Janelle Wang Biography
Janelle Wang is an award winning journalist currently working as an anchor for NBC Bay Area News weeknights at 5 p.m. with co-anchor Jessica Aguirre. She also co-anchors NBC Bay Area News at 5:30 p.m. with Raj Mathai. Wang also reports for NBC Bay Area news at 6 p.m. She joined the station in July 2011.
Janelle Wang Career
Since she joined NBC Bay Area, Wang has received 3 Emmys for her coverage of the Middletown Valley Fire. In addition, she also won an Emmy for the Oakland Ghost Ship warehouse fire and the Wine Country North Bay Fires. Wang also travelled to Sochi, Russia to cover the Winter Olympics and San Francisco Giants World Series victory in Kansas City.
Before joining NBC Bay Area, she spent more than 8 years at KGO-TV ABC7 in San Francisco. While at the station, Wang reported on a wide variety of stories from the deadly San Bruno gas fire to the steroid scandal in professional sports. Furthermore, she also covered the Scott Peterson murder trial where people as far away as South America and Europe read her daily trial notes from inside the courtroom.
At KGO-TV, Wang also hosted for the entire 4 year run the afternoon talk show “The View from the Bay”. She had guests such as President Jimmy Carter, President Barrack Obama, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and TV Host Oprah Winfrey. She also cooked with celebrity chefs, including Curtis Stone, Hubert Keller and Martin Yan. Her popularity and viewer appeal on that talk show made her a guest co-host with Regis Philbin on “Live with Regis and Kelly”. She also co-hosted the show “Everyday Living” on the Live Well HD Network, which aired in 11 cities around the country. Such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago and Boston.
Wang also spent about two years at KPTV Fox 12 Portland, Oregon as an anchor and reporter. Before that, she worked as a reporter for 2 years at KGW-TV Newschannel8, in Portland, Oregon.
In her free time, Wang hikes and golfs with her family. She is an avid San Francisco Giants and 49ers fan.She also enjoys working within the Asian community and is fluent in Mandarin, Chinese. In addition, Wang spends her time promoting cancer awareness and encouraging people to join the National Marrow Donor Registry.
Wang has also trained at “Voicetrax”, one of the nation’s premier voice over academies.
Janelle Wang Age
Wang says she is the same age as the Transamerica Pyramid in SF. Circa 1972 so she is now 52 years old.
Janelle Wang Height
There is no information about her height. However, will update as soon as the information is availab;e
Janelle Wang Education
She graduated with a degree in Mass Communication/Media Studies and Economics from University of California San Diego.
Janelle Wang Family
She was born and raised in San Francisco and is of Chinese descent. There is no information about her parents and siblings. However, she keeps posting pictures and messages for her father and mother on her Instagram and Twitter account. Wang also posts pictures with her sister on her social media pages.
Janelle Wang Husband
Wang married Matt Nelson, a San Francisco attorney in 2009.
Janelle Wang Children
She is a mother to a very beautiful daughter, Hailey born in March 2016.
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