Ed Lavandera Biography
Ed Lavandera is a Mexican-American journalist and anchor working as a National Correspondent for CNN U.S. based in the Dallas bureau.
Ed Lavandera Age
Lavandera was born on January 1, 1973, in Mexico, North America. He is 48 years old as of 2021 and celebrates his birthday on the 1st of January every year.
Ed Lavandera Height
Lavandera stands at a height of 1.62 m. However, he has not disclosed any information concerning his weight as well as his other body measurements. We are nevertheless keeping tabs on him and will update this information as soon as it has been made available to the public.
Ed Lavandera Family
Lavandera was born and grew up in Mexico. However, he likes to keep his personal life private hence has not yet disclosed the identity of his parents or his siblings. We will update this information as soon as it has been made available.
Ed Lavandera Dating
Lavandera likes to keep his personal life private hence has not yet disclosed any information concerning his love life. We will update this information as soon as it has been made available.
Ed Lavandera Education
Lavandera graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and is proficient in Spanish.
Ed Lavandera Career
Lavandera is a CNN United States National Correspondent located in Dallas. He has covered a wide range of significant and high-profile issues for CNN since joining the network in 2001. Also, he was a member of the Peabody Award-winning teams that covered the BP Gulf Coast oil disaster and Hurricane Katrina, and he received the Edward R. Murrow Award because of Breaking News coverage of the Charlotte Riots.
He also received a Peabody Award for his documentary “The Hidden Workforce: Illegal in America,” which revealed how undocumented immigrants are profoundly knit into the fabric of American culture, often in the most unexpected locations. Additionally, he has covered the US-Mexico border, Michael Brown’s shooting, the Aurora movie theater shooting, Oklahoma tornadoes, and a fertilizer factory explosion in Texas.
Lavandera created an hour-long documentary in 2016 on a 2015 shooting between rival motorcycle clubs in Waco, Texas. He is recognized for his distinctive and impassioned storytelling, as well as for developing stories that bring to life the diverse range of individuals he encounters while traveling around the country, as seen by his personalizing of US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, who went missing in Afghanistan in 2009. On the other hand, he covered the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, reporting from a temporary field hospital at a Gulf Coast airport and the flooded streets of New Orleans.
Lavandera covered three of the four storms that devastated Florida in 2004 and also covered the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy in February 2003. He has also covered topics from across the Southeast, including the Andrea Yates case, the Houston mother accused of drowning her children, and Timothy McVeigh’s execution. As a journalist, he has worked for WFAA-TV in Dallas before joining CNN.
Ed Lavandera Net Worth
Lavender has an estimated net worth that ranges between $1 million to $5 million. However, his annual salary is currently under review and will soon be updated.
