Lisa Desjardins Net Worth 2023: Salary, PBS NewsHour, Bio, Age, Family Height, Husband

Lisa Desjardins Net Worth 2023

Year Net Worth
2023 $2 Million
2022 $1 Million
2021 $900,000
2019 $800,000
2018 $700,000

Lisa Desjardins is estimated to have a net worth of $2 million dollars as of 2023. She has accumulated her net worth with the versatility she has shown in each field she has worked in. Her main source of earnings is from her journalism career. As she progresses in her career, her net worth is projected to rise.

Lisa Desjardins Salary 2023

Year Salary Per Year Salary Per Month
2023 $120,000 $10,000
2022 $100,000 $8,333

Lisa Desjardins’s salary is  $120,000 every year and gets a monthly salary of $8,333, she is an American political journalist. Lisa currently serves as a correspondent at PBS NewsHour and has previously worked for the Associated Press and CNN Radio.

Lisa Desjardins Biography

Lisa Desjardins is an American political journalist who is a correspondent at PBS NewsHour and has previously served for the Associated Press and CNN Radio. As of the year 2018, Lisa has reported on five U.S. presidential elections.

Lisa Desjardins Wiki

Birth name: Lisa Goddard

Date of birth: January 29, 1972

Place of birth: Hawaii, United States

Lisa Desjardins age: 50 years (as of 2022)

Birth sign: Aquarius

Height: 5′ 6″

Spouse: Jason Desjardins (m. 2007)

Education: Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications (1996–1997), College of William & Mary (BS), Northwestern University (MS).

Profession: Journalist

Salary: Over $120,000 per year

Net worth: 2 million dollars (2023)

Lisa Desjardins Age

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Lisa is 50 years old as of 2022, she was born on January 29, 1972, in Hawaii, United States. He normally celebrates her birthday with her family and close friends every year on January 29. Her zodiac sign is Aquarius.

Year 2022 2023
Lisa Desjardins Age 50 years 51 years

Lisa Desjardins Height

Lisa stands at an average height of 5 feet 6 inches approximately 1.68 m. Her weight, hair color, eye color, bra size, waist, and bust size will be updated as soon as the details are available.

Lisa Desjardins Parents and Siblings

Lisa is the daughter of Thomas Bohner Goddard and Patricia Flanagan. She was born in Hawaii but grew up in Annandale, Virginia. Lisa’s father was a naval officer who retired at the rank of captain and later served as a college instructor. Lisa has three siblings and seven half-siblings on her father’s side. Lisa became interested in politics during her childhood.

Lisa Desjardins Education

Lisa studied at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, from the year 1990 to 1994, earning a bachelor’s degree in economics. Subsequently, she spent 2 years doing Russian studies at Herzen University in Saint Petersburg, where she learned to speak Russian.

Starting in 1996, Lisa attended Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Lisa received a Master of Science degree in journalism from that university the following year.

Lisa Desjardins Husband

Lisa married her husband Jason Desjardins on October 6, 2007. The couple has a son, who was born in 2016, and they live in Alexandria, Virginia.

Lisa Desjardins Illness

After a vehicle door accident that left Lisa with an eye patch, there have been no additional reports of her illness. Lisa is in excellent physical and mental health, as well as her personal and professional lives are thriving.

Lisa Desjardins PBS NewsHour

Lisa joined PBS NewsHour in October 2014 as a political reporter, and in July 2015 was elevated to Political Director, appearing on camera from the studio as well as from the U.S. Capitol. Lisa also writes articles for the NewsHour website, her current title on the NewsHour is Capitol Hill Correspondent.

She moved to CNN, where she served for nine years from 2005 to 2014. Lisa was CNN Radio’s Congressional correspondent, but also occasionally reported for CNN.com and CNN’s news channel. Lisa reported on the 2010 Haiti earthquake for CNN Radio, whose coverage was awarded a Sigma Delta Chi Award.

When CNN Radio was shut down in June 2013, Lisa was transferred to CNN’s Washington Bureau, where she served as a Capitol Hill reporter. She was part of the team that covered the year 2008 presidential primaries. CNN received a Peabody Award in the year 2008 for the team’s coverage.

During her time at CNN, Lisa and Rick Emerson wrote a book on personal finance, entitled Zombie Economics: A Guide to Personal Finance. It was published in May 2011 by Avery Publishing, Lisa chaired the June 2014 annual dinner of the Radio and Television Correspondents’ Association. Lisa left CNN after being laid off in August 2014.

Lisa served as a freelance reporter for The Sun News, a Myrtle Beach newspaper, and, at the same time, as a freelance reporter for the news agency Reuters. After a few months, in October 1999, Lisa left The Sun News and joined the Columbia NBC-affiliate WIS as a political reporter, while she remained a reporter for Reuters.

At WIS, Desjardins covered the South Carolina Legislature, the debate on the display of the Confederate Flag at the South Carolina State House, as well as the 2000 Republican presidential primaries.

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