| Personal Details Summary | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sarah Bloomquist |
| Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB | June 9, 1972. As of 2024, she is around 52 years old. |
| Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner | Married. Check the full bio for relationship details. |
| Children / No. of Kids | 1 |
| Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race | White |
| Nationality | American |
| What happened to Sarah Bloomquist? | Sarah Bloomquist co-anchors Action News at Noon and Action News at 4 p.m. |
Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Sarah Bloomquist is an award-winning American anchor and reporter for 6ABC Action News.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Born in 1972 in Ohio, Sarah attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
- She grew up in a close-knit family, which included her parents and three siblings. Sarah is the eldest among her three siblings.
- Sarah graduated with major in History and a minor in French. Later, she went on to study for her Masters degree in Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
- Sarah has a long time partner, Justin Shaginaw, who is a physical therapist and had worked as an athletic trainer at Good Shepherd Penn Partners. The couple has a daughter Andrea Elizabeth, affectionately known as Andie, born on October 15, 2011. The family lives in Center City. Andie was lovingly named after her maternal grandmother and great grandmother, a tribute to her family’s lineage.
Career and Professional Timeline :
- Sarah started her career as a weekend anchor and a general news reporter with WTVG, an ABC affiliate in Toledo, Ohio.
- She then joined 6ABC Action News in 2002. While with Action News, she covered a number of major events. She was once reporting live during a sniper scare in Maryland!
- Sarah also followed the Philadelphia Eagles and their diehard fans when the team made a bid for Super Bowl in 2002-2003.
- A respected panellist, Bloomquist has moderated discussions on sensitive topics such as the city’s school crisis
- She uses her social media channels to often post thought-provoking news such as Bill Crosby’s guilty verdict to start a discussion.
- In December 2020, she celebrated her 25th year anniversary with ABC News.
Income, Salary and Net Worth :
- As per Salary(dot)com, the average median salary of a Philadelphia News Anchor is $68,075 per year. The salary range is $54,598 to $89,773 annually. ZipRecruiter gives the average salary for this profile as $65,739/year, while the PayScale website mentions $74,500 annually for the same position.
- Drawing from this data, we get a rough estimate of Sarah Bloomquist’s salary. Considering her work experience of multiple decades, her annual income can be estimated to be much higher than the average figures mentioned above.
Awards and Achievements :
- Sarah was named Best Reporter in Ohio by Associated Press in 2001.
- In 2002, due to their tireless work and coverage of the September 11th attacks in New York, Sarah won an Associated Press award for the Spot News Category.
- She was also nominated for two Emmy Awards for covering Ground Zero.
- In 2018, Sarah was in North Carolina reporting live from Hurricane Florence.
Life Outside Work :
- Bloomquist spent Mother’s Day in 2018 watching NYC ballet at Lincoln Center with her mother. She obviously has a close relationship with her mom. When she discovered Funfetti cake, she had to call her mom to check whether mom ever heard of Funfetti.
- Being a mother of a young daughter, Sarah is keen on the topic of empowering women. She attended the Tory Burch Foundation’s Embrace Ambition Summit in New York. Sarah remarked it was a great summit where she learned a lot from strong women on breaking stereotypes and understanding implicit bias.
- Sarah also won 6ABC Action News NCAA pool with prize money of US$430.50. She was pleased and surprised with the win because she only filled in the form minutes before the deadline.
Body & Other Vital Info
Sarah Bloomquist Measurements :
- Eye Color : Blue
- Haircut / Hair Color : Blonde
- How tall is Sarah Bloomquist Height : 5′5″
- Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
- Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
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Love Sarah. She ask this morning what Pad Del Ball is. Pad Del Ball is Paddle Ball. It is played on clay court 1/2 the size of a tennis court. Played with paddles similar to ping-pong but twice the size. The ball is white sponge. Rules same as Tennis. It is not the current fade Pickelball. Fred
Where is Sarah Bloomquist? Is she out sick? I miss seeing her.
I absolutely adore Sarah Bloomquist. She is a happy,joyful commentator. Recently her hair is incredibly yellow. I think she should try a different blonde. It’s fake looking, so sorry Sarah…you are a beautiful girl! I am just not loving this tone of blonde on you! Your laugh btw is INFECTIOUS!
Why is Sarah Bloomquist wearing so much black? She looks so much better in other colors.
Alicia Vitareli has been missing from Channel 6. What has happened to her? Is she no longer there?