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What is Norah O’Donnell’s Net Worth and Salary?

Norah O’Donnell, an American print and television journalist, has a net worth of $22 million. She currently anchors CBS Evening News and contributes to “60 Minutes,” earning an annual salary of $8 million. O’Donnell also occasionally hosts Face the Nation on CBS’s Sunday morning show.

Early Life and Education

Norah Morahan O’Donnell was born in Washington, D.C. on January 23, 1974, to Noreen Bernadette O’Kane and Francis Lawrence O’Donnell, a doctor and Army officer. Her grandparents were Irish immigrants, and she has roots in Derry, Belfast, and Donegal. Norah spent time living in San Antonio, Texas, Seoul, and Germany during her childhood. At the age of 10, she began giving English language lessons on video for the Korean Educational Development Institute. She graduated from Douglas MacArthur High School in 1991 and later earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and a master’s degree in liberal studies from Georgetown University in 1995 and 2003, respectively.

Norah O’Donnell’s Career Highlights

Norah started her career as a staff writer covering Congress for “Roll Call” before spending twelve years at NBC, where she became a commentator for the Today Show and Chief Washington Correspondent for MSNBC. She also served as a White House correspondent and contributed to various NBC programs such as Nightly News and Dateline. In 2011, she began shifting to CBS by filling in for Scott Pelley on the CBS Evening News. She was later named co-anchor of “CBS This Morning” and in 2019, she became the anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News and lead anchor for political events on the network. She also contributes to “60 Minutes.”

Accolades

Norah O’Donnell won an Emmy in 2008 as part of NBC News Election Night coverage team for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Breaking News Story–Long Form. She won another Emmy in the category Outstanding Investigative Report in a Newscast in 2018 for her report “Sexual Assault in the Air Force Academy” for CBS This Morning. O’Donnell was named as one of Washington’s 100 most powerful women by Washingtonian Magazine and has also been named to Irish American Magazine’s Top 100 Irish Americans. She was honored with the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Breaking News Coverage for her story “D.C. In Crisis,” which aired the night of the September 11, 2001 attacks on “Dateline NBC.”

Marriage and Family Life

Norah O’Donnell is married to D.C. restaurateur Geoff Tracy. The couple met as freshmen at Georgetown University and tied the knot in June 2001. Together, they have three children: twins Grace and Henry, and a daughter named Riley. The family splits their time between Washington D.C. and the Upper West Side in New York City.

In 2010, O’Donnell and Tracy collaborated on a cookbook titled “Baby Love: Healthy, Easy, Delicious Meals for Your Baby and Toddler,” which was aimed at helping parents feed their young children nutritious and tasty meals.