Jennifer Westhoven is a reporter and a correspondent at HLN channel. Westhoven covers news and events in the economy, personal finance, business, and money topics. Westhoven has worked with CNN network from 2000. She worked with Reuters from 1993 to 2000 before making her debut at CNN channel. At HLN, she hosts the program Morning Express with Robin Meade. HLN was formerly known as CNN2 before it changed to Headline News, and then CNN Headline News.
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Early life
Westhoven was born 16 August 1971 in a city known as Cranford located in New Jersey, USA. She was brought up in Cranford. She studied at Bryn Mawr College. At Bryn Mar College, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in the field of political science and history. When she left college, Westhoven started her career in journalism at Reuters in 1993. She was hired at Reuters to cover stories and news in Stock Market pitch.
Career rise
In 1993, she went to Reuters and began covering news in the Stock Market. She worked with Reuters until 2000 when she left to join CNN. She has worked for both CNN and CNNfn where she covered stories and news in finance from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). In the financial market, she has covered major events including the financial crash of 2008 and the terrorist attack of September 11.
The 1. 6 meter tall (5 feet 3 inch ) Westhoven also covered Enron scandal as well as the rising economy of China. Westhoven has featured latest updates, which focus on corporate America and the Wall Street. She has also been covering personal finance and how people will be affected. Westhoven has interviewed well-known personalities in the financial world including Richard Grasso, Abby Joseph Cohen, and Dennis Kozlowski who was a former CEO of Tyco International.
In the 7 years she worked for Reuters, Westhoven developed strong links and qualitative experience. In her journalism career, her work has been featured in leading newspapers such as the London Financial Times, New York Times, and the Washington Post. She joined HLN in 2006 and since that time, she has been presenting the show Morning Express with Robin Meade.
Westhoven presents a regular segment in Morning Express as well as the Mid Morning Block in the HLN channel, which is called Your Money. Westhoven makes regular appearances in Clark Howard show, which is aired on the same channel HLN. She also fills in to anchor the weekend newscasts at HLN.
Westhoven is now based in Atlanta and before that, she was in New York at the CNN’s headquarters and the New York Stock Exchange not to forget the NASDAQ. She contributes at the weekend CNN program, Your Money, which is aired on afternoons of Saturday and Sunday.
Jennifer Westhoven – Husband
Westhoven is married to her boyfriend Joe Palese who is a yoga instructor. They were married in 2007 and have two children. Her husband is also a musician. Westhoven and her husband got their first child in 2011 April.
Jennifer Westhoven – Salary and Net worth
Westhoven is estimated to have a net worth that exceeds $2.5 million and her annual salary is about $200,000.
