You know journalism is safe hands until there are people like Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson in the field. The experienced journalist currently directs the NPR in Berlin and excels in Persian, German, and English. Working as a journalist for most of career, she has dedicated her life to convey new for the welfare of the people. Featuring in NPR programs like Morning Edition, she has established herself as one of the best in the business.
Professional Life:
Soraya Sarhaddi is a journalist by profession. Native American journalist directs the NPR (National Public Radio bureau in Berlin. Sarhaddi joined the network in the year 2006 with more than two decades experience as a newspaper reporter. The reporter held the position of the bureau chief when she joined NPR’s Afghanistan bureau.
The reports of the correspondent are featured on several NPR Programs that includes Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, and All Things Considered.
What Is The Actual Salary Of Soraya?
The salary of the reporter of the National Public Radio is estimated to be around $35,000. With years of experience in the field and for the network, the salary must be lucrative for the skillful reporter and probably earns way more than average wage at NPR but hasn’t made her fortunes public yet.
Sarhaddi has won many awards that consists the 59th Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for her courageous Journalism back in 2011. She also received the prestigious Peabody Award for her news coverage in Afghanistan from the jury panel of NPR’s permanent bureau in Kabul.
Married Life:
While talking about her personal life, she enjoys a great relationship with her husband, Erik Nelson. Although it is not known when she married Erik, in one of her tweets on 22nd February 2018, she said:
“Can’t trust those Norwegians. I know, I married one.”
With her Norwegian husband, she is a mother of an adult son whose man is still under the wraps. The journalist who is pretty active in social media mentions about her husband.
On 7 June 2017, she tweeted about her partner’s vacation in France accommodating himself with the new toy, the circular saw.
Short Bio:
Soraya was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as per wiki. Born as Soraya Sarhaddi, she adopted her journalist husband surname. Although her birthday is still under evaluation, she probably ages around the fifties. She has done her graduation in Journalism from the University of Maryland. Soraya stands a tall height with decent body shape and belongs to Native American ethnicity.