Nia-Malika Henderson is regarded as one of several reputed journalists who have gained extensive knowledge in the industry and have worked for full media around the world. She is currently working as a senior political reporter for the Cable News Network (CNN).
She mainly reports on politics, and people who contribute to shaping Washington for the American television news channel. She has gained popularity from her show Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer or on the network’s CNN Tonight with Don Lemon. She appears regularly as a panel member on CNN’s discussion programs.
Nia Malika Quick Wikipedia Facts
| Date of Birth | July 7, 1974 |
| Place of birth | Hopkins, South Carolina, the United States of America |
| Gender | Female |
| Marital status | Married |
| Wife | Identity Not Disclosed |
| Height | 5ft 9 inches |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Profession | Journalist |
| Nationality | American |
| Annual salary | About 1 million dollars |
| Net worth | 5.4 million dollars |
| Parents | Not known |
| Siblings | Not known |
| Education | Duke university |
| Qualification | Bachelor degree with honors in Literature and Cultural Anthropology |
| Masters Degree | Yale University |
| Former Boyfriend | Glenn Beck(Rumored) |
| Employment | CNN |
Nia Malika Henderson Wiki
Nia Malika Henderson was born in South Carolina on July 7, 1974. She has not revealed any information regarding her parents, family, and siblings. However, in a few interviews of herself, she revealed that she identifies herself as Southerner. She happens to grow up with her siblings in Washington D.C> later.
Nia Malika Henderson Education
Henderson completed her secondary education at Luwer Richland High School in Hopkins, South Carolina in 1992. She received her bachelor’s degree with honors in Literature and Cultural Anthropology from Duke University. After this, she obtained a master’s degree in American studies from Yale University and journalism from Columbia University.
Nia Malika Henderson Wife
Despite being questioned for her sexuality for many years, Nia Malika didn’t come out of her closet in front of the public for years. A proud lesbian, Nia Henderson is now a married woman too.
Nia is now married to her beautiful wife of nearly 2 years. Although Nia’s wife’s identity remains undisclosed, she has shared a glimpse of her wife on her Instagram.
And we can tell you, Nia definitely has a gorgeous partner for herself. The CNN reporter shared the news of her wedding through an Instagram post, where she was seen pictured together with her wife.
As per the reports, Nia started dating her now-wife prior to 2017. The two got wedded someday in late 2019.
Nia Malika Henderson Baby Father
This great personality of CNN has not revealed anything about her personal life even though the public is more than interested to know more about her. Just like she has not let out any information about her parents or siblings, she has kept her private life in much secrecy. However, there was a time when it has been rumored that she has been dating Glenn Beck and that the two had been secretly married.
Glenn Beck is also a media personality who is known to be a TV and Radio host and who has founded the Mercury Radio Arts. It seems he has been married twice of course excluding Nia Malika Henderson(we are not sure, it’s just a rumor). He had met his first wife Claire a few years before 1983 and had two daughters with her. However, they got divorced in 1994 as it has been reported that Beck was struggling with drugs at the time. In 1999, he married his second wife Tania and had two children Raphe and Cheyenne. She is his current wife.
There was a rumor that he secretly dated Nia Malika Henderson when he was hosting a nightly news program for CNN between 2006 to 2008. however, it can be safely said that the news of the two datings was a complete rumor as Henderson was nowhere to be seen near CNN.
Nia Malika Henderson: Career
She is definitely known to be the popular and one of the faces of CNN but before joining CNN, she enjoyed her brilliant career on other platforms as well. Take a look at the motivational journey of her career.
- Beginning of her career
Henderson began her career writing for the Baltimore Sun and then for Newsday’s national staff, where she served as the lead reporter for President Obama’s 2008 election campaign, as well as the Democratic primary election and the Democratic National Convention. She also reported on the first two years of the Obama cabinet for Politico.
She is also believed to be the main news day reporter covering Obama’s 2008 campaign, the Prime Democratic Race, and the Democratic National Convention. However, none of these were the works that nominated her for the Pulitzer Prize in 2005.
It was a series report on the history of hip-hop, and Nia-Malika Henderson was a member of the Newsday team and qualified as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in explanatory coverage. It can be said that The Baltimore Sun existed only because of Nia-Malika. She also worked as a writer for a media company.
- Her career in Washington Post
From 2010 to 2015 she worked as a reporter for the Washington Post. As a national political reporter for The Washington Post, she reported from the White House on the 2012 presidential campaign and the 2010 midterm elections. She also edited The Post’s 2012 election blog.
- Her career in CNN
In 2015, she joined CNN as a senior political reporter and analyst. She reported on the 2016 US presidential election campaign on behalf of CNN’s Internet and television platforms, with a particular focus on identity politics.
Nia Malika Henderson Net worth and Salary
As the top-rated media personality and her contribution to CNN, she enjoys an annual salary of around 1 million dollars.
It’s obvious that Nia lives a luxurious life but denies showing her lavish lifestyle in the public. Meanwhile, Nia Malika Henderson’s net worth is estimated to be around 5.4 million dollars as of 2021.
Nia Malika Henderson Height, Weight
Her pictures and herself on TV shows that Nia enjoys great health and has maintained herself till this age. Her height measures 5 feet 9 inches and has a slim body with a dark complexion. She has dark brown hair and her eye is also brown colored.
Nia Malika Henderson Facebook, Instagram, Twitter
A person who likes to keep her private life a secret surely enjoys showing her presence on various media platforms. Such as
- Facebook with 5.4k followers, she uses this platform to update her followers with the recent political news and happenings.
- Twitter with 40.4 k followers where she often speaks about racial discrimination in national politics. She has recently kept on tweeting the voting counts of different states regarding the presidential election of 2020 in the USA.
- Instagram with 2888 followers where she regularly posts pictures of her outing or her day out with her colleagues.
