Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Stephanie Mead is an American journalist, who worked from 2017 to 2023 as the weather and traffic anchor for WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2023, Mead transitioned from the Indiana market to the Detroit market, joining Fox 2 as a weather personality.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Stephanie Mead was born on March 28, 1991, in Chicago, Illinois, to parents Annmarie Ziccarelli Mead (mother) and Robert L Mead Sr. (father). She was raised just outside Chicago, in Darien.
- She has two sisters, Brittany Mead and Emily Mead. She also has a brother, Robbie Mead.
- She attended Hinsdale South High School in Darien, Illinois. She graduated from Hinsdale in 2009.
- She then went to Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, from 2009 to 2013. Stephanie achieved a Bachelor’s degree in Science and Geography, with a minor in Journalism. She also holds a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- She has been in a relationship with Chad Schulz.
- After growing up in Illinois in her younger days, Mead later lived in Idaho and Wisconsin. She currently resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.
TV Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Stephanie was a weather intern at WTVO-TV in Rockford, Illinois, in the summer of 2012.
- From 2011 to 2012, Mead worked as a weather anchor and reporter for Northern Television Center in DeKalb, Illinois. She juggled her work and studies as an undergraduate. Her time there allowed her to practice improvised on-air conversations with the anchors & handle the transitions from news to weather.
- From 2011 to 2013, Stephanie worked as a community advisor at Northern Illinois University. She was in charge of overseeing one dorm floor composed of forty-eight people. Several times a month and on weekends, she also had to oversee students’ safety and well-being in the entire building.
- In 2013, Stephanie moved to Twin Falls in Idaho, where she was employed as a weather reporter and anchor at KMVT-TV. Working with Chief Meteorologist Brian Neudorff, Mead presented the weather during mornings and even evenings, on weekends and most weekdays. She was there until 2015.
- After that, Stephanie went to Green Bay, Wisconsin, where she was the morning weather reporter at NBC26. While there, she did the weather forecast for the Green Bay Packers football team straight from their home stadium at Lambeau Field, where it used to be freezing more often than not. She was in Wisconsin from April 2015 to April 2017.
- She was nominated for the Chicago / Midwest Regional Emmy Awards in 2016 – 2017 for her reporting with NBC 26.
- Since 2017, Stephanie had been a part of the team at WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana. She had been enjoying her time discovering Indianapolis and had settled in nicely. She was also a bit closer to home. Nevertheless, in April 2023, she announced her departure from WISH-TV to join WJBK.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- Stephanie is very close to her family and frequently spends time in Illinois with them. She also visits with her siblings as much as she can, and they often come to see her wherever she is across the United States.
- She has a German Shephard named Boo-Boo. Boo-Boo celebrated her ninth birthday in September 2020.
- Mead is relatively popular on social media, with a total of 9,000+ followers on Instagram, 2,500 followers on Twitter (now called X) & over 7,000 followers on Facebook.
- While she was in Wisconsin, Stephanie offered coverage on several extreme weather events like blizzards and thunderstorms. One of those massive thunderstorms interfered with the start of the PGA Championship.
- Stephanie is a big fan of Disney-themed animated movies and visiting Disneyworld, especially with her sisters. She spent New Year’s 2020 there.
- She enjoys golfing and is part of the Morgan County Club.
- During a Detroit Lions’ preseason game against the New York Giants, fans were caught in a clash between their love for football and the urgency of tornado warnings. Fox 2 interrupted the broadcast for over 45 minutes to deliver critical weather updates, with a split screen showing the game without audio and their meteorologist Stephanie providing tornado coverage. Social media buzzed with frustrated fans expressing their discontent, with tweets like, “I’d rather die from this tornado than listen to this weather lady on Fox 2 for one more minute.”
Body Figure / Physical Info
Stephanie Mead 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.
Personal / Home / Contact Details
- Stephanie Mead Married? : No
- Children / No of Kids : –
- Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race : White
- Nationality : American
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Welcome to Michigan!
Glad to have this strikingly beautiful woman in The Detroit metro area. I hope she is treated well and stays a long time.
Stephanie, we miss you in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Welcome to Detroit, MI. We’re so glad to have you! You go girl!
Lil Deb
Is Stephanie still working for WISH TV 8 as a weather forecaster?
Where is Stephanie’s husband if she’s married?
Wow, you are a great good woman and very attractive!
Your beautiful hair is exceeded only by your beautiful face.
Is Stephanie Mead hair all her natural hair or is some of it extensions?
I would like to take you on a date. You are beautiful.
John steffek, known as jack to most, Steph, the green bay vierers miss you greatly…our loss is indianas gain, green bay really enjoyed your time here on the NBC26 weather/news…jacksteffek@att.net