Ginger Allen Biography
Ginger Allen is an award-winning media personality serving as Senior Investigative Reporter for the CBS 11 I-Team. Previously, she co-anchored This Morning and Weekend News for CBS 11. She also served as a general assignment reporter at CBS 11.
Ginger Allen Age
She is 41 years old. She was born on January 14, 1981, in Orange, California, United States.
Ginger Allen Height
She is 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Ginger Allen Nationality
Allen is an American national.
Ginger Allen Education
She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in Mass Communications and an emphasis on Media in 1994.
Ginger Allen Parents
Allen was born and grew up in Southern California. However, her parents’ identities have not been disclosed to social media. Her family founded the HP Buddy Bowl in 2017, an annual event that allows children with mental and physical challenges to play football.
Ginger Allen Husband
Ginger is married to Scott. The couple has two children together named Brielle and Brayden.
Ginger Allen CBS 11
Allen is an award-winning journalist. She serves as the Senior Investigative Reporter for the CBS 11 I-Team. She started working as a general assignment reporter at CBS 11 in 1999. Allen also co-anchored This Morning and Weekend News for CBS 11.
Prior to joining CBS 11, Allen was a lead reporter for WLWT-TV in Cincinnati. She traveled with NBC News Channel covering major national news events for NBC affiliates all over the country. She was also an anchor/reporter at KBAK-TV as well as anchor/co-host for KERN talk radio in Bakersfield, California. Additionally, she reported at KMIR-TV in Palm Springs. Allen began her career at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles as a researcher.
She also proudly participates in several other charities including Purple Stride DFW for Pancreatic Cancer, The Autism Treatment Center, The Greater Keller Women’s Club, Young Man’s Service League as well as a National Charity League.
Ginger Allen Awards
Ginger received an Edward R. Murrow Award after helping a North Texas mother track down lost cord blood she desperately needed for her sick child. After she started investigating, authorities shut down the blood bank. Then, she exposed loopholes in the entire cord blood banking industry that were potentially putting others at risk.
Also, she has been recognized various times by the Dallas Bar Association. She was honored with the organization’s Grand Prize Stephen Philbin Award for her ongoing investigation into questionable deaths as well as medical standards at a Texas State Jail. The series of reports gained national attention from civil rights groups around the country. Lawmakers eventually closed the facility.
She’s received other Philbin awards after investigating the fire that killed a veteran Dallas Firefighter — which eventually led to on-scene procedural changes — and for giving a voice to an innocent mom who witnessed a crime and was thrust behind bars as a criminal.
The Texas State Comptroller agreed to audit convenience stores around North Texas after Ginger found many of them overcharging customers by taxing items that should not be taxed. The reports won a Lone Star Emmy Award.
Computer makers around the world recalled more than 10 million batteries used in laptop computers after she exposed the dangers of overheating lithium-ion batteries.
The FDA reviewed its policies after Ginger called it to task for allowing thousands of unapproved drugs onto the market. Dallas County Courts shut down and revamped an online public computer database after she revealed it was exposing the highly sensitive personal information of thousands of adults and minors.
Ginger’s reporting has also earned her the Texas Gavel Award from the State Bar of Texas, as well as recognition from the Associated Press, the Press Club of Dallas, and the California Department of Health Services Award.
Ginger Allen Salary And Net Worth
Ginger’s estimated net worth is $3 million dollars. Also, she receives an average salary of $ 3 million per year.
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