable and “real” presence on TV as opposed to a fake persona.
- Before working at ABC10, she was a morning news reporter at KREM2, based in Spokane, Washington.
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Frances was interviewed by Walt Gray when she was a kid after the local ABC affiliate set up shop next to her mother’s kiosk. She is not even sure if the interview was aired. She attributes her career choice of journalism to this moment.
- For work, she is responsible for finding her own outfits to wear, which has led to an interest in budget-fashion options.
- She has started her own blog, WangsWorkWear, where she showcases her favorite outfits that she has worn on-air, the brand, where she got them, the price, and any other relevant information about the outfit. As you can imagine, it is not the sort of workplace where you can be seen in the same outfit constantly.
- Wang has an extreme fear of the doctor’s injection & the video of having her taking an injection went viral on the internet!
- The Harry Potter book series has been one of Wang’s favorites since she was just 7-years-old.
- A polyglot, Frances speaks Mandarin fluently and can speak Spanish at a conversational level.
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