Dana Tyler Biography
Dana Tyler an American journalist working as a news anchor and reporter at WCBS-TV in New York City on the station’s 6 PM newscast. Tyler as well hosts a half-hour weekday community affairs show for WCBS, Eye on New York,the annual local specials: CBS 2 at Tony’s, CBS 2 at the Met, and as well Tunnel to Towers Race.
Dana Tyler Wiki
Name: Dana Tyler
Birthday: 24 November 1958
Place of Birth: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States of America
Gender: Female
Height: Not Available
Weight: Not Available
Nationality: American
Profession: Anchor
Married/Single: Phil Collins
Dana Tyler Age
Tyler was born on 24 November 1958 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States. She celebrates her birthday on 24 November yearly.
Dana Tyler Career
Tyler erned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Association of Black Journalists back in August of 2014. In 2012,she earned a New York Emmy Award for Community Service for co-hosting “The Tunnel to Towers Memorial Run,” . She as well got nominated in 2012 for reprting on “Amy’s Story” in the Wellness Special: “Run for the Cure,” On diffrent New York Emmy Award nominations over the years as well for anchoring the Breaking News Item, she won two Emmy Awards in 2010: “Flight 1549 Lands in the Hudson River” and for her reporting of “Heather and Stacy’s Story” in “Race for the Cure.”
In 2003, she earned Emmy Awards for anchoring the “New York City Blackout” Breaking News Report and for anchoring the Outstanding Single Newscast: “CBS 2 News at 11: City Hall Shooting.” In 1996, she earned an Emmy for anchoring the “New York City Subway Firebombing” Outstanding Single Newscast.
Back in 2011, in her annual “Salute to News Veterans,” she got honored by the Friars Club. In 2007, she got honored in the annual McDonald’s salute to “Black Broadcast Legends,” and in 2006, for her story on Broadway’s “The Color Purple,” she as well earned a New York Association of Black Journalists Award.
She also got organized the “Tunnel to Towers Run” and was part of CBS 2 funded programs, including the Susan G. Komen “Race for the Cure,” which raises awareness about breast cancer, in addition to general assignment news and cover stories.
For over a decade, she worked on the Board of Directors of Learning Champions, of 7,000-member volunteer group devoted to the advancement of public school children in New York City.
She began her career Working as an intern at WCOL Radio and WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio. For her role on the iconic “Heart of Ohio” shows, she worked as a general assignment reporter and anchor for WBNS and earned an Ohio Valley Emmy Award in 1988 as Outstanding Anchor. She got late Reggie Harris became New York’s first African-American anchor team on WCBS-TV in 1990.
Alexandra Lewis Salary
Dana earns an estimated salary ranging from $53,420 to $112,985 yearly.
Dana Tyler Net Worth
Dana has an estimated net worth range of between $1 million- $5 million. Journalism as her career is her main source of wealth and income.
Dana Tyler Family
She was born to Waldo H. Tyler, was a pharmacist. Her father earned fame for ending the selling of tobacco in his shop in 1966. Her great-grandfather James Seneca Tyler, the worked at Ohio House of Representatives’ first black clerk. Ralph Waldo Tyler, a society editor and political reporter at The Columbus Dispatch and the first accredited African-American war correspondent to write on African-American forces serving abroad during World War I, was her great-grandfather.
Dana Tyler Husband
On a press junket for the Broadway musical Tarzan, she met the singer Phil Collins. The duo have been friends as of 2006 until 2015, she had a friendship with Collins.
Dana Tyler Education
In 2008, she earned an honorary doctorate in Letters from Staten Island’s St. John’s University. In 2007, in Worthington, Ohio, she as well got the Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater, Worthington High School. She as well earned the Alumni Award for Outstanding Service in 2001 by the School of Management of Boston University, from where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in marketing and broadcast journalism.
Dana Tyler Height
Tyler stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches(1.8 m). She also has an average body weight.