Rita Braver Profile
Rita Braver is an American television news reporter, anchor, and correspondent working for CBS. Before working at CBS, she worked at WWL-TV in New Orleans where she served as a copy girl.
Rita Braver Wiki
Full Name: Rita Lynn Braver
Profession: Television News Reporter, Anchor, and Correspondent
Nationality: American
Education: Bethesda Chevy Chase High School and The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: April 12, 1948
Age / How Old is Rita Braver?: 76 years old as of 2024
Place of Birth: Not Available
Country: United States of America
Height / How tall is Rita Braver?: 5 feet 3 inches
Parents: Not Available
Husband: Robert B. Barnett
Children: Meredith Jane Barnett
Salary: $ 20,000 – $ 100,000
Net Worth: $1 Million – $5 Million
Rita Braver Career
She went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she attained her degree in political science. Braver serves as a national correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning,” at CBS News. In this role, she reports on several topics including foreign policy, culture, and arts. Moreover, she has also interviewed cabinet secretaries, presidents, celebrities, and so many more.
She has also done profiles of United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former President Bill Clinton, and Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen. She also profiled a number of authors including Dav Pilkey of “Captain Underpants” fame and Phillip Roth, E.L. Doctorow. She also interviewed celebrities like John Legend, James Taylor, Chrissy Teigen, and Sheryl Crow.
Rita also reported on the resurgence of anti-Semitism and political correctness on campus in the USA. Before she started serving as the correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning,” she served CBS News as the chief White House correspondent from 1993 to 1997. In this role, she enclosed several stories including domestic as well as foreign issues. She also worked at the Democratic Convention where she served as a floor reporter. While working as a White House correspondent, she made guest appearances as the host of “Face the Nation.”
From 1983 to 1993, she worked as the CBS News chief law correspondent whereby she reported for the “CBS Morning News,” “CBS Evening News,””Street Stories,” “48 Hours,” and “Public Eye.” Her beat included the Justice Department, the FBI, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the DEA. During the Reagan administration, she enclosed the Iran-Contra case as well as the drug trial of Mayor Marion Barry. She also enclosed the case of convicted spy Jonathan Pollard and the Walker family spy ring.
Braver has also won several awards and honors including nine national Emmy Awards two of them being for enclosing the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In addition to that, the Congressional Radio and Television Correspondents Association awarded Braver with the Joan Barone Award. The American Women in Radio and Television also honored her with the Star Award and the National Mother’s Day Committee named her Outstanding.
On joining CBS News in 1972, Rita started off by serving as a news desk editor based in Washington. Prior to working at CBS News, she worked at WWL-TV in New Orleans where she served as a copy girl.
Rita Braver Personal Life, Family, Parents, and Husband
Braver was born on April 12, 1948, in the United States of America (she is 76 years old as of 2024.) She celebrates her birthday on the 12th of April every year. Braver stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 3 inches.
She was born to a Jewish family and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland. Her father died as a teenager. She has two sisters: Bettie Braver Candy and Sharon Braver Cohen. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in political science and spent a few years as a copy girl at WWL-TV in New Orleans before moving to Washington. Her husband joined CBS as a director in 1972.
Braver is a married woman. She married in Washington, D.C. on April 10, 1972. Lawyer Robert B. Barnett was born in 1946 whom she met in college. They have a daughter, Meredith Jane Barnett born in 1978; Meredith is married to Dr. Daniel Ross Penn at a Jewish wedding in Washington DC.
Rita Braver Salary and Net Worth
Being one of the top reporters for CBS, Braver earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000. Braver has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a journalist.
Rita Braver Parkinson’s/Sick
Braver is rumored to be having Parkinson’s disease. However, she has not confirmed nor denied the rumors hence it is still not clear if she has the disease or not. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive disorder that affects the parts of the body controlled by the nerves as well as the nervous system.
Rita Braver CBS News
At CBS News Braver works alongside;
- Jeffrey Pegues
- Jamie Yuccas
- Susan Zirinsky
- Mireya Villarreal
- Bill Whitaker
- Holly Williams
- Omar Villafranca
- Peter Van Sant
- Imtiaz Tyab
- Jonathan Vigliotti
- Tracy Smith
- Susan Spencer
- Bob Schieffer
- Serena Altschul