| Personal Information Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Taryn Asher |
| Taryn Asher Mother / Mom | Antoinette Gallo |
| Date of Birth / Birthday / How old is Taryn Asher Age | June 14, 1975. As of 2025, she is around 50 years old. |
| Spouse / Wedding & Marriage / Partner / Spouse | Married to her husband Jason Carr. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Taryn Asher House | Currently, Jason and Taryn live in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, with their 13-year-old daughter (age as of 2024). |
| Children / No. of Kids | 1 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | Mixed |
| Nationality | American |
Taryn Asher Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Taryn Asher is an Emmy Award-Winning news anchor & reporter for Detroit-based FOX 2 network. She hosts The Edge weekdays at 11 pm with anchor Huel Perkins.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Taryn is one of the three daughters of her parents – Joe Asher (father) and Antoinette Gallo Asher (mother). She is originally from Fenton. Her dad, Joe, celebrated his 80th birthday in September 2023.
- She has two sisters – Amber Asher and Monique Asher.
- Right from a young age, Taryn was extremely keen on broadcast journalism and frequently mock-interviewed her sisters.
- Taryn was already active in supporting local communities at a young age. She participated in the St. John Activity Center charity fashion show.
Education : Qualifications, High School & College Info
- Asher was a student of St. John Catholic Elementary School in Fenton, MI.
- She graduated in 1993 from the Powers Catholic High School.
- In 1997, Asher graduated from Michigan State University, majoring in Journalism and Political Science.
- She also took dance classes from teachers Susan Carter, Lorraine Peltone & Susan Arrand.
Taryn Asher Jason Carr Marriage and Children :
- Asher is married to former colleague Fox 2 Detroit news anchor Jason Carr since October 7, 2007.
- They met in 2000 while working at WJRT-TV, and started dating since 2001.
- Taryn gave birth to a daughter Gia Carr on February 26, 2011.
- The family owns a pet dog “Charlie Tickles” & are currently based in Bloomfield Hills.
- Jason and Taryn emcee a lot of events together. In 2019, they did the 11th Annual Dancing with the Detroit Stars.
Profession : Taryn Asher Salary and Net Worth
- Early on in her career, Taryn had the opportunity to intern at HOM-TV, which taught her many broadcast basics.
- While studying in university, she was picked up by WLNS-TV in Lansing to be a photographer and reporter. She was later promoted to weekend anchor and reporter.
- Upon graduation, she was employed by WJRT-TV in Flint as a weekend morning news (“ABC 12 Sunday Morning”) co-anchor together with Jason Carr. She also presented the “Health first” segment.
- In 2007, she moved to Fox 2 Detroit to work in her current position.
- In March 2016, Fox 2 made a decision to not renew contracts for Jason Carr, Murray Feldman, and Lee Thomas. There were many speculations as to whether Taryn would leave as well following the incident, however, Asher remained.
- Currently, Jason works for WDIV-TV hosting the segment Live in the D and producing digital-only content for the ClickOnDetroit news site.
Life Besides TV :
- Asher actively supports local communities such as COTS Homeless Shelter, Community Social Services of Wayne County and Community Living Services.
- Since a young age, her idols were Bill Bonds and Diana Lewis.
- She was an active water skier in the Lake Shannon Ski Club and the Silver Lake Ski Club.
Achievements and Awards :
- Asher is a winner of 4 Emmy Awards and several awards from the Michigan Association of Broadcasters and Associated Press.
- She was most well-known for her coverage of the “K2 (a synthetic substance) Crackdown,” which resulted in the ban of the substance. Her 3rd Emmy is attributed to this story.
Health Update :
- Taryn Asher Illness / Sick : In 2017, Taryn thought she had food poisoning while she was on a vacation up north. She went to the hospital, and the illness was verified. Despite being ill, Taryn kept going to the gym and kept training, but then the next day, she got up with a fever.
- They found about two liters of blood in her abdomen. If she didn’t come in when she did, the doctors thought she would have died.
- Taryn was given two blood transfusions and received emergency surgery. Recovering well, the following day, she was able to come back home.
- The same year, she also suffered from pericarditis, an inflammation of the tissue near the heart caused by a specific virus.
Body Figure / Physical Info
Taryn Asher Measurements :
- Eye Color : Brown
- Haircut / Hair Color : Brown
- 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.
- Taryn Asher Weight Loss : She used to run a weight loss blog, and had shared the blog’s link on her Twitter in January 2013.
I love Taryn. I would like to know where she got her large glasses she wore a couple of weeks ago. I have been looking for that kind for a while. Please let me know.
I think Taryn is a terrible journalist as evidenced by her story about the hives being placed in Normandy Park in Royal Oak where she claimed that bees were dying from “pesticides and global warming”.
A news reader she is, a journalist she is not. If she had studied an iota she would have found tracheal mites, nosema intestinal fungus, parasitic phorid flies, tobacco ringspot virus, and other pests were the larger cause of the honey bee decline.
In fact, there are claims that the bee is not really in decline but just another left-wing attempt to assist in the, “We are killing the planet so we should pay more taxes” mantra.
Taryn Asher is a very beautiful lady and carries herself very well. Great job young lady. Good luck in your future!
First off I’d like to address Abe who also published a comment regarding Taryn. At least you could spell her name right and your comment is petty at best.
I enjoyed your reporting when you were with WJRT and Googled your name to see where you’re at with your career. Nice to see your success you deserve it.
She’s got a nice rack
Not a big Taren fan, but I supposed she does do a fine job at her craft.
Hi Mrs Asher My name is Kola Juncaj you did a story about a doctors Office something similar happened to me I want to doctors office filled out the paperwork I didn’t fill out the part about my religion or my Ethnicity or my religion I was told that I could not see the doctor I kept pushing it and I told her I will need to see the doctor finally she let me see the doctor I just swept it under the rug