Madeleine Brand NPR Bio Wiki Age Height Husband Salary and Net Worth
Madeleine Brand is an American journalist currently working as a host of the award-winning daily news and culture show, Press Play, for NPR affiliates, KCRW-FM in Los Angeles, California, United States. Previously, she worked as a host of National Public Radio.
She was born in 1965 in Los Angeles, California,United States. Madeleine is56 years old.
She is a woman of above-average stature. Madeleine stands at a height of5 ft 8 in(approx. 1.73 m).
She was born to her caring and supportive parents in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area, United States. However, information regarding her parents and siblings is not available and we will update you once we have detailed information about them.
She is a married woman to her dear husband Joe DeMarie who is a filmmaker. The pair shares two children. In addition, Madeleine resides in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles.
He attended and graduated with honors in 1988 from the University of California, Berkeley with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Furthermore, Madeleine holds a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
She reported and anchored various NPR affiliates for over a decades across the country including KQED, San Francisco, WBGO, Newark, WBFO, Buffalo, and WBUR, Boston. Also, Madeleine worked for Morning Edition and All Things Considered as the West Coast correspondent and occasional substitute host. Additionally, she started co-hosting the radio program in 2006, Day to Day with Alex Chadwick which broadcasted from the NPR West studios in Los Angeles.
She became the host of the new daily Southern California Public Radio program, “The Madeline Brand Show” in 2010 at KPCC radio. Amazingly the show became the station’s most-listened-to in-house program and won a number of radio journalism awards. However, Madeleine moved out of the KPCC in September 2012.
She was later hired by KCET in Los Angeles to works as a special contributor to the fifth season of SoCal Connected, hosted by Val Zavala. Additionally, in 2013, Madeleine occasionally substituted longtime broadcaster Warren Olney IV on his show To the Point at KCRW. And in September 2013, she began to develop Press Play at KCRW in January 2014.
Madeleine’s colleagues at NPR include:
Aaron Glantz– senior investigative editor
Scott Simon– host
Tom Gjelten– religious and belief correspondent
Maria Hinojosa– senior correspondent
Nina Totenberg– legal affairs correspondent
Ayesha Rascoe– White House correspondent
Madeleine Brand– host
She hosted the famous KPCC’s The Madeleine Brand Show which later changed on August 20, 2012, and became Brand & Martínez. This meant that Madeleine would share the mic with a Martínez who was a newcomer to the station. Moreover, Madeleine agreed with the need to broaden the demographic although she was not thrilled with altering a show that was doing fine on its own.
However, when the new program, Brand & Martínez, hit the air, it was welcomed with the angriest comments on the show’s Web site. The show only lasted for four weeks and was a failure since its debut on August 13, 2012. Madeleine moved out of the station in September 2012 and was replaced by Alex Cohen and the show was renamed Take Two.
She is working for NPR and receives her salary working as a host for the award-winning daily news and culture show, Press Play. Madeleine earns an average salary of$145,670 annually.
She veteran broadcast journalist and radio personality with decades of working experience. Madeleine has over the years accumulated quite an impressive fortune from her journalism career. Madeleine has a net worth of$1.9 million.
Madeleine is at KCRW-FM (89.9), one of Los Angeles’ two National Public Radio (NPR) affiliates where she works as a host of Press Play Show.
Madeleine is 56 years old. Madeleine was born to her parents in 1965. However, we are reviewing this section and we will update you once we have detailed information about her birth dates.
She is a wife to the filmmaker Joe DeMarie and the pair has two fantastic children.
