Tricia Sloma Facts: Bio, Age, Height, Weight, Family, and Net Worth

Tricia Sloma is a journalist and morning news co-anchor for WNDU-TV.

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Best Known For:The television program 16 Morning News Now

Breakthrough:Began her television career in agricultural news production and reporting for AgDay

10 Quick Facts About Tricia Sloma

Full Name: Tricia Sloma
Profession: News anchor and journalist
Known For: The television program 16 Morning News Now
Current Role: Morning news co-anchor
Current Employer: WNDU-TV
Marital Status: Married
Spouse / Partner: Tom
Gender: Female
Specialization: News Anchor / Newscaster, Journalist, and Reporter
Beats: Education and Health / Science

Tricia Sloma Age

Tricia Sloma's exact age is not publicly confirmed.

Education

She attended The Ohio State University, where she studied Agricultural Communications.

The Ohio State University
- Field of Study: Agricultural Communications
- Period: 1987–1990

Career & Work

Tricia Sloma's career includes news and reporting roles with WNDU-TV, a television station.

Organization: WNDU-TV

Role: Morning news co-anchor

Period: 1993–Present

Details: South Bend, Indiana

Organization: WNDU-TV

Role: Reporter

Period: From 1993

Details: South Bend, Indiana · Initially hired for news reporting before moving into morning anchoring.

Organization: WNDU-TV

Role: Agricultural television production assistant and reporter

Period: Early career

Details: South Bend, Indiana · Began her television career in production and reporting for AgDay, a nationally syndicated agricultural news program produced by WNDU.

Rise to Fame

Tricia Sloma rose to prominence for her role on the television show 16 Morning News Now.

Notable Works

Notable media work includes 16 Morning News Now, Wednesday's Child, and One School at a Time.

TV Show: 16 Morning News Now (Co-anchor, 1993-Present) — WNDU morning television news program
TV Show: Wednesday's Child (Reporter and presenter, Present) — Weekly feature profiling foster children seeking permanent adoptive families
TV Show: One School at a Time (Reporter, Present) — Educational reporting highlighting local schools and student opportunities
TV Show: Never Again: Preventing Bus Stop Tragedies (Investigative reporter, 2018-2020) — Reporting series on Indiana school bus stop safety that received major industry recognition
TV Show: Child Abuse Current Affairs Investigation (Reporter, 2018) — Emmy-winning current affairs television report
TV Show: AgDay (Production assistant and reporter) — Nationally syndicated agricultural news program

Notable Coverage

Child abuse investigation – WNDU-TV – 2018 – Won an Emmy Award for current-affairs programming involving child abuse
School bus safety anniversary reporting – WNDU-TV – 2026 – Reported on ongoing safety concerns nearly eight years after the Fulton County school bus stop tragedy
Male breast cancer survivor – WNDU-TV – 2026 – Reported on a Marine veteran's experience with breast cancer

Awards & Achievements

Edward R. Murrow Award — Radio Television Digital News Association — Never Again school bus safety reporting.
Service to America Award — National Association of Broadcasters — Public service impact of school bus safety journalism.
Emmy Award — National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences — 2018 — Current-affairs reporting on child abuse.
Cardinal Community Service Award — Indiana Broadcasters Association — WNDU's Never Again school bus safety reporting and public service.
Spectrum Award — Indiana Broadcasters Association — WNDU's school bus safety journalism.