From the beginning, Rhondella Richardson has been the best at what she does. In 1986, she began her career in broadcasting as an intern for WCVB’s urban news program, CityLine. In 1990, she was awarded the WCVB Leo Beranek Fellowship, which led to her employment as a freelance news assistant at NewsCenter 5.
Rhondella also began contributing to WJAR-‘Child’ TV’s Tuesday’s segment in 1992. She then went on to work as a reporter on ‘The Today Show’ for KING-TV in 1994.
When the reporter was on a week-long international reporting assignment in Vietnam, she produced the three-part series, Capitalism vs. Communism. Rhondella also worked at the NBC station WJAR-TV in Providence and the ABC affiliate WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Rhondella Richardson: Biography and Education
Rhondella was born on June 22, according to her bio. She hasn’t revealed her age. It is known, however, that she attended Northeastern University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts in 1990.
Rhondella is well-known for her community service as an active philanthropist. Before his death, she emceed a tribute day at the Sportsmen’s Tennis Club honoring tennis commentator Bud Collins. She also serves on the board of UNICEF.
The reporter is a big fan of The Home For Little Wanderers, The Ellie Fund, Catholic Charities, and even her neighborhood elementary, middle, and high schools. She has also emceed Boston’s annual ‘Duckling Day’ and Mother’s Day parades and festivities for the past eight years.
Relationship Status: Single?
For the past 20 years, the news reporter has been married to her husband, Mark. On March 27, 1998, the two exchanged wedding vows. And Rhondella didn’t mind showing off herself and her husband at their wedding.
Rhondella and her husband have three children, which adds to the couple’s blessings. Rhondella has preferred to keep her eldest child away from the media. She did mention that her eldest child was nearly finished with college in 2018. The situation is different for her other children.
They do not avoid the public eye, and Rhondella frequently shares photos of her 1-year-old son, Aiden, and 15-year-old daughter, Rhylee.
Everything shows how much Rhondella values her family, which she shares with her husband. It’s only possible that the two have kept their years-long marriage going.
Rhondella Richardson is a WCVB & Salary Emmy-nominated journalist who co-anchors NewsCenter 5’s weekend morning newscasts. She co-anchors the Saturday and Sunday morning newscasts with Doug Meehan. After joining the WCVB in 1996, the reporter has been a part of the network’s successful news team for over two decades.
During her time at the WCVB, she covered Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama on their vacations to Martha’s Vineyard. She also contributed to the lead coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the Boston Archdiocese’s sexual abuse scandal. Furthermore, the reporter has covered every blizzard and rare tornado that has struck New England.
Rhondella is also one of the few journalists who spoke with Arthur T. Demoulas during the region’s six-week supermarket strike. From the teen lottery winner on the side of Mt. Wachusett to the injured victim dragged for miles by a hit and run driver, she has never missed an exclusive.
Rhondella has worked at WCVB alongside Mike Wankum in a variety of roles that have advanced her career. She was even an original co-anchor on the weekend EyeOpener from the beginning.
For many years, her ability to break news stories propelled her from the anchor desk to the ‘5 Investigates’ segment. She quickly moved up to general assignment reporter and fill-in anchor for WCVB newscasts. And the anchor earns a whopping $124K from her job at WCVB.
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