Chris Costa Bio, Age, Height, NEWS CENTER, Net Worth, Salary, Parents, and Wife

Chris Costa  Bio, Wiki

Chris Costa is an American Anchor/ Reporter working for NEWS CENTER serving the station as a  News Anchor/Multimedia Journalist. He has been working with this station since January 2021. 

Chris Costa  Age

Costa manages to keep information regarding his dates of birth away from the limelight. An update of his age will be done once he has made the information public. However, judging from his appearance, he might be in his 30s.

Chris Costa  Height

Costa stands at the height of 5 feet 8 inches tall.

Chris Costa  Education

Costa graduated from Newton South High School in 2009 and joined Boston University College of Communication. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the university in 2013, with a Bachelor of Science in Broadcast Journalism, as well as a minor in Psychology. During his time at the university, he was the Vice President and player of the university’s Men’s Lacrosse and worked as an Executive Producer at BUTV10.

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Chris Costa  Career

Costa works at NEWS CENTER  where the serves as a News Anchor/Multimedia Journalist. Prior to that, he spent 1 year and 6 months in Houston, Texas, working for KHOU 11(a CBS-affiliated) as a Multimedia Journalist. During his time there, he was tapped to cover everything from breaking news of the FBI raid on the shooter’s home to the mass shooting in Midland/Odessa.

Also, he documented the grief and simultaneous resilience of the Permian Basin community. Moreover, Chris was the one leading the coverage of the historic launch, NASA/SpaceX.  Of the Demo-2 mission that sent the United States astronauts in rockets to space for the first time in more than 10 years. Additionally, he has taken coverages on George Floyd’s death, a Houston native, and the protests, calls for social justice, and marches.

Costa also became one of the leading reporters in Houston, on the latest pandemic, COVID-19. Houston has the largest medical center in Texas State and Costa quickly learned about epidemiology, public health surveillance, and hospital operations. He did this to explain how cases and patients of the pandemic in the surrounding counties and the city are being managed.

Chris Costa WCSH 6 and WLBZ

Before going to KHOU, he worked at the current station, NEWS CENTER Maine WCSH 6 and WLBZ 2 as a Multimedia Journalist/Anchor for 4 years and 2 months. He is thrilled to be back at WCSH.

In addition to that. he has worked for KAGS TV, an NBC-affiliated television in Bryan, Texas for 2 years. There, he first worked as a Fill-in Anchor, Multimedia Journalist, and Producer for both News and Sports, then transitioned to News Anchor/Producer. He has also worked as a Sports Intern for 7 NEWS WHDH-TV, as well as WCVB-TV.

Moreover, he holds a Boston/New England Regional Emmy Award, which he received as “Outstanding Videojournalist”. This was a story of a Maine mother, who lost her son on the cargo ship that sank in the year 2015, El Faro. Aside from that, he also holds a National Edward R. Murrow award which he received in 2018 after a hard news story regarding officer-involved shootings.

Furthermore, Chris traveled to Houston in April 2018 to cover the funeral of the former First Lady Barbara Bush. In February of the same year, he covered the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. Great game in Minneapolis. Costa has also been in Central Georgia, to report on Hurricane Irma as it moved people from their homes. During his leisure, he likes surfing, coaching lacrosse, hiking, and working on his body fitness in the gym.

Chris Costa’s Net Worth

In Costa’s career as a News Anchor, he has been able to accumulate a net worth ranging between $1 Million and $3 Million.

Chris Costa  Salary

He receives annual earnings that range between $35,000 and $100,000.

Chris Costa’s Parents and Siblings

Costa spent all of his youth and childhood in the United States with his loving parents, Mark E. Costa(dad) and Marilyn Chown(mom). Costa has a sister called Juliana.

Chris Costa  Wife/ Spouse

Costa is married to his lovely spouse, Ashley Costa. The couple takes great pride in being mom and dad to their one daughter, Cohen. When he is not chasing the news, you can find him spending time with his daughter and wife, and even their dog, Kai, who is 3 years old as of 2021. She was born on April 14, 2020. As a result, she will be celebrating her birthday on the 14th of April every year.

Chris Costa  Kids

Costa has one daughter named Cohen who is 3 years old as of 2021. She was born on April 14, 2020. As a result, she will be celebrating her birthday on the 14th of April every year.

Chris Costa NEWS CENTER

Costa  works at NEWS CENTER where he works alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;

  1. Zach Blanchard
  2. Samantha York
  3. Keith Carson
  4. Cindy Williams
  5. Sharon Rose
  6. Mike Slifer
  7. Todd Gutner

Chris Costa  Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram

He is vocal on his social media accounts where he posts frequently. On his Twitter account, he has about 4k followers, around 3k followers on his Facebook page, and about 1k followers on his Instagram account.

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