Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Lauren Ann Phinney, the Good Morning San Diego presenter, has a solid uppercut…don’t let her petite frame fool you! Let’s learn a little more about this gorgeous presenter.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Lauren grew up in Simi Valley, California.
- As a little girl, she recollects getting a microphone gift, which was supposed to be for singing Karaoke. Little Lauren used it to go around and interview all her family members after a song.
- She credits her spunk and her drive to having a lot of strong women in her family to look up to.
- Lauren and her sisters alternated summers and winters with their grandparents in Hawaii or Wisconsin.
- She was part of high school competitive track and gymnastics, and in middle school played piano and flute as well as singing in the school choir throughout.
- Phinney attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. She graduated Magna-Cum-Laude with a B.A. in Television Production: Journalism and a minor in American History.
Married Life and Family :
- In 2015, Lauren married Jay Dorsett, a sales manager in Tallahassee, and they moved back to Southern California.
- Lauren calls Jay her greatest supporter, her best friend and confidant. Jay is an avid Muay Thai kickboxer, and together they have a son, Weston David (born in May 2016).
Profession : Career, Salary and Net Worth
- While at Loyola University, Phinney started anchoring for the University’s news magazine, Access LMU. Her internship was in Los Angeles with KTLA-TV.
- Currently, she is an anchor for Good Morning San Diego at KUSI and enjoys living close to her family.
- She has jumped at the varied opportunities to get a story: skeet shooting, dogsledding to skating with the roller derby team, interviewing the king of the high wire, Nik Wallenda, Barbara Walters, and then-sitting President Barack Obama.
- During her time in the Sarasota/Tampa area, Lauren reported on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the 2012 Presidential Elections. She was also recognized by the Florida Broadcasters Association as a “Rising Star of 2012.”
- Prior to Tampa, Phinney was in Tallahassee, where she hosted a weekly political segment and specialty programs.
- She has also reported in Montana with KCFW’s Montana Today and in Washington D.C. covering the D.C. Sniper.
- Lauren enjoys the adventure that comes with reporting…she has been able to sky-dive into a park to start a 9/11 remembrance ceremony, worked a ranch, and experienced ice diving as an avid scuba diver.
- Lauren Phinney Salary / Net worth : As per Salary(dot)com, the average median salary of a San Diego News Anchor is $67,210 per year. ZipRecruiter gives the average salary as $73,738/year, while the PayScale website mentions $70,000 annually for the same position. Drawing from this data, we get a rough estimate of Lauren’s salary. Considering her work experience, her annual income will be higher than the figures mentioned above.
Contribution :
- Phinney has been involved in health and children’s issues and serves on multiple non-profit boards regionally.
- In 2021, Phinney was nominated as ‘Woman of the Year’ for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Throughout the year, she worked nonstop for ten weeks and helped raise money and awareness to end blood cancer.
- She volunteers with the American Cancer Society, emceed the Heart Walk 2005, Make-A-Wish Foundation and Brides Against Breast Cancer.
- She describes herself as very goal-oriented and organized, who enjoys helping her local community thrive.
Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :
- Lauren has a true love that isn’t what one would think to look at her: Boxing. She started boxing in 2011 with a personal trainer and says she enjoys the mind-body connection of boxing. She often hears “you’re stronger than you look” and enjoys wearing her pink boxing gloves. One of her former bosses told her “no sparring” because black eyes don’t look good on TV.”
- Besides work and boxing, Lauren enjoys running, cooking, and reading.
- Phinney likes In-N-Out burgers. She also adores dogs and has a French poodle named Tank. She is thankful that she has experienced both big city and rural broadcast markets so that she can relate to both.
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Lauren has a great personality for a TV anchor. She is also pretty and smart. My brother lives in Simi valley where she grew up and has a son on Simi valley PD. Small world. Love the news program don’t change a thing.
She’s the only reason I watch that local news…Good personality goes a long way…the wonderful smile helps too.
Lauren is beautiful and very talented. I went to college in Missoula Montana at the University where she worked. Also did a great job in Tampa area doing the news. Stephen Boston Ma
I watch this team every morning Lauren, Paul and Mark. Best news group in San Diego and I’ve been here for 68 yrs. I enjoy their banter and teasing amongst them, and especially between Mark and Lauren. Lauren is a magnificent beauty, and obviously very smart, as well. A Special shout out to Mark, I enjoy his dramatic presentation, occasional fun things like “BINGO”, while still getting all the information out to us. Paul’s great too!!
Lauren is the prettiest anchor on TV ❤
I like Lauren and hope that she stays with us in San Diego.
We have a poodle, what color and how old?