Jennifer Griffin Biography/Profile
Jennifer Griffin is a skilled American journalist currently working at FNN News as an anchor. She currently works as a national security correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). Griffin joined the Network in October 1999 as a Jerusalem-based correspondent. Before that, she reported for 3 years from Moscow for FNC.
Jennifer Griffin Age
She is 53 years old as of 2024. Griffin was born on 20 April 1969 in the United States of America. She celebrates her birthday on the 20th of April every year.
Jennifer Griffin Education
She graduated from Harvard University in 1992, with a B.A. in comparative politics. She is also the co-author of the book, “This Burning Land: Lessons from the Frontlines of the Transformed Israeli- Palestinian Conflict,” which she wrote with her husband, Greg Myre, regarding their experience in Israel.
Jennifer Griffin Height|Weight
She stands on an average height of 5 feet 7 inches and weighs around 60kgs.
Jennifer Griffin Family
She is the daughter of John W. Griffin who is a Washington, D.C. associate. Law company, and Carolyn J. Griffin, the producing director of Metrostage, an Alexandria, Virginia theatre.
Jennifer Griffin Husband|Married
She got married to Greg Myre in October 1994. She is a journalist who is the multimedia foreign news editor for NPR and has written for the Associated Press and The New York Times.
Jennifer Griffin Children
The couple is blessed with three wonderful daughters namely, Annalise Myre, Amelia Myre, and Luke Myre. She has not disclosed information regarding her children. This information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Jennifer Griffin Career
Griffin has reported daily from the Pentagon since 2007 where she questions senior military leaders, travels to war zones with the Joint Chiefs and Secretaries of Defense, and reports on all aspects of the military and the current wars against ISIS and Al Qaeda. In 2022, she extensively reported on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, reporting live from Lviv and Kyiv, Ukraine, where she presented an exclusive sit-down interview with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. She secured an exclusive interview with United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, which took place at Ramstein Air Base in Germany following his meeting with dozens of defense ministers on the war in Ukraine in 2022.
Before traveling to Europe, she spearheaded FNC’s Ukrainian war coverage stateside with around-the-clock updates from the Pentagon. She led reporting surrounding the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the terror attack at Abbey Gate, including securing an interview with the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley in 2021. In addition, Griffin has covered the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012, and the killing of Osama bin Laden in 2011.
She has secured major interviews with former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Baghdad on the day the Iraq War ended in December 2011, and an exclusive interview with General David Petraeus in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2010 when he took over as the top U.S. commander there. Griffin also traveled with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates on multiple trips overseas from 2007 – 2011. She began her work at the Pentagon at the start of the “surge.”
Jennifer Griffin Career
During her tenure at the Network, Griffin has provided coverage from Israel. She provided on-scene coverage of the Palestinian Intifada from 2000 – 2007 and was among the first reporters to arrive in the wake of the South-East Asia tsunami tragedy, reporting from Phuket and Khao Lak, Thailand. She reported on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, countless suicide bombings, military incursions, and failed peace deals while based in Jerusalem. In 2000, she provided on-site coverage of Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, its withdrawal from the Gaza strip in 2005, and Yasser Arafat’s funeral. Also, Griffin is credited with conducting a rare and extensive interview with former Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon on his farm in 2009 before he lapsed into a coma.
Before joining FNC, she reported on the Middle East region for several American media organizations including National Public Radio and U.S. News & World Report. She also reported previously for The Sowetan newspaper in Johannesburg, South Africa, where she covered Nelson Mandela’s prison release and numerous other historic moments in South Africa’s transition away from the apartheid regime.
Griffin graduated from Harvard University in 1992, with a B.A. in comparative politics. She is also the co-author of the book, “This Burning Land: Lessons from the Frontlines of the Transformed Israeli- Palestinian Conflict,” which she wrote with her husband, Greg Myre, regarding their experience in Israel.
Jennifer Griffin salary |Net Worth
She has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which she earns from her broadcasting career.
