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September 20, 2024

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Felicia Sonmez Bio, Husband, Parents, Age, Family, Salary and Net Worth

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Felicia Sonmez is an American journalist, political correspondent, and editor for The Washington Post and covers Congress.
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Felicia Sonmez Biography

Felicia Sonmez is an American journalist, political correspondent, and editor for The Washington Post. She covers news on Congress and general political campaign. Before joining The Washington Post, Sonmez worked as a political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal based in Beijing.

Felicia Sonmez Age

Felicia was born on June 6th, 1983 in Washington D.C, United States. She is 37 years old as of 2020. She celebrates her birthday on June 6th every year.

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Felicia Sonmez Height

Felicia has an estimated height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m). Additionally, the Washington Post reporter weighs 121lbs. (55 kg). However, she has not revealed her body measurements yet.

Felicia Sonmez Education

She is an alumna of Howard University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Government in 2005. Additionally, she attended Tsinghua University where she studied the Chinese language. She also studied advanced Chinese language at Tsinghua University. Details about her early educational background are not available, however, she is quite a prolific journalist.

Felicia Sonmez Parents

However, there is not much information about her family members including her parents, aunts, uncles, and siblings. Her details will be updated once confirmed in the public eye.

Felicia Sonmez Husband

Felicia is happily married to her supportive anonymous husband. She got married in a private wedding ceremony and does not have any children yet. The lovely family resides in Washington, DC.

Felicia Sonmez Washington Post | Kobe Bryant

Felicia currently works as a national political reporter for The Washington Post. She covers the White House, Congress, and the campaign trail. Sonmez was briefly banned from airing and reporting on sexual harassment due to a conflict of interest while at The Washington Post. However, the ban was lifted soon after considering the complicated era of social media we currently live in.

Sonmez was banned for tweeting about Kobe Bryant, where she claimed that the late basketball legend was guilty of a rape case that was previously brought forward. Her insensitive comments brought a lot of backlash and criticism from her Twitter followers and Kobe Bryant’s fans. She currently commands a whooping 95K Followers on her Twitter account.

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She worked as a national political reporter for The Washington Post from 2010 and 2013. However, she initially served as a writer for The Fix but went ahead to report on congress and the 2012 presidential campaign. 

Sonmez also served as a news correspondent for Agence France-Presse based in Beijing for four years. Immediately after leaving Agence France-Presse, she joined The Wall Street Journal where she worked as an editor for China Real Time Report. Besides journalism, Felicia has also taught English in Beijing.

She is a bilingual journalist who is well conversant in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish. She does not have an active LinkedIn account.

Felicia Sonmez Salary

Felicia’s profession as a journalist, anchor, and reporter earns an estimated salary ranging from $52,254 to $88,000 per year. Her details about the amount of salary she earns are currently not available.

Felicia Sonmez Net Worth

Felicia as an American journalist, anchor, and reporter has a massive wealth and her wealth is estimated to be around $200K.