| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Melissa Mollet |
| 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 | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 3 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | American |
| Is Melissa Mollet sick? | Melissa is healthy and alive. She has not been reported to be sick or having any health problems. |
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Melissa Mollet is an award-winning television journalist, currently working for News4 as the traffic reporter.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Melissa is a native of Gaithersburg, Maryland. As a child, she attended the Gaithersburg High School.
- Currently, she resides with her husband, Jake Schaller, her kids, and a pet dog.
- The couple got married on July 2, 2005, in a colorful wedding ceremony in the presence of their friends and family at The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Washington D.C & later had their reception at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda. They later headed for their honeymoon in Barbados.
- Melissa is a proud mother to her son, a second daughter Barrett Mae and the youngest daughter Colette Ryan.
- After their eldest son, Melissa and her husband wanted to have another kid, but they could not due to an unexplained infertility case, which basically meant that the doctors could not determine the reason as to why she could not carry a child despite everything seeming well with her.
- After several years of effort and hardship, going through medication, blood draws, procedures, and a lot of heartaches, the couple decided to adopt a kid, and in 2016, they adopted their daughter Barrett Mae.
- Shortly after, Melissa got pregnant, and in July 2017, they welcome another little bundle of joy into the world.
- Mollet is a morning person and likes working the morning shift because it allows her to be home in the late morning or early afternoon to take care of her children.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Melissa enrolled for college in 1997 at the James Madison University (JMU) in Virginia, from where she graduated in 2001.
- In college, Melissa interned in three different departments at NBC4, starting with an opening in the human resources department and then moving to the news department, where she interned for Dateline and got to go to NYC to do a story with Geraldo Rivera. The story was about a waterman who was wrongly convicted of a crime and had spent 25+ years in prison. He was ultimately exonerated by DNA evidence. This happened more than two decades ago, when it was not as common to hear about cases being overturned by DNA evidence as it is today.
Career, Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- Mollet’s journalism career started as an intern when she worked at News4 while still in college.
- One summer, she worked with the local news team and employee relations, and in the next summer, she worked in their show Dateline.
- She later headed to Rockville, Maryland, as a reporter, anchor, and producer at Cable News 21 network.
- From 2004 to 2005, she worked as a community reporter for News Channel 8. While there, she covered the Presidential Election and co-anchored the Presidential Inauguration live from the lawn in the Capitol.
- In November 2005, Melissa started working at KDVR / KWGN Fox31 network in Denver as a reporter. Here she covered the Democratic National Convention and American Idol. She worked at the station up until August 2010 when she left to join NBC Washington as a General Assignment Reporter and a host for segments on NBC Nonstop.
- She has also worked at NBC25 in Hagerstown as an anchor for the 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. newscast and even helped create the station’s consumer unit “Test it Out Tuesday.”
Awards and Contribution :
- In March 2008, Melissa won the Colorado Broadcasters Association award for the Best Breaking News Story.
- When she is not working, Melissa often spends time caring for her family & participating in community and charity events – Her most recent being the 10th Annual Fundraising & awareness campaign by D.C’s female news anchors. The proceeds of this event were to benefit an Anacostia-based non-profit organization called Breast Care Washington.
Body Figure / Physical Info
Melissa Mollet Measurements :
- Eye Color : Blue
- Haircut / Hair Color : Blonde
- How tall / Height : No confirmed information is available.
- Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
- Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
- Melissa Mollet Weight Loss : A few Google queries regarding this, but we couldn’t find anything conclusive on any of her social media.