Alex Wagner CBS News, Bio, Age, Husband, Children, Net Worth

Alex Wagner Biography

Alex Wagner is an American journalist born and raised in Washington, D.C. She is a national correspondent for CBS News and an executive producer and co-host of the political documentary series The Circus on Showtime and an author of FutureFace. Wagner is also a contributor for CBS News and a contributing editor at The Atlantic.

Alex Wagner Age

Wagner was born Alexandra Swe Wagner on November 27, 1977, in Washington, D.C, United States of America. She is 43 years old as of 2020. She celebrates her birthday on November 27th every year.

Alex Wagner Education

Wagner studied at Wilson High School. She then graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Literature in 1999. Wagner was raised Roman Catholic.

After her graduation, Wagner began her career as a cultural correspondent for the Center for American Progress before becoming editor-in-chief of The Fader Magazine in 2003. She then started her career as a White House correspondent for Politics Daily under the AOL News brand. ALSO, READ Lara Spencer

Alex Wagner Height

Wagner’s information about the exact height she stands at is not publicly available. However, her height is estimated to be 5 feet 9 inches (1.77 m).

Alex Wagner Family

Wagner was born and raised in Washington, D.C United States of America. She is the daughter of  Tin Swe Thant her mother who is an immigrant from Rangoon (Yangon), Myanmar (Burma), who became a naturalized U.S. citizen before attending Swarthmore College, and her father, Carl Wagner, from Lansing, Iowa, was of Luxembourgish and Irish descent. He was a prominent Democratic Party political consultant who co-chaired Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign. She is the only child of a Burmese mother and American father.

Alex Wagner Husband

Wagner is married to her husband Sam Kass who is a former White House nutrition policy advisor and assistant chef. The couple married on August 30, 2014, in Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a restaurant in Pocantico Hills, New York. However, their wedding was attended by their family members, relatives, and close friends.

The wedding was attended by then U.S. President Barack Obama and his family, as her husband, Sam Kass is a family friend of the former president. Together with her husband, they share two sons, Cy born in 2017, and Rafael, who was born on April 16, 2019. The family lives in Brooklyn, New York, United States of America.

Alex Wagner CBS News

Wagner is a national correspondent for CBS News and an executive producer and co-host of the political documentary series The Circus on Showtime and an author of FutureFace.

As an analyst on MSNBC, Wagner appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell.

On November 14, 2011, Wagner began hosting Now with Alex Wagner on weekdays (originally at noon ET, but later at 4 PM ET). On July 30, 2015, In an attempt to shift the network’s daytime programming to more breaking news reporting and less political analysis and opinion, MSNBC President Phil Griffin revealed that the series had been cancelled.

The next day the program aired its final episode. MSNBC later announced that Wagner would host a weekend program, but those plans were later abandoned.

The Atlantic announced on 26 April 2016 that Wagner was leaving MSNBC to join the magazine as a senior editor. Wagner would moderate events with AtlanticLIVE in addition to writing for The Atlantic, and assist with producing video and TV ventures with The Atlantic Studios.

In November 2016, Wagner replaced Vinita Nair on CBS This Morning Saturday. March 17, 2018, was her last appearance on CBS This Morning Saturday as she confirmed she would be leaving that show to co-host The Circus for Showtime, replacing Mark Halperin. She remains a correspondent for CBS News.

In 2020, Wagner launched a podcast with Crooked Media and Cadence13 that addressed the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alex Wagner Salary

Wagner’s profession as a journalist, anchor, and reporter earns an estimated salary of about $600 k per year. Her details about the exact amount of salary she earns are currently not available.

Alex Wagner Net Worth

Wagner as an American journalist, anchor, and reporter has a massive wealth and her wealth is estimated to be $3 million.

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