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Cynthia McFadden was born on 27 May, 1956 in Lewiston, Maine, U.S., is an American television journalist (born 1956). Discover Cynthia McFadden's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?
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27 May, 1956 |
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Lewiston, Maine, U.S. |
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Cynthia McFadden Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Cynthia McFadden's Husband?
Her husband is John Michael Davies (m. 1989-1996)
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John Michael Davies (m. 1989-1996) |
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1 with Hoge |
Cynthia McFadden Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Cynthia McFadden worth at the age of 67 years old? Cynthia McFadden’s income source is mostly from being a successful Television. She is from . We have estimated Cynthia McFadden's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Cynthia McFadden (born May 27, 1956) is an American television journalist who is currently the senior legal and investigative correspondent for NBC News.
She was an anchor and correspondent for ABC News who co-anchored Nightline, and occasionally appeared on ABC News special Primetime.
Born in Lewiston, Maine, McFadden graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, in 1978.
Afterward, she received her Juris Doctor degree from Columbia Law School in New York City in 1984.
From 1984 to 1991, McFadden was the executive producer of Fred Friendly's Media and Society seminars based at Columbia, many of which were broadcast on PBS.
McFadden married Michael John Davies, editor and publisher of the Hartford Courant, on September 9, 1989; they were divorced in 1996.
She then joined the Courtroom Television Network as an anchor and producer in 1991, its inaugural year.
She was with ABC News from 1994 to 2014 and joined NBC News in March 2014.
After working there for several years, she joined ABC News in 1994 as the network's legal correspondent, covering amongst other subjects the O. J. Simpson trial.
She has a son with Foreign Affairs editor James Hoge, Spencer Graham McFadden Hoge, who was born in 1998 and named after the actor Spencer Tracy.
She has Crohn's disease and has done public service announcements to raise awareness of the condition.
McFadden practices Transcendental Meditation and has supported the work of the David Lynch Foundation.
While Nightline was threatened with cancellation in 2002 under Koppel's long-form journalism format, it saw a resurgence in its ratings and prominence after switching to more celebrity topics, pop culture and entertainment news, often competing for higher numbers with the Late Show with David Letterman.
As anchor, McFadden conducted a number of significant interviews including ones with celebrities such as Clint Eastwood, Paul McCartney and Judge Judy Sheindlin, past and present world leaders such as Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair, and five with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
McFadden became an anchor of Primetime in 2004 and, having previously substituted for Ted Koppel on several occasions, an anchor of Nightline on November 28, 2005, along with Martin Bashir and Terry Moran, following the longtime anchor's final broadcast.
McFadden is a contributor for wowOwow.com, a web site launched in 2008 for women to discuss culture, politics and gossip.
She has additionally hosted or co-hosted a number of documentaries and specials on ABC.
She is co-chair of the board of IWMF (International Women's Media Foundation).
Bashir left the program due to fallout from credibility problems from the disputed and controversial reports on singer Michael Jackson and was replaced by Bill Weir in 2010.
The three tended to anchor in shifts, leading the show by themselves every third night.
On March 29, 2014, after two decades with ABC News, with the last nine years as a Nightline anchor, McFadden left and joined NBC News.
She serves as the senior legal and investigative correspondent, contributing to NBC's investigative unit across all NBC News platforms.
In October 2020, Town and Country magazine published an account McFadden and her son Spencer wrote about their road trip from New York City to California, where he was a student.
The account described the accommodations they had to take due to the Covid 19 virus.
Spencer, having grown up in New York City, had not learned to drive, until he moved to California.
McFadden encouraged him to earn a driver's license by promising him a new car.