Victor Blackwell Married, Wife, Partner, Gay, Salary, Net Worth

Unlike other professionals, Journalists are always duty bound and finds barely some time to enjoy with family and friends. Likewise, Victor Blackwell is such journalist who makes sure to fulfill all his professional obligations and doesn’t miss to have fun with friends in leisure. Victor is a news anchor famous for hosting New Day Saturday and New Day Sunday on CNN with a Regional Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Reporting.

Victor Blackwell Married, Wife, Partner, Gay, Salary, Net Worth

Quick Information

  • Date of Birth 1981
  • Nationality American
  • Profession News Anchor
  • Marital Status Single
  • Wife/Spouse Not Yet
  • Divorced Not Yet
  • Gay/Lesbian Yes
  • Net Worth Under Review
  • Salary $80 Thousand (Approx.)
  • Ethnicity African
  • Social Media Twitter, Facebook
  • Children/Kids Not Yet
  • Height 6 Feet (183 cm)
  • Education Milford Mill Academy

Unlike other professionals, Journalists are always duty bound and finds barely some time to enjoy with family and friends. Likewise, Victor Blackwell is such journalist who makes sure to fulfill all his professional obligations and doesn’t miss to have fun with friends in leisure. Victor is a news anchor famous for hosting New Day Saturday and New Day Sunday on CNN with a Regional Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Reporting.

Career and Progression:

Victor Blackwell started his career immediately after graduating from the college. He first worked as a fill-in anchor and reporter at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD. He grabbed an opportunity to serve as a first black primary anchor at WPBF in West Palm Beach, Florida. He entered CNN as a correspondent based at CNN’s Southeast Bureau in 2012. The reporter was promoted to co-anchor of New Day Saturday and Sunday in January 2014.

His endeavors led him to grab Regional Emmy Award for Outstanding Feature Reporting in 2009 and nomination for Regional Emmy in 2007, 2008, and 2011. He has also earned a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of the Stop Snitchin phenomenon and its effects on inner-city crime. The journalist grabbed Unity Award for his coverage of the high school graduation rate of black boys from the Radio Television Digital News Association in 2007.

How Much is Victor’s Worth?

According to some wiki sources, Victor enjoys a hefty net worth of $1 million. He collected the huge revenue with his long work in CNN and other media he worked before that. The media paid him a huge salary which enhanced his net worth. Moreover, the value of Victor is likely to increase in the days to come with his continuous work in the media business.

Is Victor Openly Gay?

It is no weird to hear that Victor Blackwell is a gay. Unlike many, the host has been open and honest about his sexual orientation from the very beginning. However, he seems to maintain distance from the stuff like relationship and affairs. The host neither has a boyfriend nor shows a hint of making one in the future.

He is a fun person who always surrounds himself with friends and families. But he always avoids finding that one particular partner who will regularly stand beside him. Victor seems to have put all his efforts in the career and wants to keep the personal life behind the bar. However, many fans are waiting for Victor to get married and welcome a beautiful wife.

Short Bio:

Belonging to African ethnicity, Victor Blackwell was born in 1981. He studied at Milford Mill Academy where he was president of his class in 1999. The anchor received a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University in Washington, D.C where he worked at University’s public television station WHUT-TV. He announced that he underwent Laparoscopic surgery for weight loss in 2007. He has a nice height of 6 feet which contributes to his attractive personality.