Katherine Amenta Facts: Bio, Age, Height, Weight, Family, and Net Worth

Katherine Amenta is a journalist and news anchor for WPXI-TV.

10 Quick Facts About Katherine Amenta

• Full Name: Katherine Amenta
• Profession: News anchor and journalist
• Known For: The television show Channel 11 Morning News
• Current Employer: WPXI-TV
• Gender: Female
• Specialization: News Anchor / Newscaster, Reporter, and Journalist
• Media Level: Local
• Net Worth: $326,000-$4,663,000 (Estimated range)
• Salary: $44,000-$194,000 (Estimated range)

Katherine Amenta Age

Katherine Amenta's exact age is not publicly confirmed.

Education

She attended Villanova University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication.

• Villanova University
  • Qualification: Bachelor of Arts
  • Field of Study: Communication
  • Period: 2000–2004

Career & Work

Katherine Amenta's career includes news and reporting roles with Ronald McDonald House of Southern New Jersey and WPXI-TV, a television station.

Rise to Fame

Notable Works

Notable media work includes Channel 11 Morning News, Channel 11 Morning News on FOX 53, and NewsChannel 8 Morning News.

Television

• TV Show: Channel 11 Morning News (Co-anchor, 2013-2024) — WPXI morning television news program serving Pittsburgh
• TV Show: Channel 11 Morning News on FOX 53 (Co-anchor, 2024) — Morning news broadcast co-anchored with Gordon Loesch
• TV Show: NewsChannel 8 Morning News (Anchor, Before 2013) — Washington-area morning television news

• Work: Franklin Regional High School Stabbings Coverage (News Anchor and Team Member, 2014) — Spot news reporting recognized by the Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards
• Work: Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting Coverage (Journalist, 2018) — Reporting on a major Pittsburgh mass shooting

Notable Coverage

• Franklin Regional High School stabbings – WPXI-TV – 2014 – Part of the WPXI news team recognized with a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for spot news coverage
• Tree of Life synagogue shooting – WPXI-TV – 2018 – Covered the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting during her television journalism career
• Pittsburgh morning news – WPXI-TV – Anchored the station's weekday morning news for more than a decade
• Maryland regional news – WMDT-TV – Reported and anchored regional television news in Salisbury, Maryland

Awards & Achievements

• Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award — Spot News Coverage — National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Mid-Atlantic Chapter — 2015 — Team coverage of the Franklin Regional High School stabbings.

Lesser Known Facts

• Grew up in West Windsor, New Jersey.
• Spent childhood summers in Ocean City, New Jersey.
• Worked as a Mickey Mouse character on the Ocean City Boardwalk for three seasons.
• Transitioned from broadcast journalism to nonprofit fundraising in 2024.
• Enjoys movies, exercise and spending time with family.
• Has discussed the importance of storytelling and relationship-building in her nonprofit development work.

Personal Information

• Full Name: Katherine Amenta
• Gender: Female
• Occupation: News anchor and journalist
• Living Status: Alive

Net Worth & Income

• Salary: $44,000–$194,000 (Estimated range)
• Net Worth: $326,000–$4,663,000 (Estimated range)
• Source of Income: Broadcast employment and related professional work

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