Amy Wood is an Emmy award-winning News Anchor, Digital Expert, Interactive News Pioneer, and Social TV Innovator working for WSPA-TV in South Carolina, United States, serving the station as an evening News Anchor at 5 and 6 plus at 4. She has been working with this station since 1990.
Amy Wood Age
Wood was born Amy Marsh on the 9th of April in Westchester County, New York. However, her birth year is unknown, making it difficult for us to know her age, though judging from her appearance she seems to be around her 50s.
Amy Wood Height | Measurements
Wood is approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs around 69 kg.
Amy Wood Education
Wood enrolled and graduated from Fox Lane High School. From there, she attended the State University of New York at Oswego from 1983 to 1985 and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from American University in 1987. Later, in Jan 2020, she joined Riley Institute at Furman University for 5 months (from Jan 2020 to May 2020).
Marsh previously interned at the Post Newsweek Stations-Washington Bureau, where she covered breaking news, raced tapes from press conferences, and returned to the studio.
Amy Wood Career
Wood serves as a news anchor for South Carolina’s WSPA and WYCW. She anchors “7NEWS at four,” “7NEWS at five” and “7 NEWS at six,” along with “7NEWS at noon. Amy has also led the WSPA Innovation Team and previously served as a member of the Digital Team. She commenced working as an interactive news anchor for WSPA in 1990.
In 2008, Amy was one of the first news anchors in the country to integrate social media with news, and she is regarded as a pioneer in the industry. She offers everyday Alexa updates on her Instagram live, a 7 News Nuggetmini newscast every night, and podcasts on ten platforms.
Furthermore, during WSPA News at 7, you can watch Amy behind the scenes on Facebook Live on weeknights. Earlier, she was the host of the 5, 7, 10, and 11 p.m. shows for 3 years and created an interactive segment that premiered during the station’s 7 p.m. news.
Amy has earned numerous awards for outstanding reporting and news coverage at WSPA. In 2016, the South Carolina Broadcasters Association acknowledged her interactive anchoring, and she was voted Anchor of the Year. In 2018 and 2019, Amy earned back-to-back Best of Spartanburg personality and reporter honors in the media category.
She also received the Associated Press Honor for series reporting, taking first place for her heartbreaking special information on domestic violence, South Carolina’s Shame.
From 1987 to 1990, Amy served as a news anchor for KSAZ Hubbard Broadcasting and KSTP-TV in Minneapolis. Her first broadcast work, started in Sweden in 1980 when she voiced narration in a movie for Swedish Television and was used for station FMAK as the radio jingle voiceover.
Amy Wood’s Net Worth
In Amy’s career as an anchor, she has been able to amass a net worth ranging between $ 1 Million- $ 5 million.
Amy Wood Salary
Wood receives an annual salary that ranges between $ 89,090 and $ 198, 570.
Amy Wood’s Parents and Siblings
Wood was raised in Westchester County, New York. She also spent three years living in Sweden as a teenager, when her dad was transferred to his firm’s Stockholm Office. However, there are no further details about her parents or siblings if she has any.
Amy Wood’s Husband and Kids
Wood is married to Mike Wood, a magistrate judge. The duo exchanged their marriage vows on the 22nd of April 1995. In addition, they are proud parents of three lovely daughters namely; Gracie, Brianna, and Jami. She and her husband alongside their children live in Greenville, South Carolina.
Amy Wood Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Wood is vocal on her social media accounts where she posts often. On her Twitter account, she has about 35.1K Followers around 139K followers on her Facebook page, and about 5679 followers on her Instagram account.
Amy Wood WSPA-TV
Wood works at WSPA-TV where she works alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Gordon Dill
- Fred Cunningham
- Olivia Parsons
- Diane Lee
- Kelci O’Donnell
- Taylor Farmer
- Elise Devlin
- Collin Riviello
- Christine Scarpelli
- Pete Yanity
- Todd Summers
- Grant Roberts
- Christy Henderson
- Dan Bickford